Bob,
Loading MCU, stopping the app, restarting the app, and loading the DSP
code fixed my issue.
Trying to load both, one right after the other, I watched my free memory
drop to 1.31GB and then the app just quit.
Ironically, the activity monitor showed the app not responding both
times although it was clearly responding.
Thanks,
Joel - W4JBB
On 5/23/13 1:22 PM, NZ9E wrote:
Joel,
I've noticed an apparent memory leak in the Mac KX3 Utility app. After the
leak hits some critical threshold, the app crashes on me. My apologies to
Elecraft for not yet submitting a bug report.
To check if this is your problem: open the Apple Mac app "Activity Monitor"
and click the "System Memory" tab. Then choose "Windowed Processes" from
the menu to make it easier to find the "Elecraft KX3 Utility" process in the
list. Now run the KX3 Utility and start the firmware download. Watch the
free memory (green in pie chart); if it's dropping like the gas gauge in an
SUV, and if the Real and Virtual Memory numbers for the KX3 Utility process
are rising, then you would seem to be on the right track.
My workaround: I have 8 GB of (real) memory, which is high enough that I
don't always get into trouble. Sometimes quitting other memory-hoggish Mac
apps helps, but mainly I download firmware into my KX3 only with a fresh
instance of the KX3 Utility. E.g., if I download the KX3 microprocessor
code (successfully), then start downloading the DSP code without quitting
and relaunching the KX3 Utility app, it usually crashes. So launch KX3
utility, download microprocessor code, quit KX3 utility, launch KX3 utility,
download DSP code, quit KX3 utility.
73,
Bob NZ9E
W4JBB wrote
This being the first time I have used the new Mac KX3 Utility
(v1.13.4.29), I still cannot get it to go through an entire load of new
FW. It gets about 1/2-way through the DSP update and quits. I only
tried once, it quits at roughly the same spot as in the past.
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