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Problem attempting 4.3.2.2 Firmware Update


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#1 keith2ei

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Posted 04 June 2015 - 12:28 AM

I purchased a Netduino 3 Wifi last week on Amazon and it has been working very well. I ordered two more Netduino 3's and received them today. They are both working fine too with the 4.3.2.1 firmware. However, when I try to update the two new boards firmware to 4.3.2.2 using that version's NetduinoUpdate.exe app, I get a "Stem device in DFU mode". I select options and set the product to Netduino 3 Wifi - see attached pic. When I try closing the Device Options window, nothing happens. I eventually have to force the app to close, therefore not being able to update the firmware. I did not have this problem with the first Netduino 3 Wifi I purchased last week, the update app properly identified it as a Netduino 3 Wifi and I was able to update the firmware.

 

Thanks for the help and I'm very much looking forward to using this new board.

 

Keith 

 

 

 

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#2 Chris Walker

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 04:33 AM

Hi keith2ei,

Sorry for the troubles; let's see if we can get you up and running here really quickly...

Can you try something really quickly?

1. Plug the MicroUSB end of your USB cable into your Netduino 3.
2. Hold down the pushbutton on your Netduino. Keep holding.
3. Plug the big end of the USB cable into your computer.
4. Release the pushbutton.
5. Start up Netduino Update.

Does that show your device successfully? If not we can use the backup upgrade method (using STDFU tools), but it's much easier to use the streamlined Netduino Update tool...

Welcome to the Netduino community!

Chris

#3 keith2ei

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Posted 18 June 2015 - 09:51 PM

Hi Chris,

 

I'm sorry for the late reply.

 

I did the steps that you outlines and it fixed my problem.

 

Since 6/11 my Netduino 3 Wifi's have been pushing sensor data to the cloud every minute without hiccup.

 

Thanks!!!



#4 Brian Ingenito

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Posted 25 June 2015 - 11:50 PM

I'm getting a similar issue. I haven't used my board in a couple weeks and when trying on my win10 I can't deploy anymore and mfdeply app fails on most actions I try.  Restarting the board with the button down and running the netduinoupdate it shows the device but I can't do anything and have to force kill.  Figuring the latest win10 build has destroyed my usb drivers (it killed audio and other stuff for me), I switched to my win8 pc.  Netduino update runs on that, shows my board as Netduino 3 Wi-Fi 4.3.22 and I want to force wipe it and reinstall and it just hangs when I hit update.  I'm afraid my board is dead and I've only done one project.



#5 Brian Ingenito

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Posted 26 June 2015 - 12:17 AM

Some other things when working this out:

 

netduinoupdate just pegs a cpu and never does anything when I try to upgrade or erase the app (I figured my app had some loop that was consuming everything on the device).  I have a dmp file of netduinoupdate with a pegged cpu if it will help.

 

in mfdeploy, it connects and shows all the deployed assemblies fine but nothing after that works.  Just about every option under the debug menu results in no reply. I can't even open up the network configuration anymore.  It either gives me a null references exception or I get a message saying it is old configuration.  I've tried both the default mfdeploy and the ipv6 one.

 

The power led and wifi led are all on when the device powers up.  In the bootloader mode, the blue debug led and power led are both on.



#6 Brian Ingenito

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Posted 26 June 2015 - 12:28 AM

The continuing saga...

 

Managed to hit reset enough times and while trying to select erase firmware in mfdeploy that I think I managed to get a command through.  I can now open the network configuration dialog but I'm back to day one where on startup the wifi doesn't even attempt anymore.  When that first happened to me I reinstalled the firmware but I'm still stuck with the above issue with the cpu peg in the updater and it won't do anything.



#7 Chris Walker

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Posted 26 June 2015 - 01:24 AM

Hi Brian,

To eliminate any potential issues with Windows 10 preview, let's switch over to your Windows 8 machine and try reflashing the board. Does that get it back to factory-fresh state?

Chris

#8 Brian Ingenito

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Posted 26 June 2015 - 03:40 PM

netduinoupdate on both pc just pegs the cpu and requires a force kill when I hit update.



#9 Brian Ingenito

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Posted 02 July 2015 - 12:06 PM

Chris, I installed the sdk and dfuse on a 3rd pc - windows 7.  Same thing, the netduinoupdate just pegs a core and does nothing.  Not all is lost though.  I was just about to switch over to the pi 2 or my gadgeteer and offer to mail your team the board for diagnostics rather than throwing it away when I stumbled on an older howto for flashing with mfdeploy.  From the firmware download, I renamed the flash file extension to .hex so I was able to browse from mfdeploy and to my complete shock it worked.  I got a small error at the end, but all commands in mfdeploy started working and I was able to deploy my app onto the board with visual studio.  Wifi stayed as yellow and wouldn't connect but I'm suspecting my router.  I will confirm that part after work today.






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