Unfortunately I think I found the problem. A USB 3.0 port may have fried both KXUSB cables. I found a 3rd KXUSB cable I had hiding in storage, hooked it up to the KX3 and laptop and it worked immediately.
For anyone that got to this thread via search engine, here are some symptoms: Elecraft KX3 Utility v1.13.8.24 Activity Log: Attempting to contact KX3 on port COM8 at 38400 bit/s Attempting to contact KX3 on port COM8 at 19200 bit/s Attempting to contact KX3 on port COM8 at 9600 bit/s Attempting to contact KX3 on port COM8 at 4800 bit/s On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:22 PM, N8NCR <ncrollo+elecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a brand new KX3, kit build. I had a hard time getting the KX3 > utility to connect to the radio and its being rather picky. I was able to > get it to connect once automagically and after that it hasn't worked again. > > I've tried: > 2 different KXUSB cables > Different USB ports > Different computers (Win7/Win10) > Different baud rates > Setting baud rate in device manager to corresponding rate on radio > Updating drivers > Restarting computer/KX3 > > I'm plugging in the ACC1 port and running firmware 2.38 and out of > troubleshooting steps. Any ideas? > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
