Guys. Yes, he knows he needs a new KUSB. He’s had it on order for 2 weeks now and is awaiting delivery. No need to keep telling him to do what he’s already done.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On May 27, 2020, at 5:57 PM, Ian Kahn <nv4c....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Joe, > > The Prolific chip set has a long history of issues. It goes back to when > the Chinese started making knock-offs of them, and pirating the drivers. > You probably got a bad driver set in your download. As Don said, get rid of > that cable. Get one with an FTDI chip set in it. The Elecraft KUSB cable is > very high quality and very reliable. You won't regret the investment. > > 73 de, > > Ian, NV4C > >> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:46 PM Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >> Joe, >> >> Does the display show MCU LD and the red TX LED blinking? >> If so, you need to follow the steps to "Force a Firmware Download" >> listed in the K3 Utility HELP file, or refer to the same instructions in >> the manual. >> >> Get rid of that Prolific USB to Serial adapter and get one with the FTDI >> chipset - preferably the current KUSB. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >>> On 5/27/2020 5:31 PM, Joseph McIntire wrote: >>> Hello, >>> My name is joe. I have a K3 I think from the beginning of them it is >> serial# 1050. But I was trying upgrade firmware as it has never been done. >> Any how I did not realize that the USB to serial cable that came with the >> radio would no longer work because of outdated drivers. I had tried to down >> load drivers for the old prolific chip set serial adapter cable I don’t >> know if I got a bad driver or what happened because I did not realize >> anything was wrong until hours later. Anyhow I was never able to connect to >> the radio as far as I could tell. I never got a successful connection test >> it brought up the available current firmware versions but never displayed >> what was in the radio or I guess mean gave current to the radio. So when I >> found out from tech support that cable set would not work and I needed >> there new one. They said they would send it to me two weeks ago. I guess >> there no doing much of anything there in CA. but thought that was it for >> the time being. >>> Well later that night I turned the radio off and back on. And that’s >> when it showed it ugly little head. I had absolutely no control with any >> buttons or knobs. Even the power button would not turn it off. I turned it >> off and back on. I did it multiple time leave differ time frames between >> the two. So I take it that the firmware is gone. And at this point I am >> just ______________________________________________________________ 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
