Steve , you went through the same exact thing that I did. I had thought that I missed a step, and then shut down too early or something... I guess this is an issue with the beta software, UNLESS, you start with the P3 off.. This is KEY. I did the power on button and the reset and NOTHING seemed to work.. I had the same issue with the polling not finding the rig. What I ended up having to do was 1 - Turned off the rig power supply, 2 - Closed the Port in the K3 utility under the "Ports" tab. Next I Then went into the windows "Control panel", selected "System", then into the "hardware" tab I selected "Device Manager". From there I went into the "com ports" area, and I opened the com port that I was using for the K3. I checked on the speed, changed it from the default 9600 to 115200 (or 34800 doesn't matter) and I hit apply. After that I hit okay. Even if you don't need to make a change, change it just to restart the ports brains... I then moved the K3 serial cable over to the K3 (and out of the P3 completely) Next I turned the power supply back on for the K3, then I HELD the power button down for 10 seconds (until the red light started blinking). After that I went back to the K3 Utility and I went to the "firmware" tab. I pushed the button that said "check versions now" then low and behold it finaly read the port again on the rig.. I then hit the Download ALL button and everything worked from there. Give that a try and let me know if it doesn't work..I'm sure there's other ways to skin this cat...
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:26:13 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 :: firmware update failure > > I downloaded the new P3 utility and the latest firmware, plus the 4.12 > release from the Elecraft server. > > I've never had any problem on a firmware update, and the new load onto the > P3 worked just fine. > > Then, I opened the K3 fw utility and proceeded to install the 4.12 > revision. > > First, a message popped up that said I have to shut the power off to the P3, > so I did. > > Then, the process stopped. Inconsolable. > > Now, the rig says 'MCU LD' and the TX light is flashing. The computer > cannot 'contact' the radio. Power cycles, and holding the power button to > force the bootloader are to no avail. > > I will try connecting the serial port directly to the rig and attempt to > 'fix' it that way. Any other suggestions? > > > Steve KZ1X/4 > K1, K2 ... K3 ? > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
