I have the winc1500 WiFi Shield which reports a firmware version of 19.5.2.
CheckWifi101FirmwareVersion reports 19.6.1 is the latest update.
When I run FirmwareUpdater and then run the Updater from the IDE Tools menu and Test connection, I get a connection error that the programmer is not responding.
Is the shield updatable? What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks.
winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
What kind of controller are you running the WINC1500 shield on?
It is okay to stay at v 19.5.2.
It is okay to stay at v 19.5.2.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-win ... g-firmwareIf you're running 19.5.2 there is no need to update to 19.5.4, despite what the WiFi101 library says it should work just fine and you could brick your device by updating, it is not perfectly foolproof! Thanks :
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
I am using an Arduino Mega2560
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
The Mega2560 can be a difficult one to get going with the WINC1500.
I think the crux of it is the SPI pins on the Mega2560 are on pins 50-53 (SCK,MOSI,MISO,SS) also available through the ISP connector. This shield is probably expect pins 10-13 to have SPI, but they do not.
I think the crux of it is the SPI pins on the Mega2560 are on pins 50-53 (SCK,MOSI,MISO,SS) also available through the ISP connector. This shield is probably expect pins 10-13 to have SPI, but they do not.
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
I am using a Mega2560 rev3 which has the SPI signals on the ICSP connector. According to the documentation on the Adafruti website, the winc1500 expects these signals to be on this same connector.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-win ... no/pinouts
I think you may be referring to older Mega cards.
The shield is working, but my problem is TCP client.connect() blocks for 28 sec before timing out when looking for a connection. I was hoping the firmware update might fix this.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-win ... no/pinouts
I think you may be referring to older Mega cards.
The shield is working, but my problem is TCP client.connect() blocks for 28 sec before timing out when looking for a connection. I was hoping the firmware update might fix this.
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
Good points.
Are you running model B of the WINC1500? Just checking to confirm as that is required for some of the firmware updates.
I have not seen a successful update of the firmware using the Mega2560 (many have tried). We do have good reports with the Metro M4 Express and Grand Central M4.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=149461
It looks like our Feather M0 was at one point having issues and the workaround was to update setPins in the FirmwareUpdater sketch.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... g-firmware
Are you using v0.16.1 of the WiFi library? Just wanted to confirm that was current too.
Are you running model B of the WINC1500? Just checking to confirm as that is required for some of the firmware updates.
I have not seen a successful update of the firmware using the Mega2560 (many have tried). We do have good reports with the Metro M4 Express and Grand Central M4.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=149461
It looks like our Feather M0 was at one point having issues and the workaround was to update setPins in the FirmwareUpdater sketch.
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fea ... g-firmware
Are you using v0.16.1 of the WiFi library? Just wanted to confirm that was current too.
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
Yes using v0.16.1. Very BANNED this shield has a major issue with client.connect() and firmware updates on Arduino Mega.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Re: winc1500 WiFi Shield firmware upgrade fails
also forgot to say I am using the model B version of the winc1500
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