Newest P3 FW Upgrade
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I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar
issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. I have tried about seven or eight times and it always gets to the same spot and I then get a message, "Elecraft P3 Utility quit unexpectedly." FW version 1.24 would get to different spots before it quit. I am using the latest P3 Utility for the Mac 1.13.2.3. It also locks up with a previous version of the P3 Utility. I tried re-loading 1.24 and I get the same error at what appears to be the same point of the load. I really cannot tell you where it stops as the Utility quits and does not show the last message. I can reboot the P3 and it appears to work fine and restarting the P3 Utility tells me whatever version FW is on it. However, it is a tad disconcerting that the FW load never completes. I have tried different baud rates, but it won't even attempt to load at anything other than 38k4. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can only load FW at 38k4, but I cannot find that reference now and I probably dreamed it. If I am missing something, please, enlighten me. Thanks, Joel - W4JBB ______________________________________________________________ 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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An update:
I have tried different USB ports on the computer and a different cable. I cannot use a true RS232 cable as I have no true RS232 port. So, I don't know if the P3 is fully loaded or not. 73, Joel - W4JBB On 2/28/13 5:43 AM, Joel Black wrote: > I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar > issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. > > I have tried about seven or eight times and it always gets to the same > spot and I then get a message, "Elecraft P3 Utility quit > unexpectedly." FW version 1.24 would get to different spots before it > quit. > > I am using the latest P3 Utility for the Mac 1.13.2.3. It also locks > up with a previous version of the P3 Utility. > > I tried re-loading 1.24 and I get the same error at what appears to be > the same point of the load. I really cannot tell you where it stops as > the Utility quits and does not show the last message. > > I can reboot the P3 and it appears to work fine and restarting the P3 > Utility tells me whatever version FW is on it. However, it is a tad > disconcerting that the FW load never completes. > > I have tried different baud rates, but it won't even attempt to load > at anything other than 38k4. I seem to remember reading somewhere that > you can only load FW at 38k4, but I cannot find that reference now and > I probably dreamed it. > > If I am missing something, please, enlighten me. > > Thanks, > Joel - W4JBB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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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What do you mean by a different cable? What kind of USB-Serial adapter are you using? Can you try a different USB to serial adapter?
73, John N1JM
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Joel,
It sounds like you are having a problem with your USB/Serial Adapter. Make sure you have the latest driver installed for your adapter. Also make sure that the connector is securely fastened to the P3. There is no need to change baud rates. The Utility will automatically switch to 38.4k for firmware downloads. I would leave the P3 at 38.4k all the time. What brand of USB/Serial adapter are you using? David, W4SMT ________________________________ From: Joel Black <[hidden email]> To: elecraft <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:43 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Newest P3 FW Upgrade I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. I have tried about seven or eight times and it always gets to the same spot and I then get a message, "Elecraft P3 Utility quit unexpectedly." FW version 1.24 would get to different spots before it quit. I am using the latest P3 Utility for the Mac 1.13.2.3. It also locks up with a previous version of the P3 Utility. I tried re-loading 1.24 and I get the same error at what appears to be the same point of the load. I really cannot tell you where it stops as the Utility quits and does not show the last message. I can reboot the P3 and it appears to work fine and restarting the P3 Utility tells me whatever version FW is on it. However, it is a tad disconcerting that the FW load never completes. I have tried different baud rates, but it won't even attempt to load at anything other than 38k4. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can only load FW at 38k4, but I cannot find that reference now and I probably dreamed it. If I am missing something, please, enlighten me. Thanks, Joel - W4JBB ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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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Read almost all the posts and one stuck with me - the one who stated
everything worked fine on a Win7 machine using the same cable. On a lark, I started my Win 7 virtual machine through VMware, downloaded and installed the P3 Utility, and connected to the P3 - voila, it worked. This is going through the exact same machine, using the same USB adapater with the USB adapter plugged into the same port. In other words, I did not change a thing. This VMware machine has caused me all kinds of grief and has only recently started working somewhat reliably. However, it allowed me to load the firmware. The only thing different was the fact that I received FW 1.26 instead of 1.25. None of this answers why the FW load (either 1.24 or 1.25) always stopped at the same point in the load on the Mac version. I have no idea... Thanks for the suggestions. 73, Joel - W4JBB On 2/28/13 5:43 AM, Joel Black wrote: > I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar > issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. > ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround)
