I am having very little luck getting a hex file from MFDeploy. I am using an NP with 4.2.0.1 firmware and XPSP3. When I hold the button down and reconnect the USB cable (no power adapter used) MFDeploy will very occasionally return the required [font="'times new roman';"]"Pinging… TinyBootloader"[/font] and then I can successfully create a hex file. Sometimes I have to unplug/replug the NP continuously (experimenting with the length of the button push) before it catches and I can create a hex file. I have tried it while connected directly to the PC and through a hub with no difference.
I want to spend more time debugging code and less fiddling with this silliness. Is there an alternative way to get the hex file?