[Elecraft] Kat500 Firmwar

[Ian Kahn]

Rich,

If I remember correctly, there is also an updated version of the KAT500
utility, that is needed to install the new firmware version. Did you make
sure you installed that update prior to attempting the firmware update?

73 de,

Ian, NV4C

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:18 PM Bob McGraw <rmcgraw at benlomand.net> wrote:

> Richard et al:
>
> Just checked my KAT500 and it had V1.75 installed.  Then with the KAT500
> Utility, version 1.21.9.15, I did download the firmware from the
> Elecraft site and install V2.05 into my KAT500.   I saw no issues.
> Running a Windows 10 Pro 64 bit computer.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> On 12/20/2021 6:18 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> > Message: 23
> > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:18:48 -0500
> > From: Richard Gilley<richgilley123 at gmail.com>
> > To:elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Kat500 Firmware
> > Message-ID:<1B3A4757-FC90-4C7C-A560-807C9DE635A8 at gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;     charset=utf-8
> >
> > Hi,
> >       Having difficulty loading latest version of the Kat500 utility.
> The version I have is 01.75, the utility indicates that 2.05 is available.
> However the new version does not load but the message ? Input hex file is
> corrupt, check sum is not zero?
> >
> > I have the same issue attempting to load a Mac and Linux.
> >
> > Perhaps 2.05 is not available?  Or is there a fix I am not aware of, or
> perhaps it is not necessary to upgrade?
> >
> > Thank you for your interest. Help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Best
> > AD1G
>
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