Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-23 Thread John Evans
Why are we using the term microcode here? When I think of microcode, I think of the code within a cpu that takes the machine code from outside the processor and turns it into the signals that move and manipulate the data within the processor, turning on and off registers and paths. When I

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-23 Thread Jim Miller
20, 2016 6:52 PM To: Jim Miller; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level Jim, Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware! K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which modules are to be l

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jim, Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware! K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which modules are to be loaded. Yes, there are K3S unique firmware modules, but K3 Utility sorts all that out so you get the latest for your K3 configuration. The

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-20 Thread Nr4c
Everything is backwards compatible. Features you don't have just won't work. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date > with all the mods until

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-20 Thread Jack Brindle
This is not true. The K3/K3S firmware is designed to determine which modules are installed in your K3/K3S and use what it finds. There is no “lock-in”, you can use the latest code in your K3 (as I and many others do). To put it another way, we did not obsolete the K3. It is great radio and

[Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level

2016-09-20 Thread Jim Miller
I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more code updates after that. Does the code yet recognize where I am and