RE: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD
Please restart the K3 Utility. Is this the Windows or Mac version of the K3 Utility? You're pressing the Send All Firmware button on the Firmware page, right? Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:21 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD Trying to put in 2.72. Something crashed and caused a loss of communication the initial attempt, and the radio is stuck in MCU LD. Went through the procedure for forcing bootloads in the manual -- can get to the red flashing TX LED, with MCU LD in the display (no backlight). But nothing past that. Here is a sample of the Utility (1.1.10.17) log: 11:10:24 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:10:24 New firmware is available for your K3 11:10:29 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:01 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:12 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:12 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:30 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:30 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:35 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:35 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:46 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:12:25 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. It just sits at the ... waiting for MCU firmware load point and nothing happens. The port checks ok, with good communication to the radio. No yellow flashing led, ever. Is there some other way to hard reset this thing to get it moving? Or something else I missed in the manual? Grant/NQ5T ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD
Done several times. NO change. Except now, I can test the port and got a good test at the right speed. The TX LED goes out, and the delta-F led comes on solid. WHen I try to upload firmware I get K3 not responding. So it responds, then it doesn't. I don't have a good feeling about this. Don't believe it's the computer port. It seems to be the radio. It's the Mac version of the Utility. Grant/NQ5T On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Greg - AB7R wrote: Grant, Sounds like the communications with the COM port were lost. Shut down power on the radio...unplug the power cable if necessary and the RS232 cable. Reboot your computer. Reconnect the RS232 and power cable and start the utility program. Make sure its set for 38.4K baud rate and click the button on the ports tab to test communications. Then try to load the firmware again. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Wed Dec 10 9:21 , Grant Youngman sent: Trying to put in 2.72. Something crashed and caused a loss of communication the initial attempt, and the radio is stuck in MCU LD. Went through the procedure for forcing bootloads in the manual -- can get to the red flashing TX LED, with MCU LD in the display (no backlight). But nothing past that. Here is a sample of the Utility (1.1.10.17) log: 11:10:24 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:10:24 New firmware is available for your K3 11:10:29 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:01 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:12 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:12 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:30 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:30 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:35 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:35 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:46 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:12:25 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. It just sits at the ... waiting for MCU firmware load point and nothing happens. The port checks ok, with good communication to the radio. No yellow flashing led, ever. Is there some other way to hard reset this thing to get it moving? Or something else I missed in the manual? Grant/NQ5T ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD
have you tried a reboot of the Mac? -- It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard. -George Christopher Lichtenberg, scientist and philosopher (1742-1799) On 10 Dec 2008, at 17:42, Grant Youngman wrote: Done several times. NO change. Except now, I can test the port and got a good test at the right speed. The TX LED goes out, and the delta-F led comes on solid. WHen I try to upload firmware I get K3 not responding. So it responds, then it doesn't. I don't have a good feeling about this. Don't believe it's the computer port. It seems to be the radio. It's the Mac version of the Utility. Grant/NQ5T On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Greg - AB7R wrote: Grant, Sounds like the communications with the COM port were lost. Shut down power on the radio...unplug the power cable if necessary and the RS232 cable. Reboot your computer. Reconnect the RS232 and power cable and start the utility program. Make sure its set for 38.4K baud rate and click the button on the ports tab to test communications. Then try to load the firmware again. - 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Wed Dec 10 9:21 , Grant Youngman sent: Trying to put in 2.72. Something crashed and caused a loss of communication the initial attempt, and the radio is stuck in MCU LD. Went through the procedure for forcing bootloads in the manual -- can get to the red flashing TX LED, with MCU LD in the display (no backlight). But nothing past that. Here is a sample of the Utility (1.1.10.17) log: 11:10:24 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:10:24 New firmware is available for your K3 11:10:29 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:01 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:12 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:12 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:30 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:30 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:35 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:35 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:46 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:12:25 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. It just sits at the ... waiting for MCU firmware load point and nothing happens. The port checks ok, with good communication to the radio. No yellow flashing led, ever. Is there some other way to hard reset this thing to get it moving? Or something else I missed in the manual? Grant/NQ5T ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD
Yes, It's the Mac version. It fails. Every time. Usually, but not always, once I restart everything, I can use the test comm page to check, and get a good test. Then when I try loading firmware, it fails. 11:47:29 K3 is running main program. RS232 38400 bps. -- after this message the yellow led is on solid 11:47:29 New firmware is available for your K3 11:47:34 K3 is not responding. -- after hitting send all new firmware Grant/NQ5T On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:42 AM, David Fleming wrote: Hi Grant, I'm the author of the Mac version. The log looks like it came from the Mac version of the Utility. As Dick suggested, restart the K3 Utility and click Send All Firmware to K3. If you're getting good communication with the K3, the firmware load should proceed okay. Let me know if it continues to fail. David, W4SMT --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Dick Dievendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dick Dievendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD To: 'Grant Youngman' [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'Elecraft Reflector' elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 12:31 PM Please restart the K3 Utility. Is this the Windows or Mac version of the K3 Utility? You're pressing the Send All Firmware button on the Firmware page, right? Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:21 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD Trying to put in 2.72. Something crashed and caused a loss of communication the initial attempt, and the radio is stuck in MCU LD. Went through the procedure for forcing bootloads in the manual -- can get to the red flashing TX LED, with MCU LD in the display (no backlight). But nothing past that. Here is a sample of the Utility (1.1.10.17) log: 11:10:24 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:10:24 New firmware is available for your K3 11:10:29 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:01 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:11:12 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:12 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:30 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:30 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:35 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS232 38400 bps. 11:11:35 New firmware is available for your K3 11:11:46 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. 11:12:25 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load. It just sits at the ... waiting for MCU firmware load point and nothing happens. The port checks ok, with good communication to the radio. No yellow flashing led, ever. Is there some other way to hard reset this thing to get it moving? Or something else I missed in the manual? Grant/NQ5T ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Help -- stuck in MCU LD
what are you using to connect, presumably we are talking USB to Serial adapter? Have you got the latest drivers for this. Although you don't say, I assume you normally have no trouble in doing an upgrade? 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, Mac -- There are three truths: my truth, your truth, and the truth. -Chinese proverb On 10 Dec 2008, at 17:50, Grant Youngman wrote: Yes, It's the Mac version. It fails. Every time. Usually, but not always, once I restart everything, I can use the test comm page to check, and get a good test. Then when I try loading firmware, it fails. 11:47:29 K3 is running main program. RS232 38400 bps. -- after this message the yellow led is on solid 11:47:29 New firmware is available for your K3 11:47:34 K3 is not responding. -- after hitting send all new firmware ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
