Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade.
Hello again from a sunny (if cold) Ankara morning. With apologies to Dick and others. And sorry to shout below, but please read and try to understand what I was trying to achieve. But... Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.3.6.17 for Windows? I AM/WAS NOT EVER TRYING TO INSTALL BETA FIRMWARE in my KX3. I was trying, and succeeded in the end, to install the latest Production firmware. MCU 1.61 / DSP 1.23, Aug 31, 2013 I was using the KX3 Utility for WINDOWS, from:- http://www.elecraft.com/KX3/KX3_software.htm#kx3util That is revision 1.13.4.29 I.e. the latest available(?) at the above page. Dated April 29th 2013 (Yes, I refreshed the page.) The link points to a file KX3_Utility_Setup_1_13_4_29.exe (If I try editing the link, to pull a file with the later .6.17 revision, I get a 404 error Not Found.) I also tried the same revision (1.3.4.29, not being aware there was a later rev' available at that time) on Linux (Lubuntu) with the same result, from two different machines, on two different ISP's, also unable to log in to the FTP server. I do now see that for Linux and Mac, there is later revision, 1.13.6.17 available, dated June 17th 2013 but that revision seems NOT to be available for Windows users, as listed on that page. I have not tried that version on Linux (yet, as I do not have any Linux PC, or the KX3 with me at this time, I will check when I get back home in a day or two.) If a later Windows revision of the KX3util is available, then the KX3util page linked above is in error and needs updating. It would appear, that the currently indicated Windows revision of the utility DOES NOT work with the current FTP server, but a later 1.13.6.17 may do just fine, if it is available for Windows users. In essance The Currently listed Windows version appears not to have been updated, so preventing automatic downloading of KX3 production FW for Windows users. That is the issue I and others were having. If there is a later utility version for Windows, where is it? If it is at another web location, then why is that not linked from the KX3util page above? It would be of great use, if the utility could check for it's own updates, and let the user know if such are available, before they suffer frustration not being able to easily obtain later firmware for the radio's etc. Again, with apologies, if I ruffled feathers. 73. Dave TA2/G0WBX (but not for much longer in TA2 land.) __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade.
In a recent message, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com writes But... Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.3.6.17 for Windows? That version went out with the ark. The latest available for Windows is version 1.13.4.29 (29 April 2013) David G4DMP (in England) -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade.
Sory, my typo. That should read Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.13.6.17 for Windows? 1.13.4.29 is the revision that does not connect to the firmware FTP site any more. Dave TA2/G0WBX. In a recent message, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com writes But... Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.3.6.17 for Windows? That version went out with the ark. The latest available for Windows is version 1.13.4.29 (29 April 2013) David G4DMP (in England) -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + | David M Pratt, Kippax, Leeds. | | Website: http://www.g4dmp.co.uk | + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade.
Dave, Go to the Elecraft website www.elecraft.com. Click on Firmware S/W in the header On the page that opens, click on KX3 Firmware Updates and KX3 Utility Then on that page, click on KX3 Utility and KXUSB Drivers On the page that opens, you should find KX3 Utility for Windows (Version 1.13.4.29) along with the versions for Mac OSX and Linux in the middle of the page. If that does not work, try the direct link http://www.elecraft.com/software/KX3/KX3_Utility_Setup_1_13_4_29.exe 73, Don W3FPR On 9/23/2013 4:42 AM, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com wrote: Sory, my typo. That should read Where is KX3util.exe Rev 1.13.6.17 for Windows? 1.13.4.29 is the revision that does not connect to the firmware FTP site any more. Dave TA2/G0WBX. __ 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] KX3 firmware upgrade
Hello all, I connected the KX3 to the computer, and everything stopped with the screen, MCU LD. With the help of David, everything is back to normal. I had problems to reload the software in the KX3, unfortunately I did not install the driver ftdi for the cable connection KXUSB, I use linux, and I still have some problems with the driver, with my wife's computer under Windows, it works. http://www.ftdichip.com Excuse my English HB9DEU Francis __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Hi Dave, Dick is a valued senior engineering member of the Elecraft RD team. He is the author of all of the Windows based Utilities for our products and he is also the f/w design engineer for the KAT500 and a number of other Elecraft products. He normally is not involved in our customer support, but like many of us, he does occasionally try to help out customers when he has a chance - frequently on his own time. We all have personal email accounts in addition to our company accounts, so on occasion any of us may post from an account that is not a official Elecraft address. He's an extremely knowledgable, polite and friendly person. Dick also speaks and writes English as his first language, though like most of us, its the Americanized version with occasional shorthand phrases ;-) In response to your ftp problems with the Utilities: We have not seen major problems with their access to the FTP site, but when new software is released for the KX3 etc., as it was in the last week, it is possible to exceed its maximum number of allowed connections to the FTP server at our ISP. When this happens, retrying a short time later ends up working perfectly. We have discussed this with our ISP and they have increased this limit for us, but its certainly still possible it can be exceeded from time to time. We will keep an eye on this. It sounds like you were able to work around your issue this time. In the future, please also try contacting our team at supp...