# Configuration

#### Save KX3 Configuration

The KX3 has a number of configuration menu items that are reset to their default values during the "Parameter Initialization" process (EE INIT) described in the Troubleshooting section of the KX3 Owner's Manual. You may find it convenient to save the original configuration settings before performing this procedure and then restore the configuration settings after Parameter Initialization.

Click to show a "Save As" dialog where you may provide the name of a new file that will receive configuration data. A suggested file name is generated from the KX3's serial number and the local date and time, but you may overtype this with any valid file name. Click "Save" to begin saving configuration data.

The KX3 Utility creates a folder intended for configuration files, located under the current user's Application Data folder.

You may use this folder, or use the Save As dialog to navigate to a different folder for saving configuration files.

##### What is saved

The saved configuration includes the areas that are reset by the Parameter Initialization (EE INIT) process, such as general configuration parameters, option module enables, and other menu settings; and control settings (last-used selections for switches, knobs, VFOs, etc.)

##### What is not saved

These settings are not saved, as they are not disturbed by the Parameter Initialization (EE INIT) procedure:

- Frequency memories
- Power on Banner
- CW Message memories
- KX3 Macros

Firmware is not preserved in the saved configuration file.

#### Restore KX3 Configuration

Click to show a File Open dialog. Select an appropriate configuration file and click "Open". Your KX3's configuration will be restored from the selected file.

Do not modify the configuration file between Save and Restore, or Restore may fail.

If you wish to create a configuration file that contains a different configuration, use the KX3's CONFIG menu to make changes, and then use Save KX3 Configuration to save the new configuration.

#### Edit CW Memories

Edit CW Memories is used to view and change the contents of the KX3's CW message memories

#### Edit Power On Banner

Used to enter a short (22 character) message that will be displayed in ticker-tape fashion near the bottom of the front panel display when the KX3 is turned on.

#### Set KX3 Time

Used to set your KX3's time from your personal computer's clock.

Click OK or Apply to set your KX3's time. OK closes the dialog, Apply does not.

KX3 Time is provided by the KXBC3 NiMH Battery Charger and Real Time Clock option. This dialog's Set KX3 Time button is enabled only if the KXBC3 option is enabled by the KX3 BAT CHG Menu item.

You may wish to set your personal computer's clock from an authoritative time source such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Internet Time Service.