Fipy - No prompt - How do I get the prompt back??

[irtnz]

Pycom board: FiPy V1.2 Connected to PyScan V0.7

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  No prompt!! No possible!!

I am getting extremely frustrated with the board and the inconsistent information available. I have hunted through the available information searching for "no prompt" but nothing I have found helps. I have only just bought a few of the boards - with a plan to use them in a small project for a customer, but I'm beginning to worry whether it's a sensible option.

Initially I went through the "getting started" I loaded the LED flash demo - it worked Then I loaded the "connecting to a router" code, but modified to just print any SSIDs that were found

print(net.ssid)

I stopped at this point as I needed to work with a customer.

The next time I connected the board to USB I got:

Searching for PyCom boards on serial... Connecting to COM8...

If I reset the FiPy while connected I receive

ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x12 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT) configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00 mode:DIO, clock div:1 load:0x3fff8020,len:8 load:0x3fff8028,len:2136 load:0x4009fa00,len:19880 entry 0x400a05d0

**** Where is there a description of these settings - I'm sure there is one, but I can't find it!!

I also tried connecting via an

ExpansionBoard V3.1

I have tried safe boot

I have tried reloading the firmware

I have tried downgrading the firmware

I'm extremely frustrated - I have wasted many hours and haven't got past the "Getting Started"

Also frustrating are the inconsistent references to Pins eg In the documentation, Px

And Switches: Screen printed on the board

S1 Safe Boot

But the documentation mentions:

DFU with no mention which button this is!