K3: Calibrate RF gain with K3 utility - error messages - help.

[VK7JB]

Hi all,

I'm hoping someone has come across this problem and can help out.

I recently got an XG3, so thought I would run the Calibrate RF gain utility in K3 Utility.

I'm running the latest K3 firmware and the most recent update of the K3 utility:  1.4.4.25

K3 and computer are communicating fine and Calibrate Tx gain routine in K3 Utility runs fine.

Tried to run the Calibrate RF gain routine and I get the following error in the K3 utility window
"No reponse to DSP command"  and the calibration progresses no further.
On the K3 LCD there is this error message:  "E 040FA6.   ERR DSE"

I've checked and all the setup parameters for the Calibrate RF gain routine are set correctly according the the on-screen prompts.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any advice,

John
VK7JB

[Jim Sheldon]

Just did the same procedure on my K3 (I have the sub-receiver installed in mine) and everything in the RF Gain calibration routine went normally and completed /wrote the value to eeprom for the main RX, but I got the "No response to DSP command" error when the utility was going through the sub-RX gain calibration procedure.  I shut down and restarted everything.  I ran through the cal procedures again but ignored the main rx and just did the sub-rx.  This time it finished properly for the sub receiver.  Leaving well enough alone, I didn't try to repeat the problem.

I'm running firmware versions uc 4.36,  DSP 1 and 2 2.73 and FL 1.14.

The only changes since I got the K3 (back in December of 2010) are firmware upgrades and I had originally had the general coverage bandpass filter installed in the sub receiver only.  I have since moved that to the main receiver as I found it was more convenient in that position due to the way I like my audio configured.

Jim - W0EB

> Hi all,
>
> I'm hoping someone has come across this problem and can help out.
>
> I recently got an XG3, so thought I would run the Calibrate RF gain
> utility
> in K3 Utility.
>
> I'm running the latest K3 firmware and the most recent update of
> the K3
> utility:  1.4.4.25
>
> K3 and computer are communicating fine and Calibrate Tx gain
> routine in K3
> Utility runs fine.
>
> Tried to run the Calibrate RF gain routine and I get the following
> error in
> the K3 utility window
> "No reponse to DSP command"  and the calibration progresses no
> further.
> On the K3 LCD there is this error message:  "E 040FA6.   ERR DSE"
>
> I've checked and all the setup parameters for the Calibrate RF gain
> routine
> are set correctly according the the on-screen prompts.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> John
> VK7JB
>
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