Using Workbench results in no user code running... but devices flash correctly

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I am a loss here, I have been trying to figure this out for a few hours now… Basically no mater what code I compile in Workbench results in code that compiles and flashes correctly. But never actually runs any user code.

Long story short, I eventually tested using the “Blink an LED” example from the Web IDE. When I copy this example into Workbench, the code compiles and flashes correctly. But I never see any blinking leds also I never see a " spark/device/app-hash" event. The Photon is connected, I ping it from the console everything seems as far as I can tell fine. But no blinking LED’s. If I flash from the Web IDE, everything works as expected, Blinking LED’s, app-hash event… etc… I will also note if it’s not clear the status LED is exactly the same in both cases(breathing cyan).

I have reinstalled the toolchain( twice for 1.5.0), tried Device os 1.4.4, Flashed via the Cloud, Flashed Via USB DFU. Everything says success… for example here is USB flash output…

:::: PUTTING DEVICE INTO DFU MODE

Done.

:::: FLASHING APPLICATION

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   4220     108    1368    5696    1640 c:/Users/Josh/Documents/Hue-light-switch/Hue/target/1.5.0/photon/Hue.elf
Serial device PARTICLE_SERIAL_DEV : not available
Flashing using dfu:
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/  

Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 2b04:d006
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #0 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 4096
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash   "
Downloading to address = 0x080a0000, size = 4328
Download        [=========================] 100%         4328 bytes
Download done.
File downloaded successfully

*** FLASHED SUCCESSFULLY ***

I am at a total loss… I looked around here and didn’t see anything like this. Any thoughts?

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Can you run particle binary inspect <yourFirmware.bin>?

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Here is what I get.

C:\Users\Josh\Documents\Hue-light-switch\Hue\target\1.5.0\photon>particle binary inspect Hue.bin
Hue.bin
 CRC is ok (14d8c760)
 Compiled for photon
 This is an application module number 1 at version 6
 It depends on a system module number 2 at version 1502
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That looks fine, just the length of your binary looks too short
I get 4312 bytes for a project with empty setup() and loop() so your 4328 in your flash report suggest you are not actually building active code.

Can you post a screenshot of your full Workbench window with the file explorer tab open?

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Here is the Screen Shot, Thanks so much for your help!

Screenshot 2020-04-07 04.22.33
Screenshot 2020-04-07 04.22.332010×1823 245 KB

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Ok, That got me to look at this very carefully. And yup… This is what I get for starting programming project at 1am. I was coding in new-light.ino… And it’s building Hue.ino… Sorry about wasting your time. But you did get me to look carefully at what I was doing.

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