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Pei Tebow

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Aug 3, 2024, 10:51:07 AM8/3/24

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I recently got my hands on a MKR WiFi 1010, and I've been having some difficulties in getting it to cooperate. Before trying much else with it, I followed the instructions here to update the firmware on my board, and first ran into problems when opening Tools > WiFi 101 / WiFiNINA Firmware Updater. The window that appears is incredibly small and difficult to read, and doesn't let you expand it (image attached). I was able to select my board and correct firmware version, and "Upload Certificates to WiFi module" was successful, though I'm not sure if that is the same as updating the firmware. I then uploaded the example sketch WifiNINA > Tools > CheckFirmwareVersion, and was met with "Communication with WiFi module failed!" in the serial monitor. It seems that this occurs if WiFi.status() returns a value corresponding to WL_NO_MODULE when setup() is called. Similar example sketches using the WiFi module give the same error. If it helps, here is the output during upload:

The other sketches from the WiFiNINA library upload just fine, but I get the same output in the serial monitor that appears when it can't connect to the WiFi module on the board. i.e. WiFi.status() == WL_NO_MODULE // returns true

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The other sketches from the WiFiNINA library upload just fine, but I get the same output in the serial monitor that appears when it can't connect to the WiFi module on the board. i.e. WiFi.status() == WL_NO_MODULE // returns true

Yeah, Windows seems to recognize the device correctly and uploads to the right port (COM 7). Switching USB doesn't seem to have any effect. It seems that the problem lies solely on the ESP32 module, do you happen to know of some way to "reset" it?

Solved it! As it turns out, the resolution (3840 x 2160) was too high, so I could not see the "Update Firmware" button. (The window was probably designed to be a certain amount of pixels wide, and so with a super high pixel density it was very small.) I tried turning down the resolution before, but it didn't change the window. What I tried this time was turning down the resolution, then restarting my computer, and that did the trick. I was able to update the firmware, and it works like a charm now! Thank you for your help!

I found out by chance that if you reboot the MKR1010 while the Serial Monitor is still opened it screws up all connectivity to/from the board. Both USB and especially the COMx port. Sketch uploads fails, etc.
So kill the serial monitor window before you upload or reboot.

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The item worked perfectly out of the box and seemed assembled well. It took a while to get here which may have been a combination of my impatience and the slow mail the US now has. But It was a good transaction.

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I tried re-seating the module, and also installing the 5.0 RC firmware, but neither fixed the issue. I tried searching all troubleshooting material Prusa offers, but this problem is not covered anywhere.

I then contacted Prusa support, and they asked me if I could see a blue LED on the module when I turn on the printer. It blinks briefly a couple of times, and after that it sporadically blinks on briefly with long periods in between. I got no explanation on how the LED is supposed to behave or what the problem was, but they are sending me a replacement wi-fi module. So I presume mine was faulty and that the blue LED is perhaps supposed to be on all the time.

I had this exact problem. Contacted support and they sent me a new module which worked perfectly. The new one I noticed had a blinking light on it and the first one I had did not do that. Seems like the first module was doa.

In a different thread that I can't easily find anymore, someone had similar problems and the problem actually was a faulty xBuddy mainboard. Just mentioning this to give you another lead if replacing the WiFi module shouldn't help.

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While living in Sweden we have the risk for tubs freezing and a combinatination with high energy prices last winter I had to rely on poor wifi performance for keeping my tubs safe for a reasonable cost.

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The network connection to the Balboa heater works fine. I have it integrated to home assistant using the bwalink and can control the device. With the pybalboa library i had some issues as that also tries to execute a command that is handled by the Balboa wifi module itself, not by the heater control box.

However, I am experiencing now issues with the tp500s top panel. If the waveshare module is connected from bootup, then the top module only prints the device info and then the screen becomes blank.
If i connect the waveshare after some minutes, then the display shows the temperature as expected, but now there are no responses to button presses.
Note that while the top module is not working as expected, the remote control works fine.

I did use the regular and used power from pins in wifi module. Voltage was good for my waveshare eth to rs485 converters. Basicly one can connect power and data with molex connector reserved for wifi dongle.

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