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terjeio / ioSender

A GCode Sender for Grbl and grblHAL written in C# (Windows only).
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Empty portlist, Windows 11, Fysetc S6, Native USB #352

Closed tobjy closed 5 months ago

tobjy commented 5 months ago

When I start ioSender, no ports are listed. I have connected my Fysetc S6 board over USB. I have build and installed an GrblHAL firmware using Terjes WebBuilder, specifying Native USB for the communication.

This is probably not an ioSender issue. I am guessing I need to install some driver for Windows 11. Can anyone out there please give me a hint?

terjeio commented 5 months ago

This is odd. How did you flash the board?

tobjy commented 5 months ago

I just copied the firmware.bin to a SD-card. Seems to have worked, the preinstalled Marlin firmware is gone.

I have no experience connecting "DIY" hardware to Windows 11; I do not know what to expect. Should a port be available in ioSender when I connect the Fysetc board, without any specific drivers installed on Windows?

terjeio commented 5 months ago

I just copied the firmware.bin to a SD-card.

This is the likely reason - give me a bit of time and I'll prepare a bootloader version, or maybe two, for you to try.

Should a port be available in ioSender when I connect the Fysetc board, without any specific drivers installed on Windows?

Yes.

terjeio commented 5 months ago

Here is one for a 32K bootloader for you to try, not 100% sure it is correct.

firmware 32K BL.zip

There are two versions of the bootloader, you may have to flash the latest for 0x8000 first. You can check which you have by flashing Marlin - only one of these will work.

You may also flash grblHAL (the Web Builder version) via DFU, but better to try the bootloader first.

tobjy commented 5 months ago

I was able to load the Marlin 0x8000 firmware. I could see a new COM6 in the Windows device manager; ioSender also recognized the port and could start. Unfortunately I had no luck with firmware 32K BL.

The booloader seems to work alright. So, I presume it would not bring anything to flash grblHAL via DFU?

terjeio commented 5 months ago

So, I presume it would not bring anything to flash grblHAL via DFU?

It is worth a try, with the Web Builder version. It will overwrite the bootloader though, so you will have to reflash it if you need it again.

tobjy commented 5 months ago

You are right :-) The download worked using STM32CubeProgrammer, and I can connect with ioSender! Many thanx!