[Elecraft] K3 FPF firmware load failed

[David Cole]

Along this same line...  I just checked, and I am showing only 4.86
available, just did the get software from Elecraft thing, and I don't
see 4.93???  

Is there another way of getting software updates for teh rig?
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On Sat, 2014-11-29 at 15:12 +0000, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote:
> You're using an older version of the utility. Try version 1.14.10.24. You're probably okay if the K3 is reporting 1.16.
> 
> David, W4SMT
>       From: Pierfrancesco Caci <pf at tippete.net>
>  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
>  Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:07 AM
>  Subject: [Elecraft] K3 FPF firmware load failed
>    
> 
> Hello,
> I tried upgrading the firmware to 4.93 today. I first tried a plain
> "send all firmware", MCU load went fine and then FPF failed. I restarted
> the K3 as suggested and at this point FPF was listed as 1.16 and no
> longer proposed for update. I was able to load DSP firmware after this,
> by doing a "send all new firmware". 
> Then I turned on advanced mode and tried a couple of times to load FPF
> again. This is what I get:
> 
> 
> 09:33:33 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Revision 1.13.8.27
> 09:33:34 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:33:48 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:33:51 Erasing Flash Memory
> 09:33:55 Sending firmware file "hfpf0116.hex" to FPF
> 09:36:05 Send FPF firmware failed at load addresst 176128
> 09:53:46 FPF firmware load failed
> 09:53:47 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:53:47 Ready
> 
> A small window suggests to check for firmware correctness, but I don't
> know where to find this info. Here's the md5 of the file I have:
> 
> e6b579198d681e380a60a4036063a2cc  hfpf0116.hex
> 
> The radio appears to be working normally (for what I can check not
> having an antenna other than the 2m one at this time). 
> All front panel buttons and controls seem to do what they're supposed
> to. 
> 
> What else should I try? 
> 
> Pf
>