[Elecraft] FW: K5AND's KX3 upgrade problems

[Phil Wheeler]

The message title caught my attention. At first 
glance I read it as K5 AND KX3 and was wondering 
what a K5 is!

73, Phil w7ox

On 3/16/14, 5:27 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:
> Folks....
>
> The following suggestions by Dick Dievendorff, with help from Jack Brindle
> got me back on the air.
> My KX3 was particularly 'stubborn' about swallowing a lot of code in one
> gulp, so Dick came up with this excellent work around.
>
> Special thanks to the special people at Elecraft who spend countless hours
> keeping our stuff working!
>
> 73
> Dick, K5AND
> Austin, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Dievendorff [mailto:dick at elecraft.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 4:34 PM
> To: 'Jack Brindle'
> Cc: 'Dick Hanson'
> Subject: RE: K5AND's KX3 upgrade problems
>
> I would suggest these steps:
>
> 1) Enable KX3 Utility "Advanced" Mode, a View Menu option.  This causes a
> couple of check boxes to appear on the Firmware page, "Load MCU" and "Load
> DSP".
> 2) If he's already loaded the MCU once and it gets as far as initialization,
> it may have been loaded correctly, but it is trying to initialize with a
> back-level DSP that needs to be loaded before the MCU can correctly start
> up. I would turn on the radio, press DISP enough times to get rid of the ERR
> messages, then click "Load DSP" (and not Load MCU on the KX3 Utility), and
> "Send Checked Items".
>
> When DSP load completes, hopefully the MCU will respond correctly after the
> DSP is up to level.  If Dick's MCU is still back level, it should load this
> time without incident.  He can uncheck the View Menu option and "Send New
> Firmware" to load just the MCU, or use Advance Mode and check (just) Load
> MCU and click "send checked items"
>
> I would also make sure you have the most recent KX3 Utility, as some of the
> time delays for various firmware load events has been adjusted to deal with
> the requirements of recent firmware versions.
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Brindle [mailto:jackbrindle at me.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 14:27 PM
> To: Wayne Burdick; Dick Dievendorff
> Cc: Dick Hanson
> Subject: K5AND's KX3 upgrade problems
>
> Guys;
>
> I am trying to help Dick Hanson, K5AND, with his KX3 woes. Dick tried to
> upgrade his KX3 to the latest firmware, only to have things fail. I sent him
> older versions, but no joy.
> Now he needs someone how actually knows something about the KX3. He is
> trying to upgrade to V1.87 using the 113824 KX3 Utility. I also sent him
> V1.68 which also fails.
>
> Info that is pertinent:
>
> Here's the utility message:
> KX3 mcu revision 01.87. RS-232 speed 38400 bps Error code 0xE2000045: no
> response after reset MCU verification failed. Reload MCU.
>
> In addition to the above message, the KX3 is displaying d = 098; ERR DSE.
> When I turn it off and then back on again, it displays d = 013; ERR RFB.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jack B
>
>
>