[C.CC USERS] Firmware issues

[David Gilmore]

Andreas,

What OS are you running?

You don't happen to have 3 exclamation (!!!) marks in your code anywhere?

Cheers,

Dave. 

On 6 Jun 2012, at 18:27, Andreas Rasmussen <andreas-r at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I have the same firmware problem with an arduino 2560 mega and have tried following the directions.
> 
> I compiled the program and tried uploading, which produced the following error:
> "avrdude.exe: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0xe0
> 
> avrdude.exe done.  Thank you."
> 
> An ihex file named Test.ihex was produced.
> 
> Installed python 2.7.3, downloaded the ihexmerge.py file, and did the following:
> With the path set (set path=%path%;C:\python27).
> (Instructions from earlier e-mail)
> 
> First copied the ihexmerge.py script and the Test.ihex file to the root transterpreter folder.
> 
> Ran:
> cd documents\Transterpreter
> 
> Followed by:
> python ihexmerge.py arduino/tvm/firmware/tvm-avr-atmega1280-16000000-arduinomega.hex Test.ihex > combined.ihex
> 
> This produced the combined.ihex file.
> 
> Then i ran this: (with the arduino mega 2560 on COM port 3)
> "bin/avrdude.exe" -C bin/avrdude.conf -V -F -p atmega2560 -P COM3 -b 115200 -c stk500v2 -D -U flash:w:combined.ihex
> 
> Which just gives a whole lot of the following error message:
> "avrdude.exe: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout".
> After 34 of those i also got this error message:
> "avrdude.exe: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer".
> 
> I'm not really an experienced user when it comes to this. Can anyone please help me? I would love to get this to work :-)
> 
> 
> ~Andreas
> 
> 
> PS: On the concurrency.cc website (http://concurrency.cc/book/), the link to the Plumbing for the Arduino just leads to github, which gives this error:
> "404
> There isn't a GitHub Page hosted here, sorry.
> Are you trying to publish one?
> 
> We'll send you an email when your page has been built. It may take up to ten minutes until your page is available.
> 
> Read the Full Documentation to learn how to set up username.github.com"
> 
> Has the Plumbing for the Arduino disappeared, or has it been hidden somewhere? :-)
> 
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 17:07:04 +0100
> From: gilmorenator at gmail.com
> To: rachsmith at utexas.edu
> CC: users at concurrency.cc
> Subject: Re: [C.CC USERS] Firmware issues
> 
> Rachel,
> 
> Sorry I should have provided instructions,
> 
> I believe these are the steps you need to take:
> 
> 1)
> compile the program in the IDE
> 
> 
> 2)
> use the run/upload button to attempt to upload the code
> this step generates the ihex file, and it does not matter if
> upload actually failes. The important things is to get the ihex file
> 
> 
> 3)
> Use the script ihemerge.py script to generate a new ihex file that
> combines the firmware for the mega1280 (which is compatible with the
> 2560) and the ihex file generated by step2
> 
> python ihexmerge.py
> arduino/tvm/firmware/tvm-avr-atmega1280-16000000-arduinomega.hex
> yourfile.ihex > combined.ihex
> 
> 
> 4)
> use avrdude to upload the file, something like this:
> bin/avrdude.exe -C bin/avrdude.conf -V -F -p atmega2560 -P COM4 -b
> 115200 -c stk500v2 -D -U flash:w:combined.ihex
> 
> You'll need to have Python installed for the script to work,
> 
> Anything else just shout!
> 
> Dave.
> 
> On 6 June 2012 16:51, David Gilmore <gilmorenator at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rachel,
> 
> If its the 2560 that you have then you will need to run this magic script:
> 
> http://projects.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/kroc/trac/browser/kroc/trunk/tvm/arduino/scripts/ihexmerge.py 
> 
> I believe this is a common problem with the Arduino Mega,
> 
> HTH
> 
> Dave.
> 
> On 6 June 2012 16:44, Rachel E Smith <rachsmith at utexas.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am having trouble uploading the plumbing firmware to my Arduino Mega. It is giving me this error:
> 
> avrdude.exe: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0xd8
> 
> Any ideas? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
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