Help. I am at my wits end. I have an Electron running 0.4.8 that I bought to go with the RGBMatrixPanel I got at Maker Faire. The Electron is running version 0.4.8 of the firmware. The current RGBPixelClock example in the IDE requires 0.5.1. I have updated my particle CLI to version 1.14.1 and insta…

You can use the Windows or OSX updater And particle serial inspect will show you if the update actually took (which I’d assume). 0.5.1 would be #15 for system module 1 & 2. There currently is an issue with Build not recognizing your 0.5.1 device as such, but it should see it as 0.5.0 and this sho…

Still no joy for me. I have included the log for my flashing of the pixel clock built against the 0.5.1 version. I also flashed a test app built against 0.4.8 and cleared the cache but still see 0.4.8 in the IDE. Finally, particle serial inspect just prints “! serial: No devices available via seri…

More on serial inspect: $particle serial list Found 1 device connected via serial: /dev/cu.usbmodem14521 - Electron $ particle serial inspect ! serial: Serial timed out

As @ScruffR said currently the IDE is not happy about identifying when an electron is running 0.5.1 system firmware. It will ID 0.4.8 and 0.5.0 fine, but does not change to 0.5.1 when you update system firmware. We’re working on fixing this ID hiccup, and for now as a workaround you can download t…

@BloatedWarthog assuming you can get system firmware updated on your electron with the CLI or the Device Upgrader, the Build IDE is now detecting 0.5.1 properly. Update your electron to 0.5.1. Then flash an older app like a 0.5.0 blinky app to your electron. When you refresh the browser you syste…

I will try that process once I get home later today. With 5.1 there is an issue with flashing the electron OTA using the CLI but I wont care if it works from the web IDE

What is the issue you’re seeing with the CLI @Slimfetz ? Is it over DFU, OTA or SERIAL? What system firmware version and user app firmware version are you using when having the issue?

@Bdub flashing OTA using cli. @ScruffR is seeing the same thing. Here is the relevant thread [image] [Solved] Flashing electron over the air OTA will not work Troubleshooting Has anyone been able to flash their electron over the air? I can not because the web IDE will …

@BloatedWarthog , @Slimfetz : A bugfix has been released to Build. Once you have your Electron updated to 0.5.1, just OTA flash an 0.5.0 or 0.4.8 dummy app via Build and then refresh the Build window in your browser.

Super awesome! @ScruffR you have been super helpful and informative. I appreciate your time.

[Solved] Can't update Electron from 0.4.8 to 0.5.1

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@Bdub flashing OTA using cli. @ScruffR is seeing the same thing. Here is the relevant thread

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[Solved] Can't update Electron from 0.4.8 to 0.5.1

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