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Martin-2

Firmware failed to load, again

Elecrafters,
when updating to 4.22 , DSP1 again failed to load.
DSP1 is skipped, the Utility proceeds with DSP2.

I need to start a second run with only DSP1 checked
to complete the update.
This happened with 4.17, 4.18 and 4.22.

Otherwise the radio works 'as advertised'

I installed the K3DSPLPF recently.

Anyone experience this?

Radio is K3 # 2878
SUB RX

Utility is the latest Linux version.
Real serial connection (ttyS0), no USB.

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73,
Martin DM4iM
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K2QI

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

Dr Martin,

I have not had this experience with any of the firmware versions; I have
been switching between many different releases as of late to help with some
beta testing.

I do not have the LPF installed yet. I will be receiving one soon though.
I find it hard to believe that the LPF could have something to do with this
issue though; others would have mentioned it on the reflector.

Have you sent a message to K3 support?

73,
James K2QI

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:54 AM, DM4iM <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Elecrafters,
> when updating to 4.22 , DSP1 again failed to load.
> DSP1 is skipped, the Utility proceeds with DSP2.
>
> I need to start a second run with only DSP1 checked
> to complete the update.
> This happened with 4.17, 4.18 and 4.22.
>
> Otherwise the radio works 'as advertised'
>
> I installed the K3DSPLPF recently.
>
> Anyone experience this?
>
> Radio is K3 # 2878
> SUB RX
>
> Utility is the latest Linux version.
> Real serial connection (ttyS0), no USB.
>
> --
>
> 73,
> Martin DM4iM
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John Ragle

Re: DM4IM...

Dear OM Martin...

I (too) have used the K3 Utility many many times, with no problems
whatever. It seems to be quite reliable. My uses have been with WIN 7
Ultimate; I notice you are running Linux and I would suspect some local
issues...

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:54 AM, DM4iM<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Elecrafters,
> when updating to 4.22, DSP1 again failed to load.
> DSP1 is skipped, the Utility proceeds with DSP2.

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Rick Prather-2

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

In reply to this post by Martin-2

Martin,

I experienced similar problems starting with 4.17 using the Mac utility.

I resorted to using the Windows utility for 4.17, 4.18, 4.21 and 4.22 and have had to problems.

I suspect the latest Windows utility has corrected some problems and the current Mac and Linux utilities haven't caught up yet.

Just guessing...

Rick
K6LE

On 11/16/2010, at 1:54 , DM4iM wrote:

Philippe Trottet

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

In reply to this post by Martin-2

Try to use a FTP server to download the zip file of Beta versions.
I'm using Filezilla Client from Mozilla, never get a problem to download from Elecraft.
Bst 73's
Philippe A65BI

>>> "James Sarte (K2QI)" <[hidden email]> 16-11-2010 19:47 >>>
Dr Martin,

I have not had this experience with any of the firmware versions; I have
been switching between many different releases as of late to help with some
beta testing.

I do not have the LPF installed yet. I will be receiving one soon though.
I find it hard to believe that the LPF could have something to do with this
issue though; others would have mentioned it on the reflector.

Have you sent a message to K3 support?

73,
James K2QI

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:54 AM, DM4iM <[hidden email]> wrote:

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David Fleming-2

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

In reply to this post by Martin-2

Hi Martin,
Not sure what's going on there with the firmware loads. Please try this version (1.3.10.22) and see if the problem persists. There are several bug fixes in this version.
http://sight.net/K3/K3Util/10-22-2010/k3utility.tgz
David, W4SMT
--- On Tue, 11/16/10, DM4iM <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: DM4iM <[hidden email]>
Subject: [Elecraft] Firmware failed to load, again
To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 4:54 AM

Elecrafters,
when updating to 4.22 , DSP1 again failed to load.
DSP1 is skipped, the Utility proceeds with DSP2.

I need to start a second run with only DSP1 checked
to complete the update.
This happened with 4.17, 4.18 and 4.22.

Otherwise the radio works 'as advertised'

I installed the K3DSPLPF recently.

Anyone experience this?

Radio is K3 # 2878
SUB RX

Utility is the latest Linux version.
Real serial connection (ttyS0), no USB.

--

73,
Martin DM4iM
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Pete Smith N4ZR

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

David, that archive may be defective - Winzip Pro failed to open it with
an error message at header line zero.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 11/16/2010 3:36 PM, David Fleming wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> Not sure what's going on there with the firmware loads. Please try this version (1.3.10.22) and see if the problem persists. There are several bug fixes in this version.
> http://sight.net/K3/K3Util/10-22-2010/k3utility.tgz
> David, W4SMT
> --- On Tue, 11/16/10, DM4iM<[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: DM4iM<[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Firmware failed to load, again
> To: "elecraft"<[hidden email]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 4:54 AM
>
> Elecrafters,
> when updating to 4.22 , DSP1 again failed to load.
> DSP1 is skipped, the Utility proceeds with DSP2.
>
> I need to start a second run with only DSP1 checked
> to complete the update.
> This happened with 4.17, 4.18 and 4.22.
>
> Otherwise the radio works 'as advertised'
>
> I installed the K3DSPLPF recently.
>
> Anyone experience this?
>
> Radio is K3 # 2878
> SUB RX
>
> Utility is the latest Linux version.
> Real serial connection (ttyS0), no USB.
>

David Fleming-2

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

In reply to this post by Martin-2

Hi Pete,

That version of the Utility is for Linux. The archive is a compressed tarball created on Linux. I doubt Winzip can handle it. But I don't know. I never go there. :)

Martin was able to decompress it okay.

Tnx,

David, W4SMT

--- On Tue, 11/16/10, Pete Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

David, that archive may be defective - Winzip Pro failed to open it with
an error message at header line zero.

73, Pete N4ZR

The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000

On 11/16/2010 3:36 PM, David Fleming wrote:

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wf4o

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

In reply to this post by Martin-2

I've had my K3 for a month now. I'm having problems loading 4.22 from my mac to the k3. I've tried to reload 4.14 but the same issue is happening. MCU and FPF load properly, but DSP1 and DVR fail to load. I've reset configuration files before attempting to download. What I get on power up is ERR DSE and ERR DS2, both of which tell me I must reload DSP. The file transfers, but fails on verification, returning version 0.00.
I did load the last beta release successfully, but when I narrowed my rx signal to 500 hz, all audio cut out. That's when I tried to go back to the previous version. I did send a message to support.

wf4o

Re: Firmware failed to load, again

After shutting down both the K3 and Mac last night. This morning I tried to download 4.14 again and it worked without error. Yesterday I had disconnected the power and I thought left enough time for the MCU to fully power down.