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PX4 Firmware flashing - Flight Core V2

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  • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

    Hey @tom @Eric-Katzfey

    Once the board is connected to a PC running Ubuntu 20, the device is not detected. The ports remain the same before and after connecting Flight core. The default port is also not detected (ie. /ttyACM0).

    Printed the sudo dmesg -wH in terminal and got the following output,

    d9613b0c-e362-4554-af8e-0658e00cb5eb-image.png

    And also is there any particular SD Card we should use or any SD Card from the PX4 website is fine?

    4f44585c-5664-499e-95d9-8c3c62e43152-image.png

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    @Jetson-Nano I would try a different port or cable.
    Those SD cards should be fine

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      @Jetson-Nano I would try a different port or cable.
      Those SD cards should be fine

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        Hey @tom @Eric-Katzfey

        As depicted earlier, I have used a Class 4 - SD card(16 GB) for the FCv2. I have tried running the command, sudo dmesg -wH. I get the following error again, the device is not able to enumerate the fcv2.

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        Also, the cable I used works with other industrial flight controllers. Checked with different ports and cables too. Is there force boot switch on fcv2 which is to be enabled?

        20240415_141752_HDR.jpg

        Above is the image of the flight core V2 after flashing of LED once powered or connected via USB UART. I'm using MCBL-00010 type connector as recommended.

        Is there a way to flash the fc_v2 via VOXL2. Connecting the fcv2 as external flight controller to VOXL2 as prescribed here ?

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        • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

          Hey @tom @Eric-Katzfey

          As depicted earlier, I have used a Class 4 - SD card(16 GB) for the FCv2. I have tried running the command, sudo dmesg -wH. I get the following error again, the device is not able to enumerate the fcv2.

          unnamed.png

          Also, the cable I used works with other industrial flight controllers. Checked with different ports and cables too. Is there force boot switch on fcv2 which is to be enabled?

          20240415_141752_HDR.jpg

          Above is the image of the flight core V2 after flashing of LED once powered or connected via USB UART. I'm using MCBL-00010 type connector as recommended.

          Is there a way to flash the fc_v2 via VOXL2. Connecting the fcv2 as external flight controller to VOXL2 as prescribed here ?

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          @tom @Eric-Katzfey anything that I can try out here to flash fc_v2?

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          • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

            @tom @Eric-Katzfey anything that I can try out here to flash fc_v2?

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            @Jetson-Nano Are you making sure to start the flash either via. qgc or the script, then plugging in USB?

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              @Jetson-Nano Are you making sure to start the flash either via. qgc or the script, then plugging in USB?

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              @tom yes, while using QGC, I connect and wait for sometime, but the firmware upload option doesn't appear. I try reconnecting but still the same.

              Similarly while trying to use the python script, I start the flash sequence but since serial port allocation is'nt reflected the program throws runtime.

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              • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

                @tom yes, while using QGC, I connect and wait for sometime, but the firmware upload option doesn't appear. I try reconnecting but still the same.

                Similarly while trying to use the python script, I start the flash sequence but since serial port allocation is'nt reflected the program throws runtime.

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                @Jetson-Nano Just to confirm, in QGC you're getting to this page: 81b5572c-41ed-4386-822f-70f664afb32b-image.png

                before plugging in USB correct?

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                  @Jetson-Nano Just to confirm, in QGC you're getting to this page: 81b5572c-41ed-4386-822f-70f664afb32b-image.png

                  before plugging in USB correct?

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                  @tom yes, I get into this page and as mentioned earlier trying QGC build 4.3.

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                    @tom yes, I get into this page and as mentioned earlier trying QGC build 4.3.

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                    @Jetson-Nano So when you get to that page the flight core needs to be completely disconnected from both power and USB.

                    Then you should plug in USB

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                      @Jetson-Nano So when you get to that page the flight core needs to be completely disconnected from both power and USB.

                      Then you should plug in USB

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                      @tom tried out the same as you told, kept the fc_v2 connected to USB after opening firmware page section. Was observing the page section for couple of minutes, received no response. On checking the terminal using sudo dmesg -wH, the USB enumeration error(address not found) error same as earlier is thrown.

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                      • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

                        @tom tried out the same as you told, kept the fc_v2 connected to USB after opening firmware page section. Was observing the page section for couple of minutes, received no response. On checking the terminal using sudo dmesg -wH, the USB enumeration error(address not found) error same as earlier is thrown.

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                        @Jetson-Nano Sounds like there's either a hardware issue with your PC or an issue with the board, I'd recommend submitting an RMA: https://www.modalai.com/pages/rma

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                        • Jetson NanoJ Jetson Nano

                          @tom tried out the same as you told, kept the fc_v2 connected to USB after opening firmware page section. Was observing the page section for couple of minutes, received no response. On checking the terminal using sudo dmesg -wH, the USB enumeration error(address not found) error same as earlier is thrown.

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                          @Jetson-Nano any other method which could be tried out to flash the fc_v2?

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                            @Jetson-Nano any other method which could be tried out to flash the fc_v2?

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                            @Jetson-Nano Unfortunately not given the state of the board

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