Particle CLI cant load Firmware Binary - Electron - AT&T data card [Solved]

Troubleshooting
1

I can download the Binary but cannot seem to get it into the Electron.

I go from Blinking Blue to solid Blue LED back to Blinking Blue with this error:

Your device id is myDeviceID
Your IMEI is myIMEI
Your ICCID is myICCID
Your system firmware version is 0.4.8
MacBook-Pro-2:desktop bulldoglowell$ 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 
sending file: firmware.bin

! serial: 
Error writing firmware...TypeError: Cannot call method 'copy' of undefined
TypeError: Cannot call method 'copy' of undefined
    at Function.Buffer.concat (buffer.js:499:9)
    at Object.YModem._sendPacket (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/lib/ymodem.js:179:20)
    at Object.YModem._sendFileHeader (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/lib/ymodem.js:173:15)
    at start (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/lib/ymodem.js:147:17)
    at runTask (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/pipeline.js:37:16)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/pipeline.js:42:12
    at tryCatchResolve (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/lib/apply.js:46:23)
    at callAndResolve (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/lib/apply.js:30:12)
    at callAndResolveNext (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/lib/apply.js:40:4)
    at tryCatchReject3 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/node_modules/when/lib/makePromise.js:856:7)
2

Have you got the most recent version of CLI?

npm update -g particle-cli
3

yes, updated.

I can see the device, but I cannot make it flash:

 MacBook-Pro-2:Binaries bulldoglowell$ particle identify

Your device id is 363113433ba5003430050038
Your IMEI is 352260712031622
Your system firmware version is 0.4.8

:confounded:

EDIT: I have both files that downloaded in their own folder whilst I use:

particle flash --serial firmware.bin

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4

Reinstalled Node.js, updated Particle CLI and it flashed.

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5

What version of node are you using that works? Iā€™m having the same issue, on v0.10.33.

6

This is way too old.
At one instance a few months back I had to upgrade to somthing higher than 4.0.0