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I just finished upgrading my P3 to MCU 1.26, SVGA 1.16 and FPGAx
1.04. The MCU loaded OK but then it rejected the SVGA. I followed the instructions to power cycle the P3 (and K3 since that was the closest P3 power switch). I tried a full reload ("Send all Firmware to P3") and it hung again. I power cycled it again, with a count to 10 while off and used "Send All New Firmware to P3" and it worked. MacOS 10.7.5 Elecraft USB <--> RS232 adapter P3 utility 1.12.10.4 (Mac version) Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 3/1/13 at 3:10 AM, [hidden email] (Joel Black) wrote: >Read almost all the posts and one stuck with me - the one who >stated everything worked fine on a Win7 machine using the same cable. > >On a lark, I started my Win 7 virtual machine through VMware, >downloaded and installed the P3 Utility, and connected to the >P3 - voila, it worked. > >This is going through the exact same machine, using the same >USB adapater with the USB adapter plugged into the same port. >In other words, I did not change a thing. This VMware machine >has caused me all kinds of grief and has only recently started >working somewhat reliably. However, it allowed me to load the firmware. > >The only thing different was the fact that I received FW 1.26 instead of 1.25. > >None of this answers why the FW load (either 1.24 or 1.25) >always stopped at the same point in the load on the Mac >version. I have no idea... > >Thanks for the suggestions. > >73, >Joel - W4JBB > >On 2/28/13 5:43 AM, Joel Black wrote: >>I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had >>similar issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after >>several attempts. >> > >______________________________________________________________ >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 > Bill Frantz | Airline peanut bag: "Produced | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | in a facility that processes | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | peanuts and other nuts." - Duh | Los Gatos, CA 95032 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround)
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It took me three attempts, failing on the SVGA load the first two times,
even after switching both K3 and P3 off and then on. I don't know whether this is significant but I had the SVGA disabled (I have no monitor connected at the moment) the first two times but then decided to turn it back on and the SVGA loaded okay - it could have been coincicidence of course. I had similar issues last upload as well which is very much in contrast to the troublefree uploads I have done on the K3 and KX3 over the years. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 5 March 2013 06:03, Bill Frantz <[hidden email]> wrote: > I just finished upgrading my P3 to MCU 1.26, SVGA 1.16 and FPGAx 1.04. The > MCU loaded OK but then it rejected the SVGA. I followed the instructions to > power cycle the P3 (and K3 since that was the closest P3 power switch). I > tried a full reload ("Send all Firmware to P3") and it hung again. I power > cycled it again, with a count to 10 while off and used "Send All New > Firmware to P3" and it worked. > > MacOS 10.7.5 > Elecraft USB <--> RS232 adapter > P3 utility 1.12.10.4 (Mac version) > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > On 3/1/13 at 3:10 AM, [hidden email] (Joel Black) wrote: > > Read almost all the posts and one stuck with me - the one who stated >> everything worked fine on a Win7 machine using the same cable. >> >> On a lark, I started my Win 7 virtual machine through VMware, downloaded >> and installed the P3 Utility, and connected to the P3 - voila, it worked. >> >> This is going through the exact same machine, using the same USB adapater >> with the USB adapter plugged into the same port. In other words, I did not >> change a thing. This VMware machine has caused me all kinds of grief and >> has only recently started working somewhat reliably. However, it allowed me >> to load the firmware. >> >> The only thing different was the fact that I received FW 1.26 instead of >> 1.25. >> >> None of this answers why the FW load (either 1.24 or 1.25) always stopped >> at the same point in the load on the Mac version. I have no idea... >> >> Thanks for the suggestions. >> >> 73, >> Joel - W4JBB >> >> On 2/28/13 5:43 AM, Joel Black wrote: >> >>> I absolutely cannot upgrade to the latest P3 FW (1.25). I had similar >>> issues with 1.24, but it eventually loaded after several attempts. >>> >>> >> ______________________________**______________________________**__ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >> Post: mailto:[hidden email].**net <[hidden email]> >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------- > Bill Frantz | Airline peanut bag: "Produced | Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 | in a facility that processes | 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com | peanuts and other nuts." - Duh | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[hidden email].**net <[hidden email]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > 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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We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had problems loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they?
