Related to this, what is the action of the Configuration Save feature in the K3 Utility? Can a configuration saved from an earlier f/w level be applied to a current/different f/w level? or do you have to keep configurations matched to the f/w? Is any f/w code saved as part of the configuration?
Bruce, NM5B Santa Fe, NM > My IC-7800 requires that you install each firmware upgrade. > > I believe that ICOM must be using a "delta patch" sort of technology. > The > Elecraft K3 uses a "completely replace" approach. > > Those of us who test K3 firmware that hasn't yet been released to > customers > need the ability to bounce back and forth between firmware versions. > > That's why there is an "Advanced Mode" option on the K3 Utility View > menu > which displays check boxes and buttons necessary to load firmware > that's > older than the version installed in the radio. I must load firmware 5 > to 10 > times a day, and I think the firmware developers may do it much more > often > than that. > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill NY9H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Nelson Wittstock'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware downloads > > much like other radio/s... > You will not find the necessity of " going back" to retrieve a stable > version. > > None of the changes has had me EVER thinking I wanted to go backwards. > > bill. > > > At 11:57 PM 3/15/2008, Dick Dievendorff wrote: >>Each firmware version completely replaces its predecessor. There is no >>need >>to load each intermediate version, just the most recent available. >> >>Dick, K6KR > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
