Joel, It sounds like you are having a problem with your USB/Serial Adapter. Make sure you have the latest driver installed for your adapter. Also make sure that the connector is securely fastened to the P3. There is no need to change baud rates. The Utility will automatically switch to 38.4k for firmware downloads. I would leave the P3 at 38.4k all the time. What brand of USB/Serial adapter are you using?
David, W4SMT ________________________________ From: Joel Black <[email protected]> To: elecraft <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:43 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Newest P3 FW Upgrade I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. I have tried about seven or eight times and it always gets to the same spot and I then get a message, "Elecraft P3 Utility quit unexpectedly." FW version 1.24 would get to different spots before it quit. I am using the latest P3 Utility for the Mac 1.13.2.3. It also locks up with a previous version of the P3 Utility. I tried re-loading 1.24 and I get the same error at what appears to be the same point of the load. I really cannot tell you where it stops as the Utility quits and does not show the last message. I can reboot the P3 and it appears to work fine and restarting the P3 Utility tells me whatever version FW is on it. However, it is a tad disconcerting that the FW load never completes. I have tried different baud rates, but it won't even attempt to load at anything other than 38k4. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can only load FW at 38k4, but I cannot find that reference now and I probably dreamed it. If I am missing something, please, enlighten me. Thanks, Joel - W4JBB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
