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  • May 27, 2013 at 5:06 pm #4137
    LTMNO
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    First time use of brand new, never powered on TinyG v7 running 370.06 release apparently.

    Apon boot, with CoolTerm, error message Val 17 and Val 1 are triggered.
    Error Msg

    May 28, 2013 at 2:44 pm #4138
    LTMNO
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    Has anyone seen this before?

    May 28, 2013 at 6:59 pm #4139
    Riley
    Keymaster

    LTMNO, this is most likely due to a corrupt firmware burn. I suggest we re-flash this. Your board has a bootloader. When you hit the reset button it should flash for 3 seconds or so then “enter tinyg”. If it does this we can re-flash it via avrdude and the usb cable.

    Can on confirm that it has a bootloader for me?

    May 28, 2013 at 7:55 pm #4140
    LTMNO
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    Hello Riley,
    I held the reset button for several seconds… released and the same error msg occurs as posted above.

    thoughts?

    it boots, there is a boot loader… its just shutting down immediately.

    May 28, 2013 at 8:26 pm #4141
    Riley
    Keymaster

    Right,

    Ok since you have a bootloader this is what you have to do.
    https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG/wiki/TinyG-Boot-Loader#wiki-updating

    There are many version of avrdude floating around the net. The easiest way to make sure you have an avrdude built with usb support is to just use the avrdude binary that is distributed with the Arduino IDE.

    Once you click reset on your board you have about 3 seconds to issue your avrdude command to kick off the update. I would recommend you use this hex file.

    (right click save as to download this file)
    https://raw.github.com/synthetos/TinyG/edge/firmware/tinyg/default/tinyg.hex

    This is the latest edge push which will be promoted to master soon. However, it will give us a different build number string to check against. Just to make sure you update worked (not that it would not).

    Does this make sense? Let me know if you any questions.

    Riley

    May 28, 2013 at 11:11 pm #4142
    LTMNO
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    Hi Riley, So it looks like i ordered my Board on March 13th, so I assume it has the AVR capabilities natively with USB port connected.
    Unfortunately the Arduino IDE does not have the AVR Part for ‘x192a3’
    Do you have the avrdude.conf with that part specified. Can’t find it on the www?

    Thanks

    Pino

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    May 29, 2013 at 12:06 am #4144
    LTMNO
    Member

    Okay, found that the AVRDUDE.CONF was fine, sorry.. my mistake…
    Tested it on the MAC and on the WIN systems at home…
    Both throw the same error.

    Connecting to programmer: .
    Found programmer: Id = “{“r”:{“”; type = 3
    Software Version = f.b; Hardware Version = “.:
    avrdude: error: buffered memory access not supported. Maybe it isn’t
    a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?

    May 29, 2013 at 7:41 am #4145
    Riley
    Keymaster

    You are not in bootloader mode. That is seeing tinyg firmware. When u hit reset on tinyg does a red light blink for about 3 seconds? It not you do not have a bootloader installed. If it does you need to start the avrdude load while it is blinking.

    May 29, 2013 at 1:42 pm #4146
    LTMNO
    Member

    Here are few videos to help you see what I see.

    Watch the Videos in High Res if you can.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09w66BDyXps
    Video of Board LED Flashing when power on and reset

    CoolTerm

    AVRDUDE
    Watch this one in HIGH-RES.

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    May 29, 2013 at 11:13 pm #4151
    Riley
    Keymaster

    Yup you have a bootloader! While that light is flashing you need to hit enter on the console to issuethe avrdude command.

    Did you do that?
    If so we need to replace your board. A fuse might be set wrong.

    Riley

    May 29, 2013 at 11:18 pm #4152
    LTMNO
    Member

    Hi Riley,
    yeah, i have read and re-read the wiki… following all the use cases for trying to fix it.
    unplugged USB, restarted, hit the reset, hit enter, tried multiple timings…. nothing lets it kick into programming mode. 🙁

    what shall we do?

    May 29, 2013 at 11:20 pm #4153
    LTMNO
    Member

    if I had the $40 programmer, I would set the fuses, burn in the bootloader again. I do that all the time with my Atmega328’s.

    From what I have read, that AVR tool I have is not usable for the Atxmega…

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