Hi Dick: Thanks for the correction. I once experienced the problem that Bill described and I thought I had it figured out by my quitting the Utility program early. Obviously from your explanation this would not have caused Bill's problem.
73, Mike K2MK > > The K3 Utility changes speed before firmware load and restores speed > right after firmware load. If you check the Verbose Logging View menu > option and observe the Activity Log part of the firmware tab and > perform a firmware load it should be clear when speed changes. In a > subsequent version of K3 Utility now in Field Test I have added rig S/ > N and RS 232 speed to the main window title bar to make the speed more > obvious. > > Dick, K6KR > >> >>On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:32 AM, "K2MK" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Bill: >> >> I think that problem occurs if you turn off the K3 before quitting the >> Utility program. It's the quitting of the Utility program that >> initializes >> the sequence to return the baud rate that you previously had the K3 >> set to. >> It can't do it if the K3 is off. >> >> 73, >> Mike K2MK >> >>> FYI >>> >>> Just in case someone else has this same problem, I loaded the >>> latest K3 >>> firmware onto my rig and when the load was complete I found that my >>> K3 >>> would no >>> longer control the Palstar tuner. >>> >>> It seems that the K3 Utility does not return the RS-232 port back >>> to the >>> original baud speed setting that was used before the down load when >>> it is >>> finished. After I reset the RS-232 port speed back to the original >>> 9600 >> setting then the Palstar tuner started tracking again. >>> >>> 73, >>> Bill - K6WLM >>> KX1, K2, K3-100k -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-ver-03-79-and-Palstar-AT-AUTO-tp4768837p4769301.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
