Gremlins in the K3 firmware Downloads

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Gremlins in the K3 firmware Downloads

NS5U/1 Jim Benson
Installing the latest beta just gave me similar results of the Gremlins.  Mostly failure to load and PLL error codes.  I have had no problems in the past and so I reverted to an earlier version.

Then I realized I was doing a lot of stuff in the background while the firmware was loading.  Yep when I closed everything else down the newest version jumped right up and worked.  I run the Elecraft USB/serial cable on a Macbook.  It works equally as well under Mac OS X as it does under WinXP..........but only when I shut down everything else first.  Didn't notice this before because I think the excitement of playing with the cable and firmware revision was absorbing enough I didn't have anything else running.  

The process has been so stable and simple it has become routine and somewhat boring so I have taken to playing solitaire or surfing while it is running. Obviously my machine stumbles with the load and the comport transfer suffers.

YMMV

Jim
NS5U/1