P3/SVGA Beta Firmware 1.24/1.14 Now Available

[Charlie Delta]

Hi Paul

I have had all sorts of problems trying to update to this beta release.

The upload crashed after the MCU load. I tried several times with no success.
It seems that something gets corrupted after the reset process.
The P3 does actually reset however the update to the P3 Utility seems rather slow.

I even tried using the MCU bootloader with the same failure.  I have tried  about 6
times and it has failed on every attempt. I thought that  it was the USB-serial driver that got corrupted. I tried a dedicated RS232 port on another PC with the same result.
I also disconnected the K3 from the P3 with no success.

I have successfully loaded the previous beta so I presume that their is no issue
with my PC setup. This might be some issue with my P3, although its running
fine after re- installing the previous beta.

 Is there something different in this beta release that makes loading problematic?

Craig
VK3OD


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[N5GE]

It worked fine for me.

The first thing I noticed was what seemed to be faster response time
for the noise and signal peaks, which is an improvement.

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:32:17 -0800 (PST), Charlie Delta
<[hidden email]> wrote:

>Hi Paul
>
>I have had all sorts of problems trying to update to this beta release.
>
>The upload crashed after the MCU load. I tried several times with no success.
>It seems that something gets corrupted after the reset process.
>The P3 does actually reset however the update to the P3 Utility seems rather slow.
>
>I even tried using the MCU bootloader with the same failure.  I have tried  about 6
>times and it has failed on every attempt. I thought that  it was the USB-serial driver that got corrupted. I tried a dedicated RS232 port on another PC with the same result.
>I also disconnected the K3 from the P3 with no success.
>
>I have successfully loaded the previous beta so I presume that their is no issue
>with my PC setup. This might be some issue with my P3, although its running
>fine after re- installing the previous beta.
>
> Is there something different in this beta release that makes loading problematic?
>
>Craig
>VK3OD
>
>
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Tom
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[Stephen G4SJP]

I have a very similar problem.  Some files get transferred and the P3
reports that it is on 1.24 but other FPGA files fail with the utility
claiming that it is not responding.

Stephen G4SJP



On 19 January 2013 06:32, Charlie Delta <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Paul
>
> I have had all sorts of problems trying to update to this beta release.
>
> The upload crashed after the MCU load. I tried several times with no
> success.
> It seems that something gets corrupted after the reset process.
> The P3 does actually reset however the update to the P3 Utility seems
> rather slow.
>
> I even tried using the MCU bootloader with the same failure.  I have tried
>  about 6
> times and it has failed on every attempt. I thought that  it was the
> USB-serial driver that got corrupted. I tried a dedicated RS232 port on
> another PC with the same result.
> I also disconnected the K3 from the P3 with no success.
>
> I have successfully loaded the previous beta so I presume that their is no
> issue
> with my PC setup. This might be some issue with my P3, although its running
> fine after re- installing the previous beta.
>
>  Is there something different in this beta release that makes loading
> problematic?
>
> Craig
> VK3OD
>
>
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[David Pratt]

In a recent message, Charlie Delta <[hidden email]> writes
>
>I have had all sorts of problems trying to update to this beta release.
>
>The upload crashed after the MCU load.

Power down your P3 and then power up again, Craig. Then it worked for
me.

I got another error after the SVGA file that asked me to set the speed
to 38400 bit/s.  I had it already set to that, but after closing the
Utility and starting it up again all went well.

[Windows XP SP3, Real COM1 port]

73 de David G4DMP

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[Stephen G4SJP]

Further to my last, this is what I'm seeing:


08:46:28 P3 MCU version 01.24. usbserial RS232 speed 38400 bit/s

08:46:28 New firmware is available for your P3

08:46:46 Loading firmware from Macintosh
HD:Users:stephenprior:Desktop:P3SVGA_0124_0114:

08:46:46 Starting MCU firmware load

08:46:46 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:46:53 Sending firmware file "p3m0124.hex" to P3

08:49:52 Loaded P3 firmware version 01.24

P3 responded with version 01.24

08:49:53 P3 firmware load is complete

08:49:53 Starting SVGA firmware load

08:49:53 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:56 SVGA programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:56 SVGA firmware load failed

08:49:56 Starting FPGA 0 firmware load

08:49:56 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:56 FPGA 0 firmware file "p3f00_0104.bin" verified

08:49:56 FPGA 0 programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:56 FPGA 0 firmware load failed

08:49:56 Starting FPGA 1 firmware load

08:49:57 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:57 FPGA 1 firmware file "p3f01_0104.bin" verified

08:49:57 FPGA 1 programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:57 FPGA 1 firmware load failed

08:49:57 Starting FPGA 2 firmware load

08:49:57 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:57 FPGA 2 firmware file "p3f02_0104.bin" verified

08:49:57 FPGA 2 programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:57 FPGA 2 firmware load failed

08:49:57 Starting FPGA 3 firmware load

08:49:57 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:57 FPGA 3 firmware file "p3f03_0104.bin" verified

08:49:57 FPGA 3 programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:57 FPGA 3 firmware load failed

08:49:57 Starting FPGA 4 firmware load

08:49:57 OS X Version 10.8.2 ()

08:49:57 FPGA 4 firmware file "p3f04_0104.bin" verified

08:49:57 FPGA 4 programming failed.


Verify file source and version.Turn the P3 off and back on, then re-try the
firmware load.

08:49:57 FPGA 4 firmware load failed

08:50:04 P3 is not responding.


All advice gratefully received!

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 19 January 2013 08:43, Stephen Prior <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have a very similar problem.  Some files get transferred and the P3
> reports that it is on 1.24 but other FPGA files fail with the utility
> claiming that it is not responding.
>
> Stephen G4SJP
>
>
>
> On 19 January 2013 06:32, Charlie Delta <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul
>>
>> I have had all sorts of problems trying to update to this beta release.
>>
>> The upload crashed after the MCU load. I tried several times with no
>> success.
>> It seems that something gets corrupted after the reset process.
>> The P3 does actually reset however the update to the P3 Utility seems
>> rather slow.
>>
>> I even tried using the MCU bootloader with the same failure.  I have
>> tried  about 6
>> times and it has failed on every attempt. I thought that  it was the
>> USB-serial driver that got corrupted. I tried a dedicated RS232 port on
>> another PC with the same result.
>> I also disconnected the K3 from the P3 with no success.
>>
>> I have successfully loaded the previous beta so I presume that their is
>> no issue
>> with my PC setup. This might be some issue with my P3, although its
>> running
>> fine after re- installing the previous beta.
>>
>>  Is there something different in this beta release that makes loading
>> problematic?
>>
>> Craig
>> VK3OD
>>
>>
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[N0AZZ]

Same problems here never had problems with beta firmware before with
anything. Have tried this 8 times still the same thing finally gave up all
in the FPGA firmware.

Fred/N0AZZ

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[Stephen G4SJP]

I have the upload sorted now.  I was power cycling the P3 as suggested but
that did nothing.  Power cycling the K3 as well caused the problem to go
away.
I don't know why I hadn't thought of doing it earlier.

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 19 January 2013 11:01, Fred Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Same problems here never had problems with beta firmware before with
> anything. Have tried this 8 times still the same thing finally gave up all
> in the FPGA firmware.
>
> Fred/N0AZZ
>
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