[Elecraft] K3 Stuck in MCU LD

Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO k2vco.vic at gmail.com
Fri Aug 21 05:09:50 EDT 2015


There's a procedure described in the K3 Utility Help menu under 
'troubleshooting' called Forcing the K3 into "Firmware Load Required" 
Mode. Follow this procedure.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/


On 21 Aug 2015 10:37, pastormg2 at verizon.net wrote:
> I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message never
> made it to the board. I was trying to load the new Firmware into my
> K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip during a storm and now
> my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the screen in dark when power is
> applied and MCU LD is on the screen. The Red TX light is flashing and
> after a period of time it will then go to the Delta F light which
> will flash yellow. I cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because
> I'm sure it's because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one
> reset their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the Shift/Lo
> button while pressing the Power button and nothing  Plus to get the
> K3 out of this state I need to shut off the power supply. Every
> button is totally useless. Perhaps I need to call the people at
> Elecraft once I get home from work this afternoon. Hopefully someone
> on the board will have a solution or someone from elecraft will see
> this message and help! Thanks! Mark Griff in, KB3Z


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