In windows 10, trying to flash my Electron over the usb connection. The Device Manager sees the electron and reports "Electron (COM4)" under Ports.
In a Command window, when I try to flash the Electron, here's what I get:
particle flash --serial firmware.bin
! PROTIP: Hold the SETUP button on your device until it blinks blue!
? Press ENTER when your device is blinking BLUE [I wait until it flash blue, then...]
Error writing firmware: Opening COM4: Access denied
in that case i would look at device manager and see if there are any cross marks/alarms/or other signs. i know that some manufacturers lock down ports for various what i consider to be bogus reasons. i’d also do a google search with the terms being the manufacturer & model of pc you have & USB port access denied perhaps there will be clues specific to your pc. the only time i have had that issue was on my laptop when i did not use an admin command prompt terminal.
Well, I did 2 things, and now I am able to flash over serial. First I changed PCs, then I also did 'particle login' before running the serial flashing. In the tutorial https://docs.particle.io/tutorials/developer-tools/cli/ they don't mention needing to do particle login, so presumably the difference was the different PC...