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pastormg

K3 Stuck in MCU LD

I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message never made it to the board. I was trying to load the new Firmware into my K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip during a storm and now my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the screen in dark when power is applied and MCU LD is on the screen. The Red TX light is flashing and after a period of time it will then go to the Delta F light which will flash yellow. I cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because I'm sure it's because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one reset their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the Shift/Lo button while pressing the Power button and nothing Plus to get the K3 out of this state I need to shut off the power supply. Every button is totally useless. Perhaps I need to call the people at Elecraft once I get home from work this afternoon. Hopefully someone on the board will have a solution or someone from elecraft will see this message and help! Thanks! Mark Griff
in, KB3Z
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Vic Rosenthal

Re: K3 Stuck in MCU LD

There's a procedure described in the K3 Utility Help menu under
'troubleshooting' called Forcing the K3 into "Firmware Load Required"
Mode. Follow this procedure.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 21 Aug 2015 10:37, [hidden email] wrote:

> I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message never
> made it to the board. I was trying to load the new Firmware into my
> K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip during a storm and now
> my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the screen in dark when power is
> applied and MCU LD is on the screen. The Red TX light is flashing and
> after a period of time it will then go to the Delta F light which
> will flash yellow. I cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because
> I'm sure it's because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one
> reset their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the Shift/Lo
> button while pressing the Power button and nothing Plus to get the
> K3 out of this state I need to shut off the power supply. Every
> button is totally useless. Perhaps I need to call the people at
> Elecraft once I get home from work this afternoon. Hopefully someone
> on the board will have a solution or someone from elecraft will see
> this message and help! Thanks! Mark Griff in, KB3Z

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Dick Dievendorff-4

Re: K3 Stuck in MCU LD

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There is a recovery procedure in K3 Utility Help. See Troubleshooting, MCU Load.

73 de Dick, K6KR

> On Aug 21, 2015, at 00:37, [hidden email] wrote:
>
> I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message never made it to the board. I was trying to load the new Firmware into my K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip during a storm and now my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the screen in dark when power is applied and MCU LD is on the screen. The Red TX light is flashing and after a period of time it will then go to the Delta F light which will flash yellow. I cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because I'm sure it's because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one reset their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the Shift/Lo button while pressing the Power button and nothing Plus to get the K3 out of this state I need to shut off the power supply. Every button is totally useless. Perhaps I need to call the people at Elecraft once I get home from work this afternoon. Hopefully someone on the board will have a solution or someone from elecraft will see this message and help! Thanks! Mark Gri
ff

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Vic Rosenthal

Re: K3 Stuck in MCU LD

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You should either get the usb to serial cable that you have working, get another one, or use a real serial port if the computer has one. The computer needs to be connected directly to the P3 with no intervening devices when you load firmware.

Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO

> On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:12 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
> Vic,
> The Digi-Keyer II is connected to the computer via USB. And then there is a cable connected between the Digi-Keyer II and the P3. Then from the P3 to the K3. I think it is a com port issue. Perhaps I should uninstall the interface program and reinstall it again. I have a USB to Serial Port Male cable, but windows 10 told me that it didn't have a driver for it. I will have to try this once I get home from work. Thanks! Mark Griffin, KB3Z
>
>
> On 08/21/15, Vic Rosenthal<[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> For firmware loading you should connect the K3 (or P3 if you have one) directly to the computer, not via the Digi Keyer or any similar device.
>
> Vic K2VCO/4X6GP
> Sent from my phone
>
>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 2:39 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>
>> Hi Vic,
>> Nice to hear from Israel. I haven't visited your country since the late 90's. I read about the forcing of the Firmware on page 45 of the manual. My problem is that with my computer keeps polling for a connection with my K3. Either I have to purchase a direct cable from my PC to the K3 or make some changes with my Digi Keyer. I have been running the connection between the Digi Keyer II and my K3 on Com Port 6. But it keeps searching different speeds on Com Port 6 and cannot connect. I'm sure once I solve that issue I will be able to force load the new firmware. Computer are just so much fun!!! HA HA. Thanks again! Mark Griffin, KB3Z
>>
>>
>> On 08/21/15, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO<[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> There's a procedure described in the K3 Utility Help menu under
>> 'troubleshooting' called Forcing the K3 into "Firmware Load Required"
>> Mode. Follow this procedure.
>>
>> 73,
>> Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
>> Rehovot, Israel
>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>>
>>
>> On 21 Aug 2015 10:37, [hidden email] wrote:
>> > I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message never
>> > made it to the board. I was trying to load the new Firmware into my
>> > K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip during a storm and now
>> > my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the screen in dark when power is
>> > applied and MCU LD is on the screen. The Red TX light is flashing and
>> > after a period of time it will then go to the Delta F light which
>> > will flash yellow. I cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because
>> > I'm sure it's because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one
>> > reset their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the Shift/Lo
>> > button while pressing the Power button and nothing Plus to get the
>> > K3 out of this state I need to shut off the power supply. Every
>> > button is totally useless. Perhaps I need to call the people at
>> > Elecraft once I get home from work this afternoon. Hopefully someone
>> > on the board will have a solution or someone from elecraft will see
>> > this message and help! Thanks! Mark Griff in, KB3Z

