Great news Joe. I'm glad you got it working. There is nothing more frustrating having a problem, knowing there is a fix and can't figure out how to solve the problem.
73, Mark, WB9CIF -----Original Message----- From: joseph beck <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 4:46 PM To: Mark E. Musick <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Infamous red blinking LED Mark You’re correct. I removed the P3 and was able to load. Thanks Joe W1GO > On Apr 28, 2018, at 12:41, Mark E. Musick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, > I had this very condition last night trying to download the latest firmware > in preparing for the arrival of the KPA1500 today. > Like you I tried the EE INit and no joy. I held the Shift/LO button tapped > the power button and it would always come back to a blinking red TX LED and > MCU LD in a dark display. Yes, I removed the power cable etc. as the manual > and the KE7X manual instructs us to do. > I went to the archives where I found one of Don's replies about this > situation from January 28th 2017. > Don stated that in these situations it is a problem with the PC USB port and > not the K3S USB port or K3 RS232 port. > Don suggested rebooting the PC to clear the USB port. You indicate you have > done that with no success. > As Don suggested in his 1/28/17 e-mail disconnect the PC USB from the K3, > reboot the PC, start the K3 utility, reconnect the USB cable from the K3 to > the PC, go into the K3 utility find the Com Port for the K3 and select it. > The K3 should now be asking for the firmware load with the yellow delta f LED > flashing and MCU LD in the display. > Note, the only thing connected to the K3 should be the power cable from the > power supply and the USB cable from the PC. Nothing else should be connected > to the K3. The P3 needs to be completed disconnected from the K3. The USB > cable from the PC needs to go directly to the K3 RS232 port or the K3S USB > port. > I did this last night and it worked. > I need to comment that I didn't reboot the tower PC the K3S is normally > connected to, because of the length of time to reboot. So, I performed the > above connecting the K3S USB cable directly to my laptop that also has the K3 > utility loaded on it. > With the K3 utility running when I connected the USB cable from the K3S the > utility asked for the Com Port. I selected the K3S port and it started > working. Selected download all firmware and all was well when the download > was complete. > If I left anything out or have listed things in the wrong order etc. I'm sure > Don will chime in. > I hope this works for you. > > 73, > Mark, WB9CIF > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 3:31 PM > To: W1GO (Joe) <[email protected]>; Elecraft Reflector > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Infamous red blinking LED > > Joe, > > The blinking red TX LED is an indication of one of 2 conditions. > First is that the K3 is in TX TEST. Hold the right side of the MODE button > to exit from that. > > The second is that the blinking TX LED is accompanied by an MCU LD indication > on the LCD. > If that is your situation, follow the instructions for "Forcing a Firmware > Download" in the manual or in the K3 Utility Help file. > > After you do the power off, reboot computer, and hold power button for > 10 seconds, you must download new firmware with K3 Utility. > The condition will persist until new firmware is loaded. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 4/28/2018 11:03 AM, W1GO (Joe) wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have the infamous red blinking LED situation and can’t power up the K3S. >> I simply opened the K3 utility and “badness” happened. >> >> Anyhow, I tried the prescribed restart of disconnect power source, reboot >> computer and holder power button for min 10 seconds. No success. Any other >> suggestions? > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
