Manual File Transfer
If it is inconvenient for you to access the internet from the computer attached to your
KXPA100,
but you have access to another computer that can access the internet, you may update your
KXPA100
firmware in two phases:
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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.
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Take the removable storage device to a computer that is connected to your
KXPA100.
Use the
KXPA Utility
to send firmware to your
KXPA100.
An up-to-date
KXPA Utility
revision may be required.
If the internet-connected computer is some distance from your
KXPA100,
consider copying the current
KXPA Utility
program file to the removable storage device so that can be installed on the computer connected to your
KXPA100.
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Start your favorite internet browser, such as
Safari or
Google Chrome.
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Navigate to
ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/KXPA/firmware.
The directory names are case-sensitive.
- Mount the removable storage device (plug the USB keychain drive into an available USB port).
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Create a new folder
( ie /KXPAFirmware)
on the removable storage device.
-
Copy all the files from the Elecraft FTP server
KXPA/firmware
folder to the folder you created on the removable storage device.
Some internet browsers permit you to select multiple file names and drag them to a
Finder
window opened to the target folder.
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Take the removable storage device to the computer that is connected to your
KXPA100.
-
Click
Browse
and navigate to the firmware folder on the removable storage drive.
-
Send
firmware from that folder.
- Mount the removable storage device (plug the USB keychain drive into an available USB port).
-
Create a new folder
(ie /KXPAFirmware)
on the removable storage device.
-
Navigate to that folder.
- Start the FTP client program.
- Open a connection to Elecraft's file server.
- Log in with user name anonymous. Use your e-mail address as the Password.
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Navigate to the
KXPA/firmware
directory
( KXPA/firmware/).
The names are case-sensitive.
- List all the items in that directory.
- Specify binary transfer mode.
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Get all the files.
You need the highest numbered .HEX file and
kxpa100fwnotes.rtf.
- Close the FTP program.
- Browse to the new folder to verify that you have all the expected files.
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Take the removable storage device to the computer that is connected to your
KXPA100.
-
Click
Browse
and navigate to the firmware folder on the removable storage drive.
-
Send
firmware from that folder.