[K3] FPF failed

[Mike Reublin]

Trying to help a friend with loading the latest firmware. I have the latest (Mac) utility and the latest firmware. The load fails at the FPF step. I've done the force procedure, no joy.

Suggestions?

73, Mike NF4L
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[Mike Reublin]

Thanks, David -

As I said, I had downloaded the latest & greatest. Even  sending the update file by file failed. K6KR suggested it may be a memory problem, and to contact Elecraft support.

73, Mike NF4L

On Apr 19, 2014, at 5:04 PM, David Sanders W4DES <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Previously seen on the reflector from Don:
> Try this - first download the latest K3 Utility and get the new firmware files as usual (Check for New Firmware). Then using the Advanced tab of K3 Utility, Check the DSP1 box and click "Load checked firmware”.  When that completes, do the same for the FPF loading only that firmware.  After you do that, you can exit from the Advanced screen and the Send all Firmware to the K3.
>
> Let us know if that works.
>
>
> 73, David W4DES
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Mike Reublin <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> Trying to help a friend with loading the latest firmware. I have the latest (Mac) utility and the latest firmware. The load fails at the FPF step. I've done the force procedure, no joy.
>>
>> Suggestions?
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>> 73, Mike NF4L
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Do you have another USB/Serial adapter to try?

David, W4SMT


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Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 3:13 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] FPF failed
 

Trying to help a friend with loading the latest firmware. I have the latest (Mac) utility and the latest firmware. The load fails at the FPF step. I've done the force procedure, no joy.

Suggestions?

73, Mike NF4L
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[k6dgw]

Something like this came up on the list not too long ago.  If I remember
correctly [no guarantees on anything involving the word "remember"], the
problem went something like:

There are 3 sets of firmware loads in a K3 ... MCU, FPF, and DSP [DSP
twice if you have the sub-rx].  They normally load in sequence
automatically in that order.  It is possible, but not common, that the
new FPF load begins looking for a response from the new DSP which hasn't
been loaded yet.

I believe the solution given was:  Uncheck all but the MCU and load it.
  Then check only the DSP and load it.  Finally load the FPF.  Or
something like that, maybe someone else remembers this better than I do.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 4/20/2014 9:02 AM, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote:

> Do you have another USB/Serial adapter to try?
>
> David, W4SMT
>
> ________________________________ From: Mike Reublin <[hidden email]>
> To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Sent: Saturday,
> April 19, 2014 3:13 PM Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] FPF failed
>
> Trying to help a friend with loading the latest firmware. I have the
> latest (Mac) utility and the latest firmware. The load fails at the
> FPF step. I've done the force procedure, no joy.

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