Flash v8 to 380.08 now TinyG not working

I flashed it with AVR Studio 6.1, and now it seems to skip the bootloader. Must be something that has changed, since I’m not seeing the light blinking after reset, it just starts instantly.

areinike,
I have seen this before when people try to save the hex file on windows. Windows inserts somenice new line characters.

Try to “download” the repo from github and unzip it then use the hex inside there.

Makerboost,
You either used the MKII to program tinyg.hex (which blows away the bootloader) or you reset your fuses where it jumps into application code vs bootloader mode.

The fuses should look like this:

Riley

its in default. Use that one.

ril3y

Well, that’s too bad.
I downloaded that TinyG.hex file to my Linux system, then ran avrdude 5.11.1. My results are the same areinike, a flashing brick.

avrdude -p x192a3 -c avr109 -b 115200 -P /dev/ttyUSB0 -U flash:w:tinyg.hex

Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "XBoot++"; type = S
    Software Version = 1.7; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=512 bytes.

Programmer supports the following devices:
    Device code: 0x7b

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9744
avrdude: NOTE: FLASH memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
         To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "tinyg.hex"
avrdude: input file tinyg.hex auto detected as raw binary
avrdude: writing flash (204800 bytes):

Writing |                                                    | 0% 0.00savrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding

It would be helpful if Alden could post what version number avrdude the downloader was tested against, since there is not a clear answer as to which version of avrdude is made available with the arduino (referenced on the wiki)

The good news is I still have your address in my Priority Mail address book, you will be seeing my TinyG V7 soon for reprogramming, I don’t have a programmer.

OK, now I see the error in my ways.

In Linux, the easiest way to get such a file is the cli command
wget https://raw.github.com/synthetos/TinyG/master/firmware/tinyg/default/tinyg.hex
Probably same in IOS, sorry, not sure for Windows.

Ran Avrdude 5.11.1

avrdude -p x192a3 -c avr109 -b 115200 -P /dev/ttyUSB0 -U flash:w:tinyg.hex

Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "XBoot++"; type = S
    Software Version = 1.7; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=512 bytes.

Programmer supports the following devices:
    Device code: 0x7b

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9744
avrdude: NOTE: FLASH memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
         To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "tinyg.hex"
avrdude: input file tinyg.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (102724 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 11.23s

avrdude: 102724 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against tinyg.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file tinyg.hex:
avrdude: input file tinyg.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file tinyg.hex contains 102724 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 9.42s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 102724 bytes of flash verified

avrdude done.  Thank you.

On connection via Putty, I get

$
[fb]  firmware build            380.08
[fv]  firmware version            0.96
[hv]  hardware version            8.00
[id]  TinyG ID                    9H3906-P2T
[ja]  junction acceleration  100000 mm
[ct]  chordal tolerance           0.001 mm
[st]  switch type                 0 [0=NO,1=NC]
[mt]  motor disble timeout       60 Sec
[ej]  enable json mode            0 [0=text,1=JSON]
[jv]  json verbosity              4 [0=silent,1=footer,2=messages,3=configs,4=linenum,5=verbose]
[tv]  text verbosity              1 [0=silent,1=verbose]
[qv]  queue report verbosity      0 [0=off,1=filtered,2=verbose]
[sv]  status report verbosity     1 [0=off,1=filtered,2=verbose]
[si]  status interval           250 ms
[ic]  ignore CR or LF on RX       0 [0=off,1=CR,2=LF]
[ec]  expand LF to CRLF on TX     0 [0=off,1=on]
[ee]  enable echo                 0 [0=off,1=on]
[ex]  enable flow control         1 [0=off,1=XON/XOFF, 2=RTS/CTS]
[baud] USB baud rate              5 [1=9600,2=19200,3=38400,4=57600,5=115200,6=230400]
[gpl] default gcode plane         0 [0=G17,1=G18,2=G19]
[gun] default gcode units mode    1 [0=G20,1=G21]
[gco] default gcode coord system  1 [1-6 (G54-G59)]
[gpa] default gcode path control  2 [0=G61,1=G61.1,2=G64]
[gdi] default gcode distance mode 0 [0=G90,1=G91]
tinyg [mm] ok> 

Looks like I live to fight another few hours, at least.

Big day: Ready to connect my ShapeOko

areinike
Try to grab the file from my dropbox

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50261731/tinyg.hex

The size should be close to 282.2 KB, may not be exact because of differences between Linux and Windows interpretation of “K”.

If , in running avrdude, you see

avrdude: writing flash (102724 bytes):

you will probably be good.

Good Luck

Just reread your post – 283K is probably the right Windows size.
You could read it, so it is probably ASCII.
My guess is that avrdude does the ASCII–>Hex conversion before sending to the bootloader

• This reply was modified 11 years ago by cmcgrath5035.