Hi Ray, Thanks for your suggestions! I have been lucky for 9 years with my 2009 iMac, but this year was the year to upgrade. It does look like the KAT500 Utility could use a bit of updating, and it is very weird that it got stuck looking for a USB-serial driver and couldn't be restarted or interrupted. Hopefully, Elecraft might take a look at this issue, in case it happens again. Many thanks again for your help!
73 de John, WK8A On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Raymond Sills <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John: > > Sometimes, "brand new" comes with issues. A professional audio group to > which I belong, has had many posts about various software items that would > no longer work, or work as expected when some people installed High Sierra. > > Me? I got shafted when my old iMac cratered and I bought a new one with > Sierra installed. Turns out, I was not able to restore my up-to-date Time > Machine backup. If I had known that ahead of time, I would have tried > having the old machine repaired... (it was a bad drive). But at the time, > I figured that the costs of repairs could be better put into a new machine. > I also discovered that new machines no longer have a superdrive. So, I > had to buy a USB external drive. > > Check with Elecraft support, and maybe they will update their Mac version > of the Utility to be HS compatible. I suspect that is the issue for you. > Anyway, good luck. > > 73 de Ray > K2ULR > KX3 #211 > (yeah, I'm a QRP guy) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Woodard <[email protected]> > To: elecraft <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Mar 10, 2018 4:46 pm > Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 Utility Problem (Mac) > > I'm a proud new owner of a KAT500 and KPA500 and trying to get them set up. > I am following the 5 page Set Up and Configuration guide from Elecraft, and > after getting the cables connected, I tried running the KAT500 Utility. > Unfortunately, the program seems to hang, as I see a window that says > Initializing..., but nothing further happens. I have to Force Quit the > program to move along. > > I've tried relocating the USB connector to different ports, but still no > joy. The computer does seem to be able to talk to the KAT500 if I use Tom > Lindner's DL2RUM KAT500UI software. So, I'm guessing there is something > with the KAT500 Utility that is not working on my computer. > > My computer is a brand new iMac 27" 2017 running High Sierra macOS 10.13.3. > I'll be grateful for any tips or suggestions. > > 73 de John, WK8A > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] <[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]
