Thanks everyone for putting my mind at rest. I was worried that red meant something bad, normally I think of a green light as good. Can we have a firmware update update to fix this? ;-)
73 David Anderson GM4JJJ > On 4 Feb 2015, at 20:43, Cady, Fred <[email protected]> wrote: > > What does the red flashing LED inside the PX3 mean? It's a troubleshooting > tool. There are actually two of them (one underneath the power supply > board). One is controlled directly by the microprocessor, so if it is > blinking the CPU is OK. The other is driven by the graphics processor, so it > is blinking then that chip is OK also. Thanks to Alan NA1L in email to the > Yahoo KX3 group 10/8/2014. > > Cheers and 73, > > Fred KE7X > > Author of: > "The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation 2nd ed" > "The Elecraft KX3 - Going for the summit" > "The Elecraft KPA500 and KAT500 - the K-Line Dream Station" > Printed, coil bound copies of these are all available at www.elecraft.com > KPA500 and KAT500 Quick Set Up Guide > http://www.ke7x.com/home/k-line-introduction-and-set-up-guide > KAT500 and KXPA500 Tuner Operation > http://www.ke7x.com/home/kat500-and-kxpa100-tuners > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> David Orman >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:07 PM >> To: David Anderson >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PX3 red LED flashing? >> >> Mine does this as well, if there's a way to disable it that would be >> neat. >> I'm not sure if it's tied to some function that can be disabled or not, >> but it stands out a bit when you're operating in the dark. Not a big >> deal by any means, it's only really noticeable to me when my eyes are >> dark-adapted. >> >> David >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:49 PM, David Anderson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Just built my PX3 and it works nicely, however I have a quick >> question >>> - I can see a red LED flashing inside, have searched for any mention >>> of this, is this normal? >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> David Anderson GM4JJJ >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 Message delivered to >>> [email protected] >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
