Clint,
I had a similar issue with the 3.97 Beta firmware, but in my case only the
DSP2 wouldn't take. It kept indicating that 2.58 DSP2 load had failed and noted
that DSP2 vers.2.54 was still installed. I tried a number of times with the same
result. Finally I powered down the K3. When I turned it back on I got two ERR
messages (sorry, I didn't write them down). I powered the K3 down then up a
second time, tried to reload only the DSP2 firmware and it took. All is well
now.
73,
Rich - K1HTV
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Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:15:40 -0700
From: "Clint" <
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Subject: [Elecraft] Firmware load issue
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I just had an issue installing the Beta firmware (3.97 - 2.58) on my K3. The
first 2 times I tried, the DSP load failed on both 1 & 2. As I just installed a
new RS232 card in my computer (my USB-232 converter scheme was quite noisy) I
assumed something was wrong with the new set-up. I went in and checked all the
settings on the computer and K3. A-OK so I tried again. This time DSP 1 loaded
OK but DSP 2 failed again. I re-checked my new RS232 set-up and it works great
with HRD and the Elecraft utility (I used to get noise when the utility polled
the K3), noise issue completely gone.
I tried again after setting the I/O buffers a bit lower on the computer port
settings, no joy. As this last attempt was in progress I noticed the S meter was
very busy. After it was done (failed), I turned the RF gain (and AF gain) all
the way down and tried once more. Bingo!
Anybody else ever notice this?
Clint KI6SSN
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