On 6 Jan 2010 at 21:24, Gary Smith wrote: Out of curiosity I looked at some of the other tabs on the K3 utility like configuration & calibration. All the buttons there were greyed out. I went back to the Ports tab & deselected port 3 as mentioned below & told it to select port 6 and then it recognized the existing version & said 4800 bps instead of 38400 bps
I again tried to have the utility update the new firmware and it did so as expected. Interesting but it's worth remembering if someone encounters this issue themselves. Cheers, Gary KA1J > Hi, > > I started the K3 utility and port 3 is connected at 38400 bps. > > I just downloaded the most recent beta firmware, unzipped > k3fw3r68.rar, deleted the current filed from the beta folder, copied > the new files to the beta folder and assured it was the same folder > the utility was pointing at. > > When I tell the utility to send all files to the K3 I get the > following contents in a pop up window. > > --------------------------------------- > MCU firmware file hmcu0368.hex verified > Sending firmware file hmcu0368.hex to MCU > Send MCU firmware failed at load address x0800 > MCU firmware load failed > --------------------------------------- > > When I first looked at the utility it said I had version MCU 3.67 > when I look at the utility now I see nothing Installed in the > "Installed in K3" column. > > Turning the radio off & on I checked the version showing in the K3 & > it shows uC 03.67. > > > Trying again to update I get the same message as above. > > Any suggestions of what need to do differently? > > Thanks > > 73, > Gary > KA1J > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
