K3 IO1 Error Message
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When I switched on my K3 on Saturday afternoon prior to using it in
Field Day it came up with IO1 error message. I will contact technical support but wondered if anyone had experienced this before. Associated symptoms are: Doesn't recognise Sub Rx, ATU or 100w PA, ie max output is 12w. It was working perfectly in the week and I am thinking a connector may have worked lose in transit. Accessing the Field Day site involved a drive along bumpy farm tracks and a steep grassy incline which my 4x4 SUV coped with OK but apparently not the K3!! Chris G3SJJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Chris,
Random error messages on boot up still plague me frequently. Normally I get a whole series of them beginning with BP3 usually but they can vary. With me Sub always works but ATU and 100w module doesn't until I've sorted it by repeated power up cycles or just leaving on for a while and then turning off and on. One time recently it took a good hour of trying before it turned on correctly.... I've never been able to figure out any logic to this; no connection with temperature or the radio being moved, different firmware etc. The most recent official release dealt with 'bus timing issues causing random error messages on switch on..' but no real difference here and I'm pretty convinced it's software and not hardware or seating problems, as when I've got rid of the errors the radio works perfectly. Just when I think the problem's here to stay and decide it's time to tackle the support guys again the radio starts to behave and I don't bother but it's quite frustrating when it's in a "I'm not going to start up properly" mood. 73, Stewart, GW0ETF |
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I had a whole raft of intermittent error messages to do with the SPI bus
which was driving me nuts. Most of my K3 modules were not being recognised at some time or other. There is a modification to improve the supply rail decoupling on the bus which would appear to have cured my K3's ills in that department. Send a mail to Elecraft support. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:32:52 -0700 (PDT), GW0ETF wrote: > > Chris, > > Random error messages on boot up still plague me frequently. Normally I get > a whole series of them beginning with BP3 usually but they can vary. With me > Sub always works but ATU and 100w module doesn't until I've sorted it by > repeated power up cycles or just leaving on for a while and then turning off > and on. One time recently it took a good hour of trying before it turned on > correctly.... > > I've never been able to figure out any logic to this; no connection with > temperature or the radio being moved, different firmware etc. The most > recent official release dealt with 'bus timing issues causing random error > messages on switch on..' but no real difference here and I'm pretty > convinced it's software and not hardware or seating problems, as when I've > got rid of the errors the radio works perfectly. > > Just when I think the problem's here to stay and decide it's time to tackle > the support guys again the radio starts to behave and I don't bother but > it's quite frustrating when it's in a "I'm not going to start up properly" > mood. > > 73, > > Stewart, GW0ETF ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by GW0ETF
Hi Stewart,
I have been visited by the same bug. This just started a few weeks ago. My errors are quite consistant. The power on error list shows the following: BP1 LPF IO3 IF1 XV3 BP2 AT3 PA1 I have been monitoring the front panel temperature and the problem seems to happen only when the temperature is below about 32 deg. Sometimes there are several days between errors. If I leave the rig on until the temperature is above 32 deg. then I get a clean power up. My 13.8V supply is a Kenwood PS-50 which is normally left on. On a few occaisions I have switched the DC supply off after a prolonged sequence of errors and so far the power on errors have ceased either on the first or usually the second K3 power on. This leads me to believe that it could be a power off housekeeping problem. Not really enough evidence yet. No errors for a couple of days. Thankfully it is not a show stopper. By the way my serial number is 00137 (quite close to yours) factory built. This is my first problem (not counting broken knobs!). I will gather some more evidence before contacting support. 73 Tony Fegan VE3QF Ex GW3TTF/G3TTF GW0ETF wrote: > Chris, > > Random error messages on boot up still plague me frequently. Normally I get > a whole series of them beginning with BP3 usually but they can vary. With me > Sub always works but ATU and 100w module doesn't until I've sorted it by > repeated power up cycles or just leaving on for a while and then turning off > and on. One time recently it took a good hour of trying before it turned on > correctly.... > > I've never been able to figure out any logic to this; no connection with > temperature or the radio being moved, different firmware etc. The most > recent official release dealt with 'bus timing issues causing random error > messages on switch on..' but no real difference here and I'm pretty > convinced it's software and not hardware or seating problems, as when I've > got rid of the errors the radio works perfectly. > > Just when I think the problem's here to stay and decide it's time to tackle > the support guys again the radio starts to behave and I don't bother but > it's quite frustrating when it's in a "I'm not going to start up properly" > mood. > > 73, > > Stewart, GW0ETF > > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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