[Elecraft] KX3 battery charging (was: Pk3 battery charging)

[Geert Jan de Groot]

On 07/08/2023 17:02, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> I?m getting an error when trying to set time for charge.
> It says ?d = 009, err BC3
> And it?s locked!!
> Any help would be appreciated.

Please check if your KX3 radio actually has the KXBC3 charger module 
installed and if the module is installed correctly.

The KX3 software spooks if it tries to communicate to the KXBC3 module 
and the module is missing. Instead of an error message, the software 
actually locks up and when it happened to me, I resorted to 
initialisation (thankfully I had a recent backup of the config).

I'd be interested to learn if there a different way to recover this. And 
perhaps the software should more robust: configuring the radio whether 
or not has the option installed, and setting a charge time, is the same 
option setting.

The issue has been reported to Elecraft: 
https://github.com/drewarnett/kx3-firmware-issues/issues

(Mind you, I love my Elecrafts to bits but I wish Elecraft engineering 
would have time to address the issues listed)

Geert Jan