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Huzzah not uploading

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I have both versions of Huzzah (one with reset buttons and other with microUSB).
I used microUSB to develop and deployed system using the other. All worked fine.

I am now trying to modify the deployed program and I cannot get either Huzzah to upload.
I am used IDE 1.6.5 on both a MAC and a Windows 10-Surface Pro. ( again both worked originally).

I am sure this is "operator error" but I am running out of options/combo's to try....and yes I am getting the dim LED on the non-microUSB board.

1) i've used both the Generic board and the Adafruit Huzzah board choices
2) with each, I've tried each available upload speed
3) am using 'nodemcu reset method

I get same errors each time:

espcomm_open failed
espcomm_upload mem failed
espcomm_sync failed.


Any suggestions before I go completely nuts?!!?

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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The first thing is always to verify your USB cable by using it to connect a known-working USB device to the computer. We see people get caught by charge-only cables several times a day.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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I have tried 2 cables for the board with the mini-usb; also the program that was uploaded previously is still working and I am getting output on the serial monitor.

I also tried to upload with the cable disconnected and I get different error messages ( i.e. UART related errrors).

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Post a photo showing your hardware and connections and we'll take a look. 800x600 images usually work best.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Here are the 2 boards; i've tested each on my MAC desktop and my windows Surface.
The only difference is that with the Windows machine I only get the error message "espcomm_upload_mem failed"

Again, i've tried the generic ESP, the Huzzah and the ESP-12E[which worked previously on each board and on each platform ( MAC and Surface).

I was successful in modifying the code on the ESPthat uses the FTDI cable 3 weeks ago; nothing has changed and now I have problem.

For background, the ESP module on the perf board has been deployed on a bee hive sending data for over 2 months; however to extend battery life I wanted to modify the 'sleep' time between data transmissions and that is when I hit this road block.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Followup if it helps to shed any light:

Now I am getting this error when I first try to upload, after first connecting to the module, then afterwards, I get the usual sequence of:

error: espcomm_open faild
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
error: espcom_synch failed.
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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Try using version 1.6.9 of the Arduino IDE and the latest board support packages.

There's been a lot of development in the IDE and the base libraries lately, which has led to several version compatibility issues in all parts of the compilation and upload chain.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Updated IDE but same error. I went to verbose to get more detail, resulting in the following:
esptool v0.4.9 - (c) 2014 Ch. Klippel <[email protected]>
setting board to nodemcu
setting baudrate from 115200 to 115200
setting port from /dev/tty.usbserial to /dev/cu.usbserial-AH03B45Z
setting address from 0x00000000 to 0x00000000
espcomm_upload_file
espcomm_upload_mem
opening port /dev/cu.usbserial-AH03B45Z at 115200
tcgetattr
tcsetattr
serial open
opening bootloader
resetting board
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
resetting board
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
resetting board
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
trying to connect
espcomm_send_command: sending command header
espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
Invalid library found in /Users/brucewarren/Arduino/My Sketches/libraries/fat16lib20111205: /Users/brucewarren/Arduino/My Sketches/libraries/fat16lib20111205
Invalid library found in /Users/brucewarren/Arduino/My Sketches/libraries/Linino: /Users/brucewarren/Arduino/My Sketches/libraries/Linino


ASIDE: The invalid library messages are new!

NEW: I also tried to install and use esptool.py but that didn't work either; got error on useage of esptool.py so I assume there is problem with the esptool.py and I want to tackle on 'rabbit hole' at a time!

The Esp board manager is version 2.3.0

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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attached is error report with IDE version 1.6.10.

Seems to be a link established but a problem with board??
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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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The fix offered by adafruit_support_mike did the trick

"Try using version 1.6.9 of the Arduino IDE and the latest board support packages."


With two computers, I only had this issue with one of them, but now it is fixed, Thanks, Mike.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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I just want to ensure that John Crandall's success does not mean this post is closed;
Summary of my issues, noted in preceding posts

1) I have tried 1.6.5, 1.6.9, 1.6.10 on MAC[with updated board files] with errors as noted
2) I have tried 1.6.5, 1.6.9, 1.6.10 on MAC[with updated board files] on Windows Surface with no success.
3) This is happening with 2 versions of the Huzzah ESP: the one using FTDI cable and the one using miniUSB
4) Both ESP modules worked and I was able to upload programs to them about 4 weeks ago (use IDE version 1.6.5). Project was deployed. It was only now when I was trying to modify the code that I ran into this upload problem
5) The error I get with 1.6.10 on Windows is slightly different:

An error occurred while uploading the sketch
warning: espcomm_send_command: didn't receive command response
warning: espcomm_send_command(FLASH_DOWNLOAD_BEGIN)failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed



I have run out of ideas and combo's to try; look forward to any suggestions.

Regards

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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I have been away ( on a boat) for a bit and am surprised to see that there is no response to this. Do I just give up on this device??

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Sorry, this one dropped off the bottom of the page.

Try connecting a 220 ohm resistor between the GPIO-0 pin and GND. Some people have found that the pin needs a pull-down to enter bootloader mode properly.

Make sure you're using the most recent version of the ESP8266 board support package in the Boards Manager, and post a screenshot showing the settings you're using in the Tools menu if the problem continues.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Did you every get it to work? I have a similar problem and posted trouble on the 11/05.
I'm using IDE 1.6.4 and following the HUAAAH Learn for ESP8266 to Blink. Can't fully upload. I get:
Got this error message:
Uploading 226368 bytes from C:\Users\DONDE_~1\AppData\Local\Temp\build7650682408826232863.tmp/sketch_nov05a.cpp.bin to flash at 0x00000000
................................................................................ [ 36% ]
................................................................................ [ 72% ]
.............................................................. [ 100% ]
warning: espcomm_send_command: didn't receive command response


Compile works fine.

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Re: Huzzah not uploading

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Problem Solved:: OPERATOR ERROR!
I had my boards wired to use 'deep sleep' mode [ i.e. pin RST connected to GPIO-16. However, this will prevent uploading so I needed to disconnect this to allow uploading.

Thanks.

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