[Elecraft] KX3 Utility - "KX3 is not responding"

[Jeff Hughes]

Thanks, gentlemen.

Well, the good news is I got my KX3 updated with the latest MCU and DSP firmware.  In the ~10 minutes or so it took me to compose my message yesterday, the (different) computer I had connected to the radio just sat there.  I guess it needed the rest… after sending off my plea for help, I turned back to it and tried again.  Success!

Since that computer (that successfully made the comm with my KX3) was the one I updated to Apple’s latest OS (10.12 - Sierra), today I updated the OS on one of the other Macs that had failed.  Upon plugging in the KX3 and lighting up the KX3 Utility, it immediately connected to it.  I don’t recall seeing anything in the Elecraft literature suggesting that 10.12 is required… but it definitely seems to help.  I’ve now talked to the KX3 with two different computers.  How reliable that connection might be, I suppose time will tell.

FYI, Rich… Aye, my KX3 is new, fresh from the mothership.  If I encounter this problem again I’ll try dropping the baud rate.

And, yeah, guys… MacLoggerDX has most definitely not been up while I was trying to use KX3 Utility.

Thanks again!

73, Jeff K4YWZ