Hi Mike, KX2 Utility will be updated to allow time to be set on the KXIBC2.
73, Wayne N6KR ---- elecraft.com > On Mar 18, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Michael McShan via Elecraft > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > Hello, all. > > This may be my first post to the reflector. I received the KXIBC2 module > yesterday and installed it in the KX2 this morning. A few notes from the > process… > > 1. Installation is pretty straight forward. Soldering the B and E pins is a > little tricky but not too bad. I pre-tinned pin E, the one that is soldered > to the ground of the DC input jack, as well as used a tiny drop of flux to > facilitate soldering. > > 2. Be sure that you have updated the KX2 firmware to 3.01 or above so that > the new menu item is available. It’s all described in the instructions. > > 3. If you turn on the KX2 using your 13.8V power supply, and the new LED just > flashes and goes out, it probably means that the internal battery is fully > charged. To confirm that the charger is working, leave the KX2 on using just > internal battery power for awhile until the voltage drops some. Then apply > the external power, and the LED should light, indicating charging. All of > this assumes that you are using a power supply that matches the specs > described in the installation sheet. > > The one odd thing that I saw was that the “Set KX2 Time…” menu item in the > KX2 Utility program is now grayed out. The new real time clock is working, > and the time can still be set directly on the radio but not using the Windows > program. Everything else in the utility program still works as before. Any > thoughts on this? Maybe a revision of the utility program or firmware is > needed? > > 73, > Mike W5RST > OKC > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.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
