Ok. So the second IOIO board is showing the latest firmware? And still behaves inconsistently? Did you apply external power to the board when doing the firmware upgrade(s)?
I too am running 8.1. Does everything checkout OK in your device manager meaning IOIO OTG is shown under PORTS (COMM & LPT)? On Sunday, September 21, 2014 12:18:50 PM UTC-7, AF wrote: > > Hello Chad, > > Yes it is indeed frustrating... The "funny" thing is that I have another > board in the same situation but I could resolve it one time and ioiodude > showed application firmware version! Also, the smartphone could communicate > with it in acessory mode (no external supply)! However this board sometimes > works other times simply doesn't and I don't know why... but the other one > just does not want to work! I totally understand your questions. This is > the procedure I have done: > > 1. put switch in A position > 2. short BOOT pin to GND pin (bootloader mode) > 3. connect IOIO to PC and remove short (IOIO yellow led blinks) > 4. ioiodude --port=COMx versions > 5. ioiodude --port=COMx write App-IOIO0500.ioioapp > 6. ioiodude --port=COMx --reset fingerprint > 7. ioiodude --port=COMx versions > 8. ioiodude --port=COMx --force write App-IOIO0500.ioioapp > 6. ioiodude --port=COMx --reset fingerprint > 7. disconnect IOIO from PC > 8. short BOOT pin to GND pin (bootloader mode) > 9. connect IOIO to PC and remove short (IOIO yellow led blinks) > 10. ioiodude --port=COMx versions > 11. disconnect IOIO from PC > 12. connect IOIO to PC > 13. ioiodude --port=COMx versions > > Domingo, 21 de Setembro de 2014 19:43:37 UTC+1, Chad Kennedy escreveu: >> >> >> You are going to need to ignore everything past number 2 below because >> all bets are off when you don't get the firmware straightened out. Its the >> little things that build up and get the IOIO off track. >> >> Are you sure the proper procedure is being followed for the firmware >> upgrade? I mean this genuinely. It is the simple things that got me and the >> subtle details. It took me 3 days to get my first IOIO working (lots of >> reading and trial & error mis match firmware etc). My second IOIO the first >> thing I did was update the firmware and that took me several tries with >> exactly what you are describing. Need to get the IOIO to respond to show a >> positive firmware update not the boot loader as in having the IOIO report >> it has firmware IOIO0500 independent of the install process. >> >> I feel your pain. It is frustrating. >> >> >> >> On 9/21/2014 10:26 AM, AF wrote: >> >> black7 thank you for your comment. >> >> This is really frustrating... what's strange is this: >> >> 1. now I am connecting the board to the PC always in A position and >> ioiodude can always read the Bootloader version (when in boot mode). >> 2. however ioiodude cannot read the Application version (when not in boot >> mode). >> >> Also there's another thing: >> >> 3. when I connect the smartphone to the IOIO (IOIO with external supply + >> OTG cable "master side" connected to IOIO's micro-USB port) it comunicates >> with the smartphone in both H or A positions! >> 4. however when I connect the cable "master side" to the micro-USB port >> of the smartphone it can feed the IOIO but cannot communicate with it (in >> this case IOIO has no external supply)... >> >> I think there is a problem with the IOIO when in Acessory mode and I >> don't what it is... it seems to not communicate with both PC and smartphone >> in this mode. >> I think I tried almost everything. Rebooting PC, installing new ioio.inf >> file, writing new app firmware, etc... And everything in Eclipse is matched >> by the way because I have another board with v5 app firmware (ioiodude >> reads both bootloader and app firmware) and the app I developed works just >> fine when the IOIO has no external supply and the smartphone is host. >> >> Domingo, 21 de Setembro de 2014 15:49:53 UTC+1, [email protected] >> escreveu: >>> >>> Oh Man...Your problems sound just like mine several month ago. >>> >>> When connect via USB to the PC, the OTG switch needs to be A (auto). >>> >>> Regarding port number double check everything, and then reboot the PC, >>> particularly if you have the IDE running like Eclipse. I would also reload >>> the new firmware. >>> >>> One other gotcha with the new firmware - be sure everything in the IDE >>> is matched to the firmware. >>> >>> When you connect the phone via USB, the OTG needs to be H (host), if >>> you are connecting BlueTooth dongle switch it to A. >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:48:58 PM UTC-7, AF wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all IOIO users. >>>> >>>> My IOIO-OTG had application firmware version 0300 and was working fine >>>> at first. >>>> Recently I have upgraded its application firmware to version 0500 so I >>>> used ioiodude to do it and the operation was aparently successfull >>>> (....... >>>> Done.). >>>> However now when I try to connect it to my PC in bootloader mode the PC >>>> recognizes it and shows me the COM port but when in application mode it >>>> simply doesn't recognizes it and gives me an USB error... Also, the >>>> IOIO-OTG doesn't communicate with my smartphone anymore... But the red >>>> light still turns on! >>>> I can read the bootloader firmware version with ioiodude but not the >>>> application firmware because the command line freezes when I try to do >>>> this... >>>> What could be wrong? Is it possible that I fried the IOIO-OTG? I am >>>> thinking of that "H-A" switch because I read somewhere that we should >>>> connect the IOIO-OTG to the PC in "A" position... and I can't remember if >>>> I >>>> put it in "H" or "A" position when I upgraded the application firmware... >>>> Can you tell me what is the problem? 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