BOSSA Program Port in Windows 10 to flash PD

[bLiTzJoN]

Time for normal maintenance of the machines with firmware, heatbreaks, fans, etc..., and I've noticed the macros don't work with the latest Duet firmware, so I thought maybe I should go through and update the firmware on the PDs. I have a mix of v2 and v3, no i's. I've since upgraded my PC and installed the latest BOSSA 1.9.1. CDC driver prompted for install; unfortunately, I don't see it in the Device Manager. I've tried the unsigned driver enable method, manual method - I've even tried 2 additional PCs to no avail on getting the BOSSA Program Port to start (Code 10). Anyone else run into this issue and resolve it?

[oliof]

@bLiTzJoN you can update PD via RepRapFirmware these days

[dc42]

@oliof said in BOSSA Program Port in Windows 10 to flash PD:

@bLiTzJoN you can update PD via RepRapFirmware these days

That's the case for version 3 and integrated PanelDues, but not for version 2.

[bLiTzJoN]

I have four PanelDue v2's. I'd like to still use them, but maybe I have to bite the bullet and upgrade them to v3's. I'm going to attempt upgrading through a Linux box and see if I can get anywhere with them. If that doesn't work, then maybe I'll try to put together a Win 7 box. I do wonder why the latest RRF broke the macro execution to start with. I could revert the four Duet boards firmware to a working version with the current firmware on the v2 PanelDues.

[bLiTzJoN]

Happy to report that I was able to flash all six PanelDues (four V2s & two V3s), and I'll accept user error. Let me explain what I did as I know others will likely fall into the same trap I did. I installed BOSSA like normal which includes the baked-in CDC driver. The port doesn't show up in Device Manager just yet. Plug in the PanelDue and the BOSSA Driver still doesn't show up yet. The instructions say to press the erase button. Well, I hadn't held the button long enough apparently. Windows will eventually detect and then you will see the BOSSA driver appear in the device manager. I may have figured this out sooner had I left the PanelDue plugged into the screen, but since I'm using a 7" screen, I was concerned about power - there was nothing wrong with having it plugged in, and it went black as it states in the instructions. Now to plug back into the printers and see the fruits of my labor suffering.