Why are we using the term microcode here? When I think of microcode, I
think of the code within a cpu that takes the machine code from outside
the processor and turns it into the signals that move and manipulate the
data within the processor, turning on and off registers and paths. When
I thi
September 20, 2016 6:52 PM
To: Jim Miller; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
Jim,
Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware!
K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which
modules are to b
Jim,
Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware!
K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which
modules are to be loaded.
Yes, there are K3S unique firmware modules, but K3 Utility sorts all
that out so you get the latest for your K3 configuration.
The
Everything is backwards compatible. Features you don't have just won't work.
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...nr4c. bill
> On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
>
> I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date
> with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that
This is not true. The K3/K3S firmware is designed to determine which modules
are installed in your K3/K3S and
use what it finds. There is no “lock-in”, you can use the latest code in your
K3 (as I and many others do). To
put it another way, we did not obsolete the K3. It is great radio and
cont
I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date
with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some
level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more
code updates after that.
Does the code yet recognize where I am and loa
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