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Firmware update failing on Windows 10 (stm32flash 0.5, Failed to init device.)

Open dkim1113 opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments


Summary

Version: 2.4.1

Operating System: Windows 10

What is happening: Firmware update failing on Windows 10 (stm32flash 0.5, Failed to init device.) The error message: stm32flash 0.5 http://stm32flash.sourceforge.net/ Using Parser : Intel HEX Interface serial_w32: 57600 8E1 Failed to init device

How to reproduce it: Connect Ping2 Sonar to Windows 10 laptop USB port > Open PingViewer > Connect either baud 9600 or 115200 > click the gear icon, try automatic update (current firmware version: 3.28, latest version: Ping-V3.29_auto.hex OR try manual update after downloading Ping-V3.29_auto.hex file. > Click FIRMWARE UPDATE.

Additional information

I am using BLUART USB to TTL Serial and RS485 Adapter (https://bluerobotics.com/store/comm-control-power/tether-interface/bluart-r1-rp/)

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If possible, add the cra_sh report or the GUI log (Documents/PingViewer/GUI_Log/date-time.txt) 20231016-144000098.txt

dkim1113 avatar Oct 16 '23 06:10 dkim1113

Someone also ran into this in 2.4.2, as brought up in this forum post.

@patrickelectric any ideas on this?

ES-Alexander avatar Mar 11 '24 07:03 ES-Alexander

Maybe it needs to be run as admin?

joaoantoniocardoso avatar Mar 11 '24 16:03 joaoantoniocardoso

@joaoantoniocardoso by default ping-viewer run as admin in windows.

patrickelectric avatar Mar 11 '24 16:03 patrickelectric