Thanks for the follow-up response, Tom. Problems like this can give one a sinking feeling...
Very glad you're QRV now. I'm getting ready for Sweepstakes now, our club's big domestic contest of the year. I'm in Nevada. 73 de Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: Tom Wylie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:39 AM To: Dick Dievendorff Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help! Absolutely correct DIck - appears to have been a faulty serial cable - my first ever. Cold sweat now over hihi K3 singing merrily..... Thanks for the guidance 73 de Tom GM4FDM Dick Dievendorff wrote: > Do you have a direct connection between your computer and the K3? Not > through something like a microHAM controller, right? > > I test this all the time. It's usually a cabling problem between the PC and > the K3. > > Please use the K3 Utility's Port Tab "test communications" button or restart > the K3 Utility (both cause the K3 Utility to try communications at all baud > rates). The K3 in its "boot loader" state (which is indicated by the red Tx > LED and "MCU LD" in the display (which may not be lit) will communicate at > only 38,400 bps. The K3 Utility's Test Communications button should detect > that the K3 is at this baud rate and show a "warning" (exclamation point) > dialog box with that baud rate in it. > > It might help to beg or borrow a different RS-232 cable. > > These problems are frightening, but are most often due to a straightforward > cabling problem. > > Dick, K6KR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Wylie > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 7:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Help! > > This afternoon I tried to upgrade the firmware and got a problen. > > Now the K3 TX LED is blinking and the LCD display shows MCU LD > > Referring to the handbook It says I should reload the firmware....... > > My computers tells me the K3 is not responding and wont upload the new > firmware. > > Forcing a firmware Download: tried unplugging hte power from the K3 > as suggested for 10 seconds, held the POWER switch for 10 seconds > TX LED is now flashing as above and I still have MCU LD on the LCD > Display and the computer STILL tells me the K3 is not > res[ponding.......Where do I go from here? > > > Tom > GM4FDM > > -- So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 081031-1, 31/10/2008 Tested on: 01/11/2008 17:38:52 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.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
