Hello everybody
I currently have two working Photons that were initially difficult to register, but I managed to do so using the Particle mobile app, which is no longer available.
I also have two additional Photons from the same batch that have never been registered. Now, I’m trying to add them to my Particle account, but nothing works.
What works:
My two previously registered Photons work perfectly with the same PC and the same Particle CLI.
Windows correctly detects the new Photon in Listening Mode (blinking blue LED) on COM13.
The online registration tool detects the Photon, but when I click “Connect”, nothing happens (no console logs either).
What doesn’t work:
Particle CLI does not detect the new Photons in Listening Mode(blinking blue LED).
Running
particle identify
or particle usb list
fails→ No device detected.
Registering the Photons via CLI (
particle device add
) does not work.
DFU Mode (blinking yellow LED) is not recognized by Particle CLI.
Flashing
tinker
fails (particle flash --usb tinker
) because USB is not detected.
Flashing via serial does not work but device is recognized :
particle serial list
Found 1 device connected via serial:
COM13 - Photon - 00000000050C
particle serial flash --port COM13 "C:\Users\Flo\Downloads\p1-bootloader@1.5.2+lto.bin"
NOTE: particle flash serial has been replaced by particle flash --local.
Please use that command going forward.
Device not found: 00000000050C
Using
dfu-util -l
return this :
dfu-util -l
dfu-util 0.9
Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2016 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to http://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/tickets/
Cannot open DFU device 2b04:d006
- Additional Details
Firmware version on the new Photons: 0.5.5 (it keeps printing system firmware version: 0.5.5
on the serial port in Listening Mode with Putty).
PC & CLI setup: The same PC and CLI work fine with my registered Photons.
USB cables: Verified and working perfectly with my existing Photons.
Tested multiple USB ports and cables→ No change.
Main issue:
How can I register these Photons without the mobile app?
Is there an alternative way to retrieve their Device ID and manually register them?
Is firmware 0.5.5 too old to be recognized by the modern Particle CLI? If so, how can I update it without DFU or USB detection?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially if someone has faced a similar issue!