Help,advise K3/KPA500 problem

[greenacres113-2]

They have been humming along for  a yr. I'm not computer savy so with
help from my friend Jamie I was up and going. Three days ago my
outboard keyer died. I pulled the K3 forward on the desk to plug in  my
spare keyer. [I prefer an outboard keyer]. When all was connected & the
radio pushed back in position the K3 & KPA500 are not talking. I get no
message on the K3 display the KPA is on. The amp is just bypassing RF.
The KPA displays the K3 output power but when I key the amp sits in
standby.The band following is not working. They just are not
communicating. Jamie suggested unplugging all the interconnect cables &
reinserting them in the K3 & KPA. Maybe a lost connection.
That had no effect. I'm open to suggestions as a starting point or if
anyone else has experienced this & how they resolved the problem. I want
to get the KPA going as I have a new KAT500 in a box on the shack floor.
TNX
K9IL
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[Guy, K2AV]

The auxbus connection on the ACC jack seems to be open.

This is the one that always gets folks...  This trouble is 95 percent
something not in all the way.  The other 4 percent is breaking a wire or
connector.  The other 1 percent is an accidental change to a menu setting.
 In particular:

Make sure that *every single connector* is in *all the way* on both boxes,
properly seated.  That means *EACH *cable connector, *skipping none*,
whether you took it out or not, checking at *BOTH* ends.

Wish I had a buck for every time that was the answer for something
"suddenly" not working.  Of course, I've only done that to myself dozens of
times.  Same answer for me, too  :>)

73, Guy

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:05 PM, r miles <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> They have been humming along for  a yr. I'm not computer savy so with help
> from my friend Jamie I was up and going. Three days ago my outboard keyer
> died. I pulled the K3 forward on the desk to plug in  my spare keyer. [I
> prefer an outboard keyer]. When all was connected & the radio pushed back
> in position the K3 & KPA500 are not talking. I get no message on the K3
> display the KPA is on. The amp is just bypassing RF. The KPA displays the
> K3 output power but when I key the amp sits in standby.The band following
> is not working. They just are not communicating. Jamie suggested unplugging
> all the interconnect cables & reinserting them in the K3 & KPA. Maybe a
> lost connection.
> That had no effect. I'm open to suggestions as a starting point or if
> anyone else has experienced this & how they resolved the problem. I want to
> get the KPA going as I have a new KAT500 in a box on the shack floor.
> TNX
> K9IL
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