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Started 3 years ago by AndrewHowitt
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AndrewHowitt
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I'm having trouble getting started with my new Maple. I've installed the IDE and got it working (using Ubuntu Lucid on AMD64, so I had to download the new librxtxSerial.so and RXTXcomm.jar, and I did that and it seemed fine). Build of the demo program (blink) works fine.

I plug the Maple into USB and Ubuntu sees it okay (I use lsusb to make sure). But any attempt to upload the demo crashes the IDE. It compiles and builds, but appears to crash just when it starts to upload. The window disappears too fast for me to see if there's an error message of any kind. I've tried pointing the serial port at /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyS0, and loading to Flash or RAM, and the same thing always happens.

This may not be relevant, but the first time I plugged in the Maple, its LED went through the startup sequence and then stayed dark. Now, it goes through the startup sequence and keeps blinking (about 4/second, on/off, not "throbbing" I think).

Not sure what to try next. Suggestions?

Posted 3 years ago #
AndrewHowitt
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Update: I saw the advice for a 64 bit dfu-util so I did that too -- moved the version that came with maple-ide to a different place, installed the freshest dfu-util from Ubuntu, and copied it to the maple-ide library. Now the Maple's LED goes dark again after the startup sequence, which is encouraging. But the IDE still crashes on every attempt to upload, same as before.

If I designate no serial port, I notice the message "Couldn't find the DFU device: [1EAF:0003]" and if I use lsusb I see 1eaf:0004 as the device. Any chance the misnumbering is causing the problem?

Posted 3 years ago #
mbolivar
LeafLabs

Sorry to hear you've been having problems. As you may have read on another thread, we're working on getting 64-bit Linux support into the next Maple IDE. In the meantime, maybe try apt-get install ia32-libs to see if you're crashing on a missing 32-bit shared library load?

I've tried pointing the serial port at /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyS0,

These are definitely wrong. Maple will show up as /dev/ttyACMx (where x=0,1,...) on Linux.

Also, have you tried perpetual bootloader mode? If the board's in perpetual bootloader mode, you won't need to designate a serial port.

If I designate no serial port, I notice the message "Couldn't find the DFU device: [1EAF:0003]" and if I use lsusb I see 1eaf:0004 as the device. Any chance the misnumbering is causing the problem?

The different USB PID values 0003 and 0004 are respectively used to distinguish DFU versus SerialUSB modes, so they're unlikely to be the source of the problem.

As a fallback option, you may consider using the command line toolchain:

http://leaflabs.com/docs/unix-toolchain.html

My main development box currently runs 64-bit Ubuntu Precise, so the command line toolchain gets a lot of testing on that configuration, and is known good.

Posted 3 years ago #
AndrewHowitt
Member

Hi Marti, and thanks for the information. Yes, I've already got the latest ia32-libs (just checked it again) so that's not it.

As I said, the GUI offers /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyS0 as options. There are no /dev/ttyACMx options, and no such device files in /dev so I have no idea what's up with that.

Perpetual bootloader mode does allow me to upload successfully, if I don't select any serial port, so I can use that as a workaround for now. Thanks for the tip! I'll post more if I see any other unusual behavior during upload.

Posted 3 years ago #
mbolivar
LeafLabs

As I said, the GUI offers /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyS0 as options. There are no /dev/ttyACMx options, and no such device files in /dev so I have no idea what's up with that.

Yes, those are serial port device files, but they definitively do not correspond to the Maple. Maple always shows up as /dev/ttyACMx on Linux. If you don't have such a file in /dev, then Maple is failing to enumerate as a serial port device on your system.

Can you check your dmesg output before and after plugging it in to see if any USB error messages appear?

Posted 3 years ago #
RAJENDRA
Member

hi everyone
i have to dump the code to stm32f103rb using only USB so how do i go to that,
what all the requirements about bootloader

Posted 3 years ago #
mbolivar
LeafLabs

RAJENDRA: Please don't hijack this thread with an unrelated question. Either find a thread where your question is on topic, or start a new one. I have deleted another post of yours where you resurrected an unrelated thread.

Posted 3 years ago #

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