esptool.py error: invalid choice: 'nodemcu'
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:59 pmI've installed the ESP8266 libraries via Board Manager, and selected NodeMCU 1.0 board. But of course the default esptool does not work in macOS.
So, following the info around the web, I've installed pyserial, downloaded esptool.py and placed it where it should be and modified platforms.txt to load esptool.py instead of the binary.
But when I try upload I just get this
So, following the info around the web, I've installed pyserial, downloaded esptool.py and placed it where it should be and modified platforms.txt to load esptool.py instead of the binary.
But when I try upload I just get this
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usage: esptool [-h] [--port PORT] [--baud BAUD]
{load_ram,dump_mem,read_mem,write_mem,write_flash,run,image_info,make_image,elf2image,read_mac,chip_id,flash_id,read_flash,verify_flash,erase_flash,version}
...
esptool: error: argument operation: invalid choice: 'nodemcu' (choose from 'load_ram', 'dump_mem', 'read_mem', 'write_mem', 'write_flash', 'run', 'image_info', 'make_image', 'elf2image', 'read_mac', 'chip_id', 'flash_id', 'read_flash', 'verify_flash', 'erase_flash', 'version')
esptool: error: argument operation: invalid choice: 'nodemcu' (choose from 'load_ram', 'dump_mem', 'read_mem', 'write_mem', 'write_flash', 'run', 'image_info', 'make_image', 'elf2image', 'read_mac', 'chip_id', 'flash_id', 'read_flash', 'verify_flash', 'erase_flash', 'version')