Joe Subich, W4TV-4

Re: K3 Stuck in MCU LD

>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:12 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>
>> Vic, The Digi-Keyer II is connected to the computer via USB. And
>> then there is a cable connected between the Digi-Keyer II and the
>> P3. Then from the P3 to the K3.

You *CAN NOT* do a firmware upload via any microHAM "keyer" interface.
The K3 utility will not work with microHAM Router because it forces a
reboot of the transceiver which in turn cycles power to the interface.
Every microHAM Users Manual includes a very explicit warning about
doing firmware uploads of any transceiver using the microHAM interface.

Get a USB to serial adapter or use a plain serial port for the firmware
uploads.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 8/21/2015 9:27 AM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:

> You should either get the usb to serial cable that you have working,
> get another one, or use a real serial port if the computer has one.
> The computer needs to be connected directly to the P3 with no
> intervening devices when you load firmware.
>
> Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO
>
>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:12 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>
>> Vic, The Digi-Keyer II is connected to the computer via USB. And
>> then there is a cable connected between the Digi-Keyer II and the
>> P3. Then from the P3 to the K3. I think it is a com port issue.
>> Perhaps I should uninstall the interface program and reinstall it
>> again. I have a USB to Serial Port Male cable, but windows 10 told
>> me that it didn't have a driver for it. I will have to try this
>> once I get home from work. Thanks! Mark Griffin, KB3Z
>>
>>
>> On 08/21/15, Vic Rosenthal<[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> For firmware loading you should connect the K3 (or P3 if you have
>> one) directly to the computer, not via the Digi Keyer or any
>> similar device.
>>
>> Vic K2VCO/4X6GP Sent from my phone
>>
>>> On Aug 21, 2015, at 2:39 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Vic, Nice to hear from Israel. I haven't visited your country
>>> since the late 90's. I read about the forcing of the Firmware on
>>> page 45 of the manual. My problem is that with my computer keeps
>>> polling for a connection with my K3. Either I have to purchase a
>>> direct cable from my PC to the K3 or make some changes with my
>>> Digi Keyer. I have been running the connection between the Digi
>>> Keyer II and my K3 on Com Port 6. But it keeps searching
>>> different speeds on Com Port 6 and cannot connect. I'm sure once
>>> I solve that issue I will be able to force load the new firmware.
>>> Computer are just so much fun!!! HA HA. Thanks again! Mark
>>> Griffin, KB3Z
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/21/15, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO<[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> There's a procedure described in the K3 Utility Help menu under
>>> 'troubleshooting' called Forcing the K3 into "Firmware Load
>>> Required" Mode. Follow this procedure.
>>>
>>> 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 Aug 2015 10:37, [hidden email] wrote:
>>>> I am sending this message again, as it seems my first message
>>>> never made it to the board. I was trying to load the new
>>>> Firmware into my K3. Well for some reason we had a power blip
>>>> during a storm and now my K3 is stuck in MCU LD. Right now the
>>>> screen in dark when power is applied and MCU LD is on the
>>>> screen. The Red TX light is flashing and after a period of time
>>>> it will then go to the Delta F light which will flash yellow. I
>>>> cannot connect to my K3 via my computer because I'm sure it's
>>>> because it is stuck in the MCU LD error. How does one reset
>>>> their K3. I read about the EE Init where I Held in the
>>>> Shift/Lo button while pressing the Power button and nothing
>>>> Plus to get the K3 out of this state I need to shut off the
>>>> power supply. Every button is totally useless. Perhaps I need
>>>> to call the people at Elecraft once I get home from work this
>>>> afternoon. Hopefully someone on the board will have a solution
>>>> or someone from elecraft will see this message and help!
>>>> Thanks! Mark Griff in, KB3Z
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