I am setting up the particle photon. my task is to upload a simple program that toggles the D7 led on an off but not luck uploading the sketch/code to the photon. Here the situation:
The photon is connected to my router and breathing cyan. I can see it from the build.particle.io. but I can not flash any code to it. It says timeout.
From the console.particle.io I see the device and the changes of the status from online-offline to auto-update when I plug or unplug the photon from my computer USB.
From the Particle Dev. desktop I am able to choose the device but again can’t flash any code to it. Time out error again. -From the command line: Particle list command it shows the photon but it says that it is offline. even though I can see it from build.particle.io.
I tried to flash the code directly from the command line, after downloading the firmware.bin:
particle flash --serial firmware.bin
I get the error:
serial: Error writing firmware …Transfer cancelled
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In my eyes you should claim your Photon with the following steps again by using Particle CLI.
Pre: Open your router for acceptance new devices.
Put the Photon into Listening mode (blinking blue) by holding down SETUP until it blinks blue if it is not already blinking blue. Then issue the CLI command:
particle identify
Save the Device ID; you’ll need it later. Also include that in your reply so I can check the claiming status on the cloud side.
Now enter the command:
particle serial wifi
This will allow you to configure your Wi-Fi network.
Reset the Photon. The main status LED should proceed through white, blinking green, blinking cyan (light blue), fast blinking cyan, to breathing cyan. If it does not get all of the way through, include that information in your reply along with copying and pasting the command prompt output. Also, if you get any other colors after fast blinking cyan, including red or orange blinks, contact the Particle-Support.
Particle in listening mode (blinking blue).
particle identify command output:
Your device id is: 23******bc
Unable to determine system firmware version
particle serial wifi command: after selecting the SSID and typing the password, I get an error message:
“Something went wrong: Serial time out”
I did connect to the photon using putty. It didn’t work for the first try but I someone in another post mentioned that you need to restart you serial connection. I did just that and it worked.
Using putty I used the command:
(i) to get the id
(w) to setup the wifi
then went to particle-cli and added the device using particle device add “device id”
So far so good. I will check if it is possible to upload the sketch.
You can use particle update in DFU Mode to update the system firmware and particle flash --usb <yourBinaryFile.bin> to upload your application firmware.
Well, thanks for your help guys. I was not able to make it work. I tried all possible way.
So I ordered a new one and worked perfectly out of the box. I set it up with the phone app and was able to switch the pin7 on and off from the app which I was not able to do with the old one.
I am happy with the result.
I don’t know what to do with the old one though. Any suggestions?
Just to be sure, make sure you upgrade your CLI to the latest version. Then, update the system firmware as well as flashing Tinker.
What’s the current status of the device? What’s the LED doing?
