[Elecraft] KX3 utility on RPi

[Tim Elwell]

The utility is compiled for the x86 architecture. You won't be able to 
run it on the ARM architecture that the Pi runs on. The only way to do 
that is for Elecraft to compile a version for the ARM. Last I seem to 
recall being mentioned, there wasn't enough need to spend the time 
setting up the tool chain and dependencies for the ARM platform. It 
would be time best spent fixing other problems.

I'm a Pi person myself and would like to see it for that platform, but 
do understand as a programmer the difficulties of the extra support 
required for another platform. And a small company has to watch their 
employee capital.

Here's hoping for the future, though.

Tim
KG1GEM

PS: Sorry Jim, I realized I mistakenly replied directly to you and not 
the list originally.


On 12/13/16 7:53 PM, James Bennett wrote:
> I’ve been using my KX3 connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 for quite some 
> time, using CQRlog for logging, FLDIGI for PSK31, and recently, WXJT-X 
> rc3 for JT9 and JT65. I’d like to load the most current firmware into 
> the KX3 so I can get the full 15 watts out. I downloaded and un-tar’d 
> the KX3 Utility from the Elecraft web site. So - now what? If I click 
> on the “kx3util” executable, nothing happens. What is the secret 
> procedure to get this going? I am using the Raspian Jessie (Debian 
> Linux) OS on this RPi.
>
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