Hi David, Thank you so much for your suggestion, which worked. I think it kept looking for a USB-Serial interface that it wasn't finding. Strange that it got stuck looking, but that DL2RUM's KAT500ui worked fine. Anyway, very grateful for your recommendation!
73 de John, WK8A On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 5:56 PM, David Fleming <df...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > It sounds like the preferences file might be corrupted. Try deleting (or > renaming) the preferences file. This file is located in the > /Users/your_user_name/Library/Preferences folder on the Mac. The Library > folder is hidden. A quick way to get there is to click the "Go" menu in > Finder and press the "option" key. The Library folder will then appear in > the Go menu. The KAT500 Utility preferences file is named > "KAT500UtilPrefs". After deleting or renaming the file, restart the KAT500 > Utility and hopefully it will start normally. Go to the Port tab and be > sure to select the correct serial port connected to the KAT500. If this > doesn't work, we'll have to dig deeper. > > Regards, > > David, W4SMT > > > On Saturday, March 10, 2018, 4:46:24 PM EST, John Woodard < > john.l.wood...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm a proud new owner of a KAT500 and KPA500 and trying to get them set up. > I am following the 5 page Set Up and Configuration guide from Elecraft, and > after getting the cables connected, I tried running the KAT500 Utility. > Unfortunately, the program seems to hang, as I see a window that says > Initializing..., but nothing further happens. I have to Force Quit the > program to move along. > > I've tried relocating the USB connector to different ports, but still no > joy. The computer does seem to be able to talk to the KAT500 if I use Tom > Lindner's DL2RUM KAT500UI software. So, I'm guessing there is something > with the KAT500 Utility that is not working on my computer. > > My computer is a brand new iMac 27" 2017 running High Sierra macOS 10.13.3. > I'll be grateful for any tips or suggestions. > > 73 de John, WK8A > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to df...@yahoo.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
