K3 Crashed

[Ken Chandler]

Hi

Thought I would load up the latest beta firmware. Have had  no problems in
the past loading the beta.  However, after an on screen message turn p3 off
the k3 lock-up and have MCU LD on screen.

 

The k3 would not power down so I switched the supply  off!!!!!

 

Now I have the TX lamp flashing away and the radio trying to find a port
com8

 

Any suggestion please!!

 

Ken..G0ORH

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[Rick Prather-2]

>From the Owner's Manual:

Forcing a Firmware Download
If you accidentally load an old or incompatible firmware version and find the K3 unresponsive, do the following: (1) unplug the K3 from the power supply and wait 5 seconds; (2) plug the power supply back in; (3) hold the K3’s switch in; after about 10 seconds, you’ll see the TX LED flash (you’ll also see MCU LD on the LCD); (4) load the correct firmware version.

Worked for me..

GL,
Rick
K6LE

On 9/19/2010, at 4:20 , ken chandler wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thought I would load up the latest beta firmware. Have had  no problems in
> the past loading the beta.  However, after an on screen message turn p3 off
> the k3 lock-up and have MCU LD on screen.
>
>
>
> The k3 would not power down so I switched the supply  off!!!!!
>
>
>
> Now I have the TX lamp flashing away and the radio trying to find a port
> com8
>
>
>
> Any suggestion please!!
>
>
>
> Ken..G0ORH

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[Ken Chandler]

Hi guys

I have it Fixed, it was a polling issue, clicked start, settings, control panel, system, hardware, device manager, click on ports, I'm using com8.... Open com8 by clicking, port settings, re-set bit per second (I set it to 38400) press ok.
I opened elecraft utility, k3 polled correctly, k3 detected the new firmware, clicked on 'send new firmware to k3' loaded correctly.
P3 firmware loaded correctly also.


Ken..G0ORH

CW4EVER

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On 19 Sep 2010, at 12:25, Rick Prather <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From the Owner's Manual:
>
> Forcing a Firmware Download
> If you accidentally load an old or incompatible firmware version and find the K3 unresponsive, do the following: (1) unplug the K3 from the power supply and wait 5 seconds; (2) plug the power supply back in; (3) hold the K3’s    switch in; after about 10 seconds, you’ll see the TX LED flash (you’ll also see MCU LD on the LCD); (4) load the correct firmware version.
>
> Worked for me..
>
> GL,
> Rick
> K6LE
>
> On 9/19/2010, at 4:20 , ken chandler wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Thought I would load up the latest beta firmware. Have had  no problems in
>> the past loading the beta.  However, after an on screen message turn p3 off
>> the k3 lock-up and have MCU LD on screen.
>>
>>
>>
>> The k3 would not power down so I switched the supply  off!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Now I have the TX lamp flashing away and the radio trying to find a port
>> com8
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestion please!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken..G0ORH

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