Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Nand Kishore
December 03, 2012 9:31 AM > > To: Dick Dievendorff > > Cc: elecraft > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time > > > > Yes, the uploads have been faster before.Now I will try with regular > > usb to > > serial cable which > > I had kept asid

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Cady, Fred
ick Dievendorff > Cc: elecraft > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time > > Yes, the uploads have been faster before.Now I will try with regular > usb to > serial cable which > I had kept aside as I wanted FSK. Now I will take the cable directly to > K3 &g

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Nand Kishore
Yes, the uploads have been faster before.Now I will try with regular usb to serial cable which I had kept aside as I wanted FSK. Now I will take the cable directly to K3 instead of via P3. I have no other PC. Will report back. 73 de Nandu On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Dick Dievendorff
Has that serial path worked more quickly in the past? Do you have alternatives available to try? That load time is terrible v Dick On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Nand Kishore wrote: > Hi Dick, > I have been battling with an ERR TXG problem. I am in touch with support.Have > changed LPA. > No i

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Nand Kishore
Hi Dick, I have been battling with an ERR TXG problem. I am in touch with support.Have changed LPA. No improvement in out put power,cannot exceed 10w with KPA3 in line.About 0.6W with KPA3 bypassed.Various voltages taken with rf probe as advised reported back to support.Was advised to do ref cal ag

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Dick Dievendorff
About five to eight minutes is normal. You may have many retries, indicating a less than ideal RS-232 connection. Use the view menu, verbose settings for explicit indications of each retry. Check that your cable hold down screws are snug. Try the troubleshooting steps in K3 Utility Help for USB

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Matt Zilmer
Try turning on Advanced Mode in the View menu. If the link is causing errors, they'll be annunciated on the Send MCU Firmware pane. You should see the progress bar marking a new block of code every few seconds. 73, matt W6NIA On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:32:42 +0530, you wrote: >Handshake between K3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread Dave Lankshear
Check the bitrate between your computer and the K3. Unless there are problems, it should run at 38kbits/S. That's when it takes just a few minutes, but you may have yours set to a very slow speed. HTH 73 Dave G3TJP __ Elecraft m

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time

2012-12-03 Thread n4qs
No, that's not normal. It should only take a few minutes. Dave, N4QS Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message- From: Nand Kishore Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:51:44 To: elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload elapsed time Wh