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David F. Reed-2

KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

Folks,

up til today my combination in the subject line has worked flawlessly.
Today a couple of problems surfaced.

(1) the power switch on the PX3 is intermittent for ON, always works
OFF. In other words, it does not always power ON when asked to, but
always powers OFF when requested to. Not a big deal, but would be nice
to fix...

(2) the KXPA100 would not come on; in trying to track it down, I observe
that the PA mode in the KX3 was OFF; setting it to ON, the KXPA100 turns
on, and the Sys Fault LED flashes, then it turns off the KX3 PA mode and
itself OFF. Big deal, and would love to fix it.

I have rechecked all the cabling and removed and reinserted it i to no
avail.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV

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Bob N3MNT

Re: KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

Check power connections. Saw something similar when I had a faulty PP conector.

"Hjalmar Duklæt"

Re: KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

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Hi.
I've also had this problem a couple of times. If you have the KX3 connected to a computer - disconnect. I think that solved the problem for me. You can connect to the computer again when the KXPA100 is up and running.
73 de Haø/la4xx

On 15-03-12 22:59, "David F. Reed" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Folks,
>
> up til today my combination in the subject line has worked flawlessly. Today a couple of problems surfaced.
>
> (1) the power switch on the PX3 is intermittent for ON, always works OFF. In other words, it does not always power ON when asked to, but always powers OFF when requested to. Not a big deal, but would be nice to fix...
>
> (2) the KXPA100 would not come on; in trying to track it down, I observe that the PA mode in the KX3 was OFF; setting it to ON, the KXPA100 turns on, and the Sys Fault LED flashes, then it turns off the KX3 PA mode and itself OFF. Big deal, and would love to fix it.
>
> I have rechecked all the cabling and removed and reinserted it i to no avail.
>
> Thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
>
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David F. Reed-2

Re: KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

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Thanks all for the suggestions; in the end, none worked. However, I
then reloaded all the microcode in all 3 units, and voila, they all play
nice together again...

73 de Dave, W5SV

On 3/12/15 4:59 PM, David F. Reed wrote:

> Folks,
>
> up til today my combination in the subject line has worked
> flawlessly. Today a couple of problems surfaced.
>
> (1) the power switch on the PX3 is intermittent for ON, always works
> OFF. In other words, it does not always power ON when asked to, but
> always powers OFF when requested to. Not a big deal, but would be
> nice to fix...
>
> (2) the KXPA100 would not come on; in trying to track it down, I
> observe that the PA mode in the KX3 was OFF; setting it to ON, the
> KXPA100 turns on, and the Sys Fault LED flashes, then it turns off the
> KX3 PA mode and itself OFF. Big deal, and would love to fix it.
>
> I have rechecked all the cabling and removed and reinserted it i to no
> avail.
>
> Thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
>

Phil Wheeler-2

Re: KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

Good to hear you got it, Dave!

Phil W7OX

On 3/13/15 7:19 AM, David F. Reed wrote:

> Thanks all for the suggestions; in the end, none
> worked. However, I then reloaded all the
> microcode in all 3 units, and voila, they all
> play nice together again...
>
> 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
> On 3/12/15 4:59 PM, David F. Reed wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> up til today my combination in the subject line
>> has worked flawlessly. Today a couple of
>> problems surfaced.
>>
>> (1) the power switch on the PX3 is intermittent
>> for ON, always works OFF. In other words, it
>> does not always power ON when asked to, but
>> always powers OFF when requested to. Not a big
>> deal, but would be nice to fix...
>>
>> (2) the KXPA100 would not come on; in trying to
>> track it down, I observe that the PA mode in
>> the KX3 was OFF; setting it to ON, the KXPA100
>> turns on, and the Sys Fault LED flashes, then
>> it turns off the KX3 PA mode and itself OFF.
>> Big deal, and would love to fix it.
>>
>> I have rechecked all the cabling and removed
>> and reinserted it i to no avail.
>>
>> Thoughts or suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV

David F. Reed-2

Re: KX3-PX3-KXPA100 problem

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Sadly, changing nothing, both problems are back today.

On 3/13/15 9:19 AM, David F. Reed wrote:

> Thanks all for the suggestions; in the end, none worked. However, I
> then reloaded all the microcode in all 3 units, and voila, they all
> play nice together again...
>
> 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
> On 3/12/15 4:59 PM, David F. Reed wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> up til today my combination in the subject line has worked
>> flawlessly. Today a couple of problems surfaced.
>>
>> (1) the power switch on the PX3 is intermittent for ON, always works
>> OFF. In other words, it does not always power ON when asked to, but
>> always powers OFF when requested to. Not a big deal, but would be
>> nice to fix...
>>
>> (2) the KXPA100 would not come on; in trying to track it down, I
>> observe that the PA mode in the KX3 was OFF; setting it to ON, the
>> KXPA100 turns on, and the Sys Fault LED flashes, then it turns off
>> the KX3 PA mode and itself OFF. Big deal, and would love to fix it.
>>
>> I have rechecked all the cabling and removed and reinserted it i to
>> no avail.
>>
>> Thoughts or suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks & 73 de Dave, W5SV
>>
>>
>