Re: "unable to connect to firmware" replicatorG 37 with a Thingomatic w/ ABP and Stepstruder MK7

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Batto

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Jan 17, 2013, 8:34:18 PM1/17/13
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Any updates from anyone?

On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:21:40 PM UTC-5, Corey Smith wrote:
I'm in a similar boat getting similar problems after firmware updating.
Any luck on a solution?

Jetguy

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Jan 17, 2013, 8:44:11 PM1/17/13
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I think I covered this earlier.
The issue I found was if you have the Mega 2560 instead of the older
1280s then if you also do not have the reset trace cut on the Arduino
mega it will not connect. it's because the auto reset takes longer on
the 2560 vs the 1280. It has soemthign to do with 1280s use FTDI and
2560s use an 8u2 for USB support or it could just be the 2560 takes
longer to get into code from reset.
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Jwo Fox-Lee

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May 2, 2013, 1:04:55 PM5/2/13
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I've had RepG crash a few times while updating my firmware as well.
LCD went blank, and nothing worked for a while.
But I kept trying to flash the firmware, pressing the reset and upload in different timing combinations, and it finally took.

- Jwo Fox-Lee


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Barry Mahdykiner <carlosj...@gmail.com> wrote:
Tried updating my firmware and Replicator G crashed in the middle of the process and has now bricked my arduino board. Any ideas how to fix it?
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Dan Newman

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May 2, 2013, 1:06:53 PM5/2/13
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On 2 May 2013 , at 7:27 AM, Barry Mahdykiner wrote:

> Tried updating my firmware and Replicator G crashed in the middle of the
> process and has now bricked my arduino board.

ReplicatorG itself doesn't do the firmware download: it causes an independent
process to be launched and it waits for that process to finish. That independent
process runs a program named "avrdude".

As to fixing, you will need to figure out if the bootloader is really gone or
not. If it is, then you will need to reload the bootloader using an AVR ISP
programmer.

Dan
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