Manual File Transfer

If it is inconvenient for you to access the internet from the computer attached to your KAT500, but you have access to another computer that can access the internet, you may update your KAT500 firmware in two phases:

  1. Use an internet browser or FTP client program to copy firmware files from Elecraft's file server to a removable storage device such as a USB "keychain" flash memory device.
  2. Take the removable storage device to a computer that is connected to your KAT500. Use the KAT500 Utility to send firmware to your KAT500.

An up-to-date KAT500 Utility version may be required. If the internet-connected computer is some distance from your KAT500, consider copying the current KAT500 Utility setup program file to the removable storage device so that can be installed on the computer connected to your KAT500.

Copying Files with an Internet Browser

Copying files with an FTP client