Hello! Looking for some Advice on Flashing issues please :)
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:16 pmHi all,
New to the forum and my first projects.
I am trying to re-flash a couple of SONOFF outlets with a variety of firmware I have found and I always seem to come across the same issue.
I am using the usual FTDI adapter shown here https://puu.sh/x790c/8064793e94.png
I have currently tested ESPEasy, Tasmota and couple of others with exactly the same response - nothing.
The flash always seems to finish correctly, I reboot the device and receive ZERO COM port output on the monitor, the device appears to be completely dead. I have tried both at 115500 Baud and everything below to be sure.
Things I have tried
1. Another new, known good SONOFF unit.
2. A completely different laptop
3. Different USB cables
4. Different Header Cables
So I think I have narrowed the issue down a fair way, the only common item being the FTDI adapter itself. I have ordered another.
My question is has anyone come across this before? I thought firstly that the ESP was a dud, or the board had some sort of failure, but having tried the same methods with a second, new and tested SONOFF I have started to look elsewhere.
At no point have I managed a successful flash or received any data AT ALL from any of the outlets.
I have tried monitoring the COM port via Arduino and also Putty, same issue, no data is parsed at all.
Any idea, help or advice would be great!
Thanks
Rossymond
New to the forum and my first projects.
I am trying to re-flash a couple of SONOFF outlets with a variety of firmware I have found and I always seem to come across the same issue.
I am using the usual FTDI adapter shown here https://puu.sh/x790c/8064793e94.png
I have currently tested ESPEasy, Tasmota and couple of others with exactly the same response - nothing.
The flash always seems to finish correctly, I reboot the device and receive ZERO COM port output on the monitor, the device appears to be completely dead. I have tried both at 115500 Baud and everything below to be sure.
Things I have tried
1. Another new, known good SONOFF unit.
2. A completely different laptop
3. Different USB cables
4. Different Header Cables
So I think I have narrowed the issue down a fair way, the only common item being the FTDI adapter itself. I have ordered another.
My question is has anyone come across this before? I thought firstly that the ESP was a dud, or the board had some sort of failure, but having tried the same methods with a second, new and tested SONOFF I have started to look elsewhere.
At no point have I managed a successful flash or received any data AT ALL from any of the outlets.
I have tried monitoring the COM port via Arduino and also Putty, same issue, no data is parsed at all.
Any idea, help or advice would be great!
Thanks
Rossymond