KX3 firmware issue

[Dick Hanson]

Howdy.

 

After successfully upgrading my firmware on two previous occasions,
yesterday's efforts left me with a dead radio.

To make matters somewhat worse, I'd since changed computers so the backup
file was gone.

 

The upgrade would have been to 1.87 had it completed successfully.

I replaced the serial cable; didn't help.

Changed to a different computer; that also did not help.

All of my computers are running Win 7 OS.

 

The utility window message is 'reload mcu'; did that a half dozen times or
so.

 

Help of any sort would be sincerely appreciated.

Please reply off list and I'll post any successful ideas.

 

73,

Dick, K5AND

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[Jack Brindle-2]

Dick;

Re-download the update file and try again. The failure indicates that the firmware in the device is invalid, but the boot loader appears to be fine. In general, this sort of problem will occur when the file you are trying to install is bad. So, redo the download to make sure you have a good file and try again.

Jack B, W6FB


On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Dick Hanson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Howdy.
>
>
>
> After successfully upgrading my firmware on two previous occasions,
> yesterday's efforts left me with a dead radio.
>
> To make matters somewhat worse, I'd since changed computers so the backup
> file was gone.
>
>
>
> The upgrade would have been to 1.87 had it completed successfully.
>
> I replaced the serial cable; didn't help.
>
> Changed to a different computer; that also did not help.
>
> All of my computers are running Win 7 OS.
>
>
>
> The utility window message is 'reload mcu'; did that a half dozen times or
> so.
>
>
>
> Help of any sort would be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Please reply off list and I'll post any successful ideas.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Dick, K5AND
>
> Be sure to join us at the 48th Annual CSVHF Conference on July 24-27 in
> Austin, TX.
>
> Visit  <http://www.csvhfs.org> www.csvhfs.org for more information.
>
>
>
>
>
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[Raymond Sills]

And, make sure you have the latest version of the Utility for your  
platform.. the Utility itself is updated/modified from time to time.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211

P.S.  It's not a bad idea to store a copy of your config file for the  
KX3 on a thumb drive... so you can import it to whatever computer you  
might use in the future.  And, keep the config file up to date too.


On Mar 16, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> Dick;
>
> Re-download the update file and try again. The failure indicates  
> that the firmware in the device is invalid, but the boot loader  
> appears to be fine. In general, this sort of problem will occur when  
> the file you are trying to install is bad. So, redo the download to  
> make sure you have a good file and try again.
>
> Jack B, W6FB
>

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Dick,

Make certain you have the latest KX3 Utility,  Download the a fresh copy
of the firmware just in case you had a bad file.  You may have to take
the steps indicated on page 24 of the manual to Force A Firmware Download.

73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/16/2014 3:40 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:

> Howdy.
>
>  
>
> After successfully upgrading my firmware on two previous occasions,
> yesterday's efforts left me with a dead radio.
>
> To make matters somewhat worse, I'd since changed computers so the backup
> file was gone.
>
>  
>
> The upgrade would have been to 1.87 had it completed successfully.
>
> I replaced the serial cable; didn't help.
>
> Changed to a different computer; that also did not help.
>
> All of my computers are running Win 7 OS.
>
>  
>
> The utility window message is 'reload mcu'; did that a half dozen times or
> so.
>
>  
>

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