kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD
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Hi,
I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility unable to communicate with the rig. How should I proceed? Cheers, Darren, G0HWW ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD
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KX3 Utility, Help, Troubleshooting, MCU Load Failure (the page is titled MCU
Boot Loader Troubleshooting). 73 de Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darren Long Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 16:53 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD Hi, I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility unable to communicate with the rig. How should I proceed? Cheers, Darren, G0HWW ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Thanks. Somewhat typically, I don't seem to have the library needed for
the help viewer to work. I don't suppose you could paste an extract, could you, please? Cheers, Darren, G0HWW On 24/04/14 00:54, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > KX3 Utility, Help, Troubleshooting, MCU Load Failure (the page is titled MCU > Boot Loader Troubleshooting). > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darren > Long > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 16:53 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: [Elecraft] kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD > > Hi, > > I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which > failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility > unable to communicate with the rig. > > How should I proceed? > > Cheers, > > Darren, G0HWW > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Message > delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Well, duh. It's just html. I'll show myself out ..
Darren, G0HWW On 24/04/14 01:01, Darren Long wrote: > Thanks. Somewhat typically, I don't seem to have the library needed for > the help viewer to work. I don't suppose you could paste an extract, > could you, please? > > Cheers, > > Darren, G0HWW > > > On 24/04/14 00:54, Dick Dievendorff wrote: >> KX3 Utility, Help, Troubleshooting, MCU Load Failure (the page is titled MCU >> Boot Loader Troubleshooting). >> >> 73 de Dick, K6KR >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darren >> Long >> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 16:53 PM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: [Elecraft] kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD >> >> Hi, >> >> I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which >> failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility >> unable to communicate with the rig. >> >> How should I proceed? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Darren, G0HWW >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 Message >> delivered to [hidden email] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD
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Darren,
That level is the MAC version of KX3 Utility, I use Windows, so I can't help on the Utility. I would suggest that you power everything down including the computer, then follow the steps in the KX3 manual to force a firmware load. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/23/2014 7:52 PM, Darren Long wrote: > Hi, > > I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which > failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility > unable to communicate with the rig. > > How should I proceed? > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Recovery now underway. I suspected that Ubuntu had re-installed Modem
Manager during a recent upgrade, which has a habit of mucking with the Elecraft USB UART adapters in the mistaken belief that they are a modem. I reckon that it was that that caused the hiccup, I've uninstalled it (again). Thanks for the help. Darren, G0HWW On 24/04/14 01:04, Darren Long wrote: > Well, duh. It's just html. I'll show myself out .. > > Darren, G0HWW > > On 24/04/14 01:01, Darren Long wrote: >> Thanks. Somewhat typically, I don't seem to have the library needed for >> the help viewer to work. I don't suppose you could paste an extract, >> could you, please? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Darren, G0HWW >> >> >> On 24/04/14 00:54, Dick Dievendorff wrote: >>> KX3 Utility, Help, Troubleshooting, MCU Load Failure (the page is titled MCU >>> Boot Loader Troubleshooting). >>> >>> 73 de Dick, K6KR >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Darren >>> Long >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 16:53 PM >>> To: [hidden email] >>> Subject: [Elecraft] kX3 - firmware update problem - no comms and MCU LD >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which >>> failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility >>> unable to communicate with the rig. >>> >>> How should I proceed? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Darren, G0HWW >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 Message >>> delivered to [hidden email] >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [hidden email] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I had the same issue in Ubuntu Linux. The reason was that by default
only root has access to /dev/ttyUSB0. If you add yourself to the group "dialup" like this: In a terminal do at the ~$ prompt: sudo usermod -a -G dialout <username> where <username> should be your name as shown on the prompt before the @... log out then log in again and start the utility. By then it should work ok. At least to me it did....:-) Canonical seems not to like people to mess around with group policies therefore leaves out a gui application to set them. should you still want one: sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools 73, Peter Op 2014-04-24 02:14 schreef Don Wilhelm: > Darren, > > That level is the MAC version of KX3 Utility, I use Windows, so I can't > help on the Utility. > I would suggest that you power everything down including the computer, > then follow the steps in the KX3 manual to force a firmware load. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/23/2014 7:52 PM, Darren Long wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which >> failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility >> unable to communicate with the rig. >> >> How should I proceed? >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ooops, that should be "dialout"... Op 2014-09-11 17:57 schreef Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE): > If you add yourself to the group "dialup" like this: ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Maybe to you it did, Bill, and I don't know why but in my case that did
not help. Only putting me to the dialout group worked immediately. Maybe other Linux flavors put users in this group by default or others used a root account instead of their own. 73, Peter Op 2014-09-12 00:47 schreef Nr4c: > Read the manual, as I did. Unhook everything from KX3 and connect computer to KX3. Restart utility and it will continue load. Took a few tries but eventually worked. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:57 AM, "Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)" <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> I had the same issue in Ubuntu Linux. The reason was that by default only root has access to /dev/ttyUSB0. >> If you add yourself to the group "dialup" like this: >> >> In a terminal do at the ~$ prompt: >> >> sudo usermod -a -G dialout <username> >> >> where <username> should be your name as shown on the prompt before the @... >> >> log out then log in again and start the utility. By then it should work ok. At least to me it did....:-) >> >> Canonical seems not to like people to mess around with group policies therefore leaves out a gui application to set them. >> >> should you still want one: >> sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools >> >> 73, >> Peter >> >> >> >> Op 2014-04-24 02:14 schreef Don Wilhelm: >>> Darren, >>> >>> That level is the MAC version of KX3 Utility, I use Windows, so I can't >>> help on the Utility. >>> I would suggest that you power everything down including the computer, >>> then follow the steps in the KX3 manual to force a firmware load. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>>> On 4/23/2014 7:52 PM, Darren Long wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've just tried a firmware update using KX3 Utility rev 1.14.4.11 which >>>> failed early on, leaving the KX3 stuck showing "MCU LD" and KX3 Utility >>>> unable to communicate with the rig. >>>> >>>> How should I proceed? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to [hidden email] >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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