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Paul,
I was using the latest Linux version and the load failed on the SVGA load asking me to power the P3 on an off again. I did that and it failed again. I then rebooted everything (K3, P3 and PC) and when I brought up the utility the only thing not updated was the SVGA code. I used the "Send New Firmware" option to just send that one and it worked. I, unlike another user, had the SVGA option enabled at the time but do not have a monitor hooked up at this time. Side issue with the Linux version is that when I told it to go download the latest from Elecraft it returned a 127 error (ftp???). I used my own ftp client and downloaded it locally to do the load. Let me know if there is something I can test for you if you need it. 73, Dave W8FGU On 03/05/2013 01:43 PM, Paul Saffren N6HZ wrote: > We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 > Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had problems > loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they? > > 73, > > Paul > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Newest-P3-FW-Upgrade-tp7570483p7570817.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 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 |
Re: Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround)
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Dave,
The 127 error indicates that you do not have cUrl installed on your Linux distro. sudo apt-get install curl > > >David, W4SMT ________________________________ From: Dave Van Wallaghen <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround) Paul, I was using the latest Linux version and the load failed on the SVGA load asking me to power the P3 on an off again. I did that and it failed again. I then rebooted everything (K3, P3 and PC) and when I brought up the utility the only thing not updated was the SVGA code. I used the "Send New Firmware" option to just send that one and it worked. I, unlike another user, had the SVGA option enabled at the time but do not have a monitor hooked up at this time. Side issue with the Linux version is that when I told it to go download the latest from Elecraft it returned a 127 error (ftp???). I used my own ftp client and downloaded it locally to do the load. Let me know if there is something I can test for you if you need it. 73, Dave W8FGU On 03/05/2013 01:43 PM, Paul Saffren N6HZ wrote: > We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 > Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had problems > loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they? > > 73, > > Paul > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Newest-P3-FW-Upgrade-tp7570483p7570817.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround)
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For the record, my SVGA was on all the time.
Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 3/5/13 at 12:41 AM, [hidden email] (Stephen Prior) wrote: > It took me three attempts, failing on the SVGA load the first two times, > even after switching both K3 and P3 off and then on. > > I don't know whether this is significant but I had the SVGA disabled (I > have no monitor connected at the moment) the first two times but then > decided to turn it back on and the SVGA loaded okay - it could have been > coincicidence of course. I had similar issues last upload as well which is > very much in contrast to the troublefree uploads I have done on the K3 and > KX3 over the years. > > 73 Stephen G4SJP > > > On 5 March 2013 06:03, Bill Frantz <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > I just finished upgrading my P3 to MCU 1.26, SVGA 1.16 and FPGAx 1.04. The > > MCU loaded OK but then it rejected the SVGA. I followed the instructions to > > power cycle the P3 (and K3 since that was the closest P3 power switch). I > > tried a full reload ("Send all Firmware to P3") and it hung again. I power > > cycled it again, with a count to 10 while off and used "Send All New > > Firmware to P3" and it worked. > > > > MacOS 10.7.5 > > Elecraft USB <--> RS232 adapter > > P3 utility 1.12.10.4 (Mac version) > > > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > Bill Frantz | gets() remains as a monument | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | to C's continuing support of | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | buffer overruns. | Los Gatos, CA 95032 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround)
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Hi Paul,
I got: Error Code 0xE2000202: No response to SVGA boot block sync command. SVGA verification failed. Turned the P3 off and then back on and uploaded all new firmware and all went well. I don't know if the SVGA was on or off in either case as I don't have a monitor connected to the P3. Would it be possible to display the state of the SVGA when you go into the SVGA en menu? Then tapping the switch would toggle it. Maybe some of the other SVGA menu controls could display the current state too (SVGA data, fntD, font, FW, res, WinR and WinT). I rarely have a monitor hooked up and I think it makes sense to have the SVGA disabled. Cheers and thanks, Fred KE7X Fred Cady fcady at ieee dot org > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] [mailto:elecraft- > [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Paul Saffren N6HZ > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 11:44 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Newest P3 FW Upgrade (Workaround) > > We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 > Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had > problems > loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they? > > 73, > > Paul > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Newest-P3-FW-Upgrade- > tp7570483p7570817.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 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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I am currently back level on the utility.
Suggestion: When checking for new versions of the P3 files, notify the user if there is a newer version of the utility available. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 3/5/13 at 10:43 AM, [hidden email] (Paul Saffren N6HZ) wrote: >We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 >Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had problems >loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the 408-356-8506 | intelligence. There's a knob called "brightness", but www.pwpconsult.com | it doesn't work. -- Gallagher ______________________________________________________________ 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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Bill,
That's a great suggestion. 73, Paul Paul Saffren - N6HZ Project Manager Elecraft Inc. 831-763-4211 x122 www.elecraft.com On 3/5/2013 11:40 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > I am currently back level on the utility. > > Suggestion: When checking for new versions of the P3 files, notify the > user if there is a newer version of the utility available. > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > On 3/5/13 at 10:43 AM, [hidden email] (Paul Saffren N6HZ) wrote: > >> We released 1.13.1.23 (PC) and 1.13.2.3 (Mac/Linux) versions of the P3 >> Utility to fix many of the issues mentioned here. Has anyone had >> problems >> loading new firmware with the new Utility and if so what are they? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bill Frantz | "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the > 408-356-8506 | intelligence. There's a knob called > "brightness", but > www.pwpconsult.com | it doesn't work. -- Gallagher ______________________________________________________________ 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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