Phil - Sounds like something may be hosed in your Win/XP SP3 or the old desktop itself. I'm running the same Win/XP SP3 (on a Mac, under VMware Fusion) and the Elecraft-supplied USB-Serial cable; works very well.
Jim / W6JHB On Monday, Feb 17, 2014, at Monday, 4:30 AM, Phil Irons wrote: > My problem has not been with the firmware, but rather with the > computer/amplifier interface. > > I have an old desktop computer running XP Pro SP3. I installed the > appropriate software from Elecraft per the instructions in the User Manual. > However, when I tried to connect the amp to the computer using an FTDI > USB-serial interface, my computer crashed--every time. Not only that, but > with the interface plugged in, it wouldn't reboot, it just kept cycling > through the restart process. > > I resolved the problem by doing what I should have done in the first > place--moved the amp closer to the computer and used a straight > serial-serial cable. In so doing, I was reminded of the weight of the > amplifier! > > The Elecraft software indicated that the firmware update was successful; > however, as I am currently antenna-less, courtesy Mother Nature, I'll have > to wait for a while to see the results. > > 73, > > Phil/VE1BVD > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Phil & Debbie Salas <dpsa...@tx.rr.com>wrote: > >> And I'll add my input. Been using the latest firmware and it has worked >> perfectly. Been too busy operating to say much. No false tunes, and the >> KAT500 tracking of the K3 is outstanding. >> >> Phil - AD5X >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > > -- > Phil & Anne Irons > Sydney, Nova Scotia > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
