Connecting moteino

Naarlack · May 16, 2015, 05:36:26 AM

Hi guys,

I have just received a few Moteinos and I'm having all sorts of trouble getting them connected to my computer so I can program them.

I have the latest Arduino IDE (1.6.4) installed.

When I connect either a Moteino-USB or a standard Moteino (via FTDI adaptor), my computer says the device is not recognised. If I go into device manager then sure enough there is the evil little icon. I have tried telling the drivers to update and directing them to the Arduino drivers folder but that does not solve the issue.

Any ideas?

Cheers

TomWS · May 16, 2015, 07:12:09 AM

From what I've seen around the web is the best thing to do is uninstall Arduino 1.6.4, reboot your computer, and install IDE 1.6.3 instead. I've seen nothing but troubles with this version. Whether that's your problem, I don't know, but you shouldn't have any issues with moteinos with a good Arduino IDE installation.

Tom

Naarlack · May 16, 2015, 08:44:23 PM

Still no luck

I have tried a UNO, Duemilanove, and a Trinket and they all work.

Are there some different drivers that I need from somewhere perhaps?

TomWS · May 16, 2015, 11:49:29 PM

Quote from: Naarlack on May 16, 2015, 08:44:23 PM
Still no luck

other than trying other boards did you uninstall IDE 1.6.4 as suggested?

Naarlack · May 17, 2015, 01:57:06 AM

Yes, uninstalled 1.6.4 then restarted and installed 1.6.3

No change in the symptoms after doing this.

An entry labelled 'FT231X USB UART' appears in device manager but I can't seem to get it to recognise it as a Moteino.

Emil · May 17, 2015, 07:05:17 AM

Another thing to try is a different USB cable. The short 6" cables work best. I've had a number of funny connection problems traced to the cable.

Felix · May 17, 2015, 09:36:16 AM

Sounds like a driver issue.
I still like IDE 1.0.6 better than anything beyond.

TomWS · May 17, 2015, 02:14:11 PM

Sounds like the 1.6.4 over wrote your ftdi device drivers. Download the latest from ftdi.Com (VCP version), unzip to your system, uninstall the driver you currently have, and
load new drivers from the directory you downloaded to.

Naarlack · May 24, 2015, 07:05:50 AM

Installing the latest drivers did the trick.

Thanks for your helps guys

Naarlack · May 24, 2015, 07:24:33 AM

May have spoken too soon actually.

The Moteino-USB works OK, but connecting to the standard Moteino via the FTDI adaptor does not seem to work.

I have tried a short USB cable. It just appears in device manager as an unknown USB device.

Felix · May 24, 2015, 07:24:59 PM

Try another computer, OS.
What FTDI adaptor are you using?

Naarlack · June 08, 2015, 07:00:11 AM

Pulled out my old laptop with Windows Vista and Arduino 1.0.5 and everything worked perfectly first time

I'm using the LPL FTDI adaptor naturally

Perhaps I should downgrade my Arduino version on my main computer? You said 1.0.6 is working well for you?

Felix · June 08, 2015, 08:02:52 AM

That's what I use regularly because it still has some features I like and need.
1.6.4 should also work just fine.

Naarlack · June 14, 2015, 12:50:20 AM

So I have done a bit more investigating...

The only way I have been able to get the FTDI adaptor to work (i.e. show up as a COM port rather than 'unknown device') is if I plug it in through a USB hub I had laying around. Any idea why that might be? Have any ideas to fix it?

It's not a huge issue to just use the USB hub but curious as to what is going on.

Cheers again to everybody for their help

Felix · June 14, 2015, 04:00:17 PM

Is it an older LPL FTDIAdapter? Can you post a photo of it?