I hope all versions of Ubuntu come with a super decoder ring so that mortals can make sense of these obviously encrypted commands.
73 de Brian/K3KO On 7/7/2012 16:51, KC6D wrote: > I had trouble getting the KX3 Utility program to communicate with the radio > in Ubuntu. Here's what solved the problem for me. I take no credit for > figuring this out, these were postings by others that I found in three > different places. I decided to collect the details here so they'd be all in > one spot. Hope this helps someone. > > The FTDI drivers for the USB cable provided by Elecraft are a native part of > Ubuntu 12.04 and do not need to be re-installed. Just plug the cable into a > USB port. > > I found these two additional steps are necessary before the Utility program > will successfully operate: > > (Run in a terminal) > > sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0 > > sudo apt-get install curl > > The first command is necessary to permit all users of the computer to access > the "serial" port ttyUSB0. Note: the last character in USB0 is a zero. > Without this command you will get an error message telling you that the KX3 > Utility program can't communicate with the port. > > The second command installs the Linux function "curl" which enables Ubuntu > to automatically communicate with and download from the Elecraft (and anyone > else's) FTP server. Note: the last character in "curl" is the letter L in > lower-case. Without this command you will get an error message stating the > KX3 Utility program is unable to connect to the Elecraft FTP server. > > Once I did the above the Utility program ran smoothly and the firmware > update and other functions all appear to work. > > Don KC6D > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Firmware-upgrades-using-Ubuntu-12-04-tp7558796.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5116 - Release Date: 07/07/12 > > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5116 - Release Date: 07/07/12 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