@elecraft.com . They are our front line of support and they usually have the best idea of what is happening with areas like this and how to resolve your problems. As per the list guidelines, please also keep all communications here cordial, without unneeded sarcasm or personal attacks. We are all working towards the same goals of helping each other and enjoying the hobby. :-) 73, Eric - WA6HHQ List Moderator (and frequently COO, Elecraft) _..._ On Sep 21, 2013, at 10:54 PM, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com wrote: Sory to polute the list, but can someone sort this guy out please. Dick. Just who are you? You say It does not reach for the beta firmware at all. That is our intent. Does not reach? What sort of technical English is that? Our ? If you are part of the Elecraft team, why are you not using an official email address on their domain? The problem is Dick... You read the emails, but you don't comprehend the content. (Maybe English is not your first language. It is mine, I am English.) I KNOW the utility does not do Beta firmware, unles you provide it manually. I KNOW that there is(was by now?) an issue with the version I have (suposedly the latest) and the server, that prevent it sucsessfully connecting to the server. I may have missed an announcement that there was a problem, I receive 100's of emails A DAY for work and personal needs, sometimes something slips through the net. I ALSO KNOW it's NOT a Windows(XP or 7) problem, the same issue exists with the Linux version getting the new firmware. Different platforms, and using different ISP's I KNOW others have had the same issue. I do not know how they resolved it. I KNOW I downloaded them manualy, by working back from the beta code FTP address, to get the stable release version folder/files. I KNOW that the utility DID THEN UPLOAD that latest firmware to my KX3 just fine, when it had them. DONE! Dave TA2/G0WBX. (Expecting to be kicked off the list now. If so, so be it!) From: Dick Dievendorff dievendo...@outlook.com To: g8kbvd...@googlemail.com Subject:RE: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Date sent: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:34:18 -0700 I just read all the e-mails. The problem is that you expect the KX3 Utility's internal FTP client to fetch beta firmware. The KX3 Utility fetches only production firmware, from the FTP folder ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/KX3/firmware. It does not reach for the beta firmware at all. That is our intent. Dick -Original Message- From: g8kbvd...@googlemail.com [mailto:g8kbvd...@googlemail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:12 PM To: Dick Dievendorff Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Dick. Please *Read All* of the emails. THEN, you'll understand the problem. No more on this please. Thankyou. Dave. TA2/G0WBX. The utilities don't fetch beta firmware. Just production release versions. Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2013, at 9:04, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Again Dick. If you read my original email, you'll see I eventualy hacked the Beta firmware address link, and manually downloaded the needed files with Firefox to the same folder the KX3Util program would have done. The utility then recognised the new files, and did the update just fine. On 99.9% of XP PC's (and most others, whatever the OS) any firewall
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Sory to polute the list, but can someone sort this guy out please. Dick. Just who are you? You say It does not reach for the beta firmware at all. That is our intent. Does not reach? What sort of technical English is that? Our ? If you are part of the Elecraft team, why are you not using an official email address on their domain? The problem is Dick... You read the emails, but you don't comprehend the content. (Maybe English is not your first language. It is mine, I am English.) I KNOW the utility does not do Beta firmware, unles you provide it manually. I KNOW that there is(was by now?) an issue with the version I have (suposedly the latest) and the server, that prevent it sucsessfully connecting to the server. I may have missed an announcement that there was a problem, I receive 100's of emails A DAY for work and personal needs, sometimes something slips through the net. I ALSO KNOW it's NOT a Windows(XP or 7) problem, the same issue exists with the Linux version getting the new firmware. Different platforms, and using different ISP's I KNOW others have had the same issue. I do not know how they resolved it. I KNOW I downloaded them manualy, by working back from the beta code FTP address, to get the stable release version folder/files. I KNOW that the utility DID THEN UPLOAD that latest firmware to my KX3 just fine, when it had them. DONE! Dave TA2/G0WBX. (Expecting to be kicked off the list now. If so, so be it!) From: Dick Dievendorff dievendo...@outlook.com To: g8kbvd...@googlemail.com Subject:RE: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Date sent: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:34:18 -0700 I just read all the e-mails. The problem is that you expect the KX3 Utility's internal FTP client to fetch beta firmware. The KX3 Utility fetches only production firmware, from the FTP folder ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/KX3/firmware. It does not reach for the beta firmware at all. That is our intent. Dick -Original Message- From: g8kbvd...@googlemail.com [mailto:g8kbvd...@googlemail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:12 PM To: Dick Dievendorff Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Dick. Please *Read All* of the emails. THEN, you'll understand the problem. No more on this please. Thankyou. Dave. TA2/G0WBX. The utilities don't fetch beta firmware. Just production release versions. Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2013, at 9:04, g8kbvd...