TX Gain Calib "state 157" error and no audio issues

[K9IR]

I just finished building my K3 to the point of the test and calibration stage, where I encountered some issues. SYN calibration went fine, and the filters are set up. When I got to REF CAL, I found I couldn't use WWV because I wasn't hearing anything. I reseated the KIO3 board as well as the 2 daughter boards and managed to get a crackle from the speaker at power up and power down but still no audio.

I used a freq counter for REF CAL but when I got to TX Gain Calib, I received the following error message using the latest version of the K3 utility:

Starting 5 watt calibration
Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response "DS@@@@@>>@\x80\x80;" to "DS;" State 157
Calibration power settled at " 0.0 W ;"
5 watt calibration failed
Elapsed time: 6 seconds

I tried manual calibration on different bands but that failed also.

I haven't seen any references on the reflector to an ERR TXG mentioning a State 157. I did recheck my filter settings and they seem correct. I've emailed k3support but thought I'd check here in case someone has seen this version of the ERR TXG issue.

Does the fact that I could connect my laptop successfully to the K3 and use the utility indicate that the audio issue is probably with the audio daughter board and not the main KIO3 board?

Thank you for any ideas on how to resolve either issue.

[Dick Dievendorff]

If manual TX Gain calibration is failing, then the automated K3 Utility
version of Tx Gain calibration can't succeed either.

The "state 157" is just an internal variable in the K3 Utility, it's not a
K3 state and doesn't mean much to anyone except me...

The K3 Utility set the power level to 5.00 watts and then did the equivalent
of pressing "tune".  The utility wants to see an SWR < 2.0:1 and 5.0 watts
in the VFO A and B areas of the display.  Your K3 isn't transmitting,
according to the display.  I would wait until you can calibrate at least one
frequency manually before trying to use the automated K3 Utility
calibration.

K3support is the right place for this.

73 de Dick, K6KR





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I just finished building my K3 to the point of the test and calibration
stage, where I encountered some issues. SYN calibration went fine, and the
filters are set up. When I got to REF CAL, I found I couldn't use WWV
because I wasn't hearing anything. I reseated the KIO3 board as well as the
2 daughter boards and managed to get a crackle from the speaker at power up
and power down but still no audio.

I used a freq counter for REF CAL but when I got to TX Gain Calib, I
received the following error message using the latest version of the K3
utility:

Starting 5 watt calibration
Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
IsSamplingComplete: Unexpected response "DS@@@@@>>@\x80\x80;" to "DS;" State
157
Calibration power settled at " 0.0 W ;"
5 watt calibration failed
Elapsed time: 6 seconds

I tried manual calibration on different bands but that failed also.

I haven't seen any references on the reflector to an ERR TXG mentioning a
State 157. I did recheck my filter settings and they seem correct. I've
emailed k3support but thought I'd check here in case someone has seen this
version of the ERR TXG issue.

Does the fact that I could connect my laptop successfully to the K3 and use
the utility indicate that the audio issue is probably with the audio
daughter board and not the main KIO3 board?

Thank you for any ideas on how to resolve either issue.
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