K3 FPF firmware load failed

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

Hello,
I tried upgrading the firmware to 4.93 today. I first tried a plain
"send all firmware", MCU load went fine and then FPF failed. I restarted
the K3 as suggested and at this point FPF was listed as 1.16 and no
longer proposed for update. I was able to load DSP firmware after this,
by doing a "send all new firmware".
Then I turned on advanced mode and tried a couple of times to load FPF
again. This is what I get:


09:33:33 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Revision 1.13.8.27
09:33:34 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:33:48 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:33:51 Erasing Flash Memory
09:33:55 Sending firmware file "hfpf0116.hex" to FPF
09:36:05 Send FPF firmware failed at load addresst 176128
09:53:46 FPF firmware load failed
09:53:47 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:53:47 Ready

A small window suggests to check for firmware correctness, but I don't
know where to find this info. Here's the md5 of the file I have:

e6b579198d681e380a60a4036063a2cc  hfpf0116.hex

The radio appears to be working normally (for what I can check not
having an antenna other than the 2m one at this time).
All front panel buttons and controls seem to do what they're supposed
to.

What else should I try?

Pf

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You're using an older version of the utility. Try version 1.14.10.24. You're probably okay if the K3 is reporting 1.16.

David, W4SMT
      From: Pierfrancesco Caci <[hidden email]>
 To: [hidden email]
 Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:07 AM
 Subject: [Elecraft] K3 FPF firmware load failed
   

Hello,
I tried upgrading the firmware to 4.93 today. I first tried a plain
"send all firmware", MCU load went fine and then FPF failed. I restarted
the K3 as suggested and at this point FPF was listed as 1.16 and no
longer proposed for update. I was able to load DSP firmware after this,
by doing a "send all new firmware".
Then I turned on advanced mode and tried a couple of times to load FPF
again. This is what I get:


09:33:33 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Revision 1.13.8.27
09:33:34 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:33:48 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:33:51 Erasing Flash Memory
09:33:55 Sending firmware file "hfpf0116.hex" to FPF
09:36:05 Send FPF firmware failed at load addresst 176128
09:53:46 FPF firmware load failed
09:53:47 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
09:53:47 Ready

A small window suggests to check for firmware correctness, but I don't
know where to find this info. Here's the md5 of the file I have:

e6b579198d681e380a60a4036063a2cc  hfpf0116.hex

The radio appears to be working normally (for what I can check not
having an antenna other than the 2m one at this time).
All front panel buttons and controls seem to do what they're supposed
to.

What else should I try?

Pf

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Along this same line...  I just checked, and I am showing only 4.86
available, just did the get software from Elecraft thing, and I don't
see 4.93???  

Is there another way of getting software updates for teh rig?
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On Sat, 2014-11-29 at 15:12 +0000, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote:

> You're using an older version of the utility. Try version 1.14.10.24. You're probably okay if the K3 is reporting 1.16.
>
> David, W4SMT
>       From: Pierfrancesco Caci <[hidden email]>
>  To: [hidden email]
>  Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:07 AM
>  Subject: [Elecraft] K3 FPF firmware load failed
>    
>
> Hello,
> I tried upgrading the firmware to 4.93 today. I first tried a plain
> "send all firmware", MCU load went fine and then FPF failed. I restarted
> the K3 as suggested and at this point FPF was listed as 1.16 and no
> longer proposed for update. I was able to load DSP firmware after this,
> by doing a "send all new firmware".
> Then I turned on advanced mode and tried a couple of times to load FPF
> again. This is what I get:
>
>
> 09:33:33 Elecraft K3 Utility for Linux Revision 1.13.8.27
> 09:33:34 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:33:48 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:33:51 Erasing Flash Memory
> 09:33:55 Sending firmware file "hfpf0116.hex" to FPF
> 09:36:05 Send FPF firmware failed at load addresst 176128
> 09:53:46 FPF firmware load failed
> 09:53:47 K3 MCU revision 04.93. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 09:53:47 Ready
>
> A small window suggests to check for firmware correctness, but I don't
> know where to find this info. Here's the md5 of the file I have:
>
> e6b579198d681e380a60a4036063a2cc  hfpf0116.hex
>
> The radio appears to be working normally (for what I can check not
> having an antenna other than the 2m one at this time).
> All front panel buttons and controls seem to do what they're supposed
> to.
>
> What else should I try?
>
> Pf
>

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[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "David" == David Fleming <[hidden email]> writes:


    David> You're using an older version of the utility. Try version
    David> 1.14.10.24. You're  
    David> probably okay if the K3 is reporting 1.16.                        

Thanks David, that did it.
Now I'm curious as to why it was failing with the previous version, if
you can tell.
BTW, there's a typo in the manual pages, the troubleshooting ones are
linked as "Troubleshooting" while the files are "TroubleShooting".
Was there in previous version as well.

Pf

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[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "David" == David Cole <[hidden email]> writes:


    David> Along this same line...  I just checked, and I am showing only 4.86
    David> available, just did the get software from Elecraft thing, and I don't
    David> see 4.93???  

4.93 is a beta release, you have to manually fetch it.

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