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Again Dick. If you read my original email, you'll see I eventualy hacked the Beta firmware address link, and manually downloaded the needed files with Firefox to the same folder the KX3Util program would have done. The utility then recognised the new files, and did the update just fine. On 99.9% of XP PC's (and most others, whatever the OS) any firewall will block unsolicited incoming packets/connections, but allow all outgoing. The fact that Firefox could do the job, proves that no firewall's were causing the issue, especially as I had the *Exact* same trouble on the Linux box too. The problem (whatever it is) is that the address that the KX3Util is trying to use, either now doesn't exist or has changed, or the filename is subtly changed from what it was trying to find, or the FTP server no longer uses PASIV mode. If it persists the next time, I'll use WireShark (or simiar packet sniffing tools) to find out what exactly it was trying to do, and what errors were being sent back from the server, if it ever got there. When I figure out what/why, I'll be letting the Elecraft list know. 73 Dave TA2/G0WBX Never attribute to mallice, whatever can be better explained by stupidity. From: Dick Dievendorff dievendo...@outlook.com To: g8kbvd...@googlemail.com Subject:RE: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Date sent: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:17:05 -0700 Perhaps some firewalls require that specific FTP internet addresses (maybe even in dotted octet format?) be opened to permit a file upload through FTP client code. The firewalls all vary in their diligence in this area. I don't know that this is the issue, but I thought I'd mention it. It could also be a significant delay in our FTP server if too many people are accessing it concurrently? If your browser (whatever it is) can access ftp://ftp.elecraft.com, then you can navigate through our tree and pull the files of interest and copy them to an appropriate place on your computer. This is all my FTP client code is doing, it goes to a specific folder and FTP copies files with specific filename prefixes and extensions to the firmware folder you've navigated to. Probably it's all the files
[Elecraft] {Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Thank you George,Dick and Ariel, I will do what you told me sometime today (Monday). Yes I have installed the latest KX3 utility so all should be well. I would like to thank Eric Wayne and all the staff at Elecraft for producing first class kits etc and all those Amateurs who willingly give up their time to help others with their problems. Thank you all Barry G4DBS __ 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] KX3 Firmware upgrade
May I thank all who replied to my post, I have successfully down loaded the latest version of the firmware and installed it without any problems, I'll now know what to do the next time. 73 de Barry G4DBS __ 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] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Good Day I am hoping someone can help me, I am having trouble down loading the latest version of firmware for my KX3. I have printed out the instructions and have followed them to the letter, however I can not find the .zip file. This is the first time I have had a problem, previous down loads have been successful, and I am getting the same results on my main computer and my laptop. Thank you Barry G4DBS __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
If you're looking for KX3 firmware revision 1.61, it has been moved to production, and can be fetched by clicking the Copy New Files from Elecraft on the KX3 firmware tab. Often a beta zip file is removed when a version is moved from beta to production. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of barry middleton Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:26 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Good Day I am hoping someone can help me, I am having trouble down loading the latest version of firmware for my KX3. I have printed out the instructions and have followed them to the letter, however I can not find the .zip file. This is the first time I have had a problem, previous down loads have been successful, and I am getting the same results on my main computer and my laptop. Thank you Barry G4DBS __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Please remember to download the latest utility software first. Wayne sent a note out ( i think) saying this is required. Ariel NY4G Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Dick Dievendorff die...@comcast.net wrote: If you're looking for KX3 firmware revision 1.61, it has been moved to production, and can be fetched by clicking the Copy New Files from Elecraft on the KX3 firmware tab. Often a beta zip file is removed when a version is moved from beta to production. 73 de Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of barry middleton Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:26 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade Good Day I am hoping someone can help me, I am having trouble down loading the latest version of firmware for my KX3. I have printed out the instructions and have followed them to the letter, however I can not find the .zip file. This is the first time I have had a problem, previous down loads have been successful, and I am getting the same results on my main computer and my laptop. Thank you Barry G4DBS __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Firmware upgrade
Please remember to download the latest utility software first. Wayne sent a note out ( i think) saying this is required. Didn't see any note, but there again, I've been busy. I was going to ask why the KX3Utility (V1.13.4.29) fails with the FTP login bit (Windows and Linux) but was distracted doing headless chicken impressions before traveling over here for work, so never got round to it. So, I just went to the Beta link, and up one directory/folder, and pulled the wanted files manualy, placing them where the utility expects, and it did the job. (In all honesty, I don't know why the direct link isn't published. If anyone malicious wanted them, they can find them anyway.) 73. Dave TA2/G0WBX, sadly without the KX3. (Not that the Hotel's S9+110dB noise level on RX would have helped.) __ 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
