upload problem encountered in Arduino IDE #9

boneskull · 2015-05-26T07:20:05Z

Here's the end of trying to build WiFiScan example using the 1.6.4-673-g8cd3697 board definition:

/Users/boneskull/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/tools/esptool/0.4.4/esptool -eo 
/var/folders/d4/vrj66_rs375gh9_33xr9bnv80000gs/T/build7455700842258194699.tmp/WiFiScan.cpp.elf 
-bo /var/folders/d4/vrj66_rs375gh9_33xr9bnv80000gs/T/build7455700842258194699.tmp/WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin 
-bm qio -bf 40 -bz 512K -bs .text -bs .data -bs .rodata -bc -ec -eo 
/var/folders/d4/vrj66_rs375gh9_33xr9bnv80000gs/T/build7455700842258194699.tmp/WiFiScan.cpp.elf 
-es .irom0.text 
/var/folders/d4/vrj66_rs375gh9_33xr9bnv80000gs/T/build7455700842258194699.tmp/WiFiScan.cpp_10000.bin 
-ec 

Sketch uses 231,360 bytes (44%) of program storage space. Maximum is 524,288 bytes.
Uploading 32848 bytes from /var/folders/d4/vrj66_rs375gh9_33xr9bnv80000gs/T/build7455700842258194699.tmp/WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin to flash at 0x00000000
error: failed reading byte
warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data
warning: espcomm_send_command(FLASH_DOWNLOAD_BEGIN) failed

Trying the upload manually, with a somewhat different command, also fails:

$ esptool -cp /dev/cu.usbserial -cf WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin -ca 0x10000 -cf WiFiScan.cpp_10000.bin -vvvv
esptool v0.4.4 - (c) 2014 Ch. Klippel <[email protected]>
    setting port from /dev/tty.usbserial to /dev/cu.usbserial
    espcomm_upload_file
    stat WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin success
opening port /dev/cu.usbserial at 115200
    tcgetattr
    tcsetattr
    serial open
opening bootloader
resetting board
trying to connect
    setting character timeout 0
    done
    setting character timeout 1
    done
    espcomm_send_command: sending command header
    espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
        espcomm_send_command: didn't receive command response
trying to connect
    setting character timeout 0
    done
    setting character timeout 1
    done
    espcomm_send_command: sending command header
    espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
        espcomm_send_command: received 2 bytes:
        0x00
        0x00
        espcomm_send_command: response 0x20120707
    espcomm_open
Uploading 32848 bytes from WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin to flash at 0x00000000
    erasing flash
    size: 008050 address: 000000
    first_sector_index: 0
    total_sector_count: 9
    head_sector_count: 9
    adjusted_sector_count: 5
    adjusted_size: 005000
    espcomm_send_command: sending command header
    espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
    setting timeout 10000
    setting character timeout 100
    done
    setting timeout 1
    setting character timeout 1
    done
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 1796 bytes of data
error: failed reading byte
warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data
warning: espcomm_send_command(FLASH_DOWNLOAD_BEGIN) failed
closing bootloader

I tried various combinations of flags -bf, -bm and -cb to no avail.

But esptool.py uploads fine:

$ esptool.py --port /dev/cu.usbserial write_flash 0x00000 WiFiScan.cpp_00000.bin 0x10000 WiFiScan.cpp_10000.bin
Connecting...
Erasing flash...
Writing at 0x00008000... (100 %)
Erasing flash...
Writing at 0x00040400... (100 %)

Leaving...

Setup:

esptool v0.4.4
ESP-01
PL-2303HX USB-to-serial adapter like this
Mac OS 10.10.3
pretty sure I'm using the FTDI v2.3 driver as found here but I don't know how to determine that.

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igrr · 2015-05-26T07:22:23Z

    espcomm_send_command: receiving 1796 bytes of data

Wow, looks like a bug. Will check.

Side note: since you are using a PL2303-based USB-serial converter, the version of FTDI driver is kind of irrelevant.

igrr · 2015-05-26T08:52:27Z

Investigated this a bit. Totally weird.
The issue comes from the fact that the reply packet has incorrect size or checksum.
I tried to print out each received byte:

Uploading 31680 bytes from /var/folders/15/ybtbgzpj7636vv4wp92l2c700000gn/T/build2638420307500603799.tmp/sketch_may25a.cpp_00000.bin to flash at 0x00000000
    erasing flash
    size: 007bc0 address: 000000
    first_sector_index: 0
    total_sector_count: 8
    head_sector_count: 8
    adjusted_sector_count: 4
    adjusted_size: 004000
    espcomm_send_command: sending command header
    espcomm_send_command: sending command payload
        serialport_get_timeout: 1000
        serialport_set_timeout: 10000
    setting timeout 10000
    setting character timeout 100
    done
        old_timeout = 1000
c0 
        serialport_set_timeout: 1000
    setting timeout 1000
    setting character timeout 10
    done
01 
02 
02 
00 
07 
90 
02 
40 
        rp.direction = 1
        rp.command = 2
        rp.size = 2
        rp.checksum = 40029007
    espcomm_send_command: receiving 2 bytes of data
08 
error: failed reading byte
warning: espcomm_send_command: cant receive slip payload data
warning: espcomm_send_command(FLASH_DOWNLOAD_BEGIN) failed
closing bootloader

Here the checksum is already broken (on other runs size was broken as well).

Now when I connect a scope, I see the ESP is sending the correct data:

But the bytes I read from the port are different. Looking further.

briankimstudio · 2015-06-09T21:50:42Z

Hi, I had same problem on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 and it is fixed by esptool.py.
Short tutorial for switching uploader from esptool to esptool.py on Mac

http://hpclab.blogspot.com/2015/06/esp8266-arduino-ide-on-mac-os-x.html

Hope it would help someone who just jumped into ESP8266 world

stblassitude · 2015-08-19T14:24:04Z

It might be worthwhile adding a note to the README, since PL230x based adapters are quite widespread.

Mention that PL2303 doesn't work (igrr/esptool-ck#9) and tidy up a bit.

igrr · 2015-08-19T14:50:35Z

@stblassitude I've added a note to Arduino docs.

boneskull · 2015-08-19T18:45:08Z

FWIW I've since found the CP2102 devices are the most reliable when working with ESP8266's

USB-serial adapter: igrr/esptool-ck#9 implementing workaround using esptool.py as mentioned in: http://hpclab.blogspot.com/2015/06/esp8266-arduino-ide-on-mac-os-x.html

etiquet · 2016-04-23T11:48:05Z

Hello gentlemen, I was having constantly the same issue with lolin nodemcu 1.0 HW that uses CH340 chip.

I apply the following workaround : http://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/20219/upload-with-esptool-fails-with-espcomm-send-command-cant-receive-slip-payload installing the esptool.py that works fine for me. (file is platform.txt instead of hardware.txt described)

so... practically .... attached the files that works for me now :
(Arduino 1.6.8 / ESP8266 2.20 / OS X 10.11.4 )

platform.txt
location >> /Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.2.0
esptool.py.zip
location >>/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.2.0/tools
(IDE to be restarted)

Dear Ivan, why not considering including this in the official package for Mac with an instruction somewhere ?

samyk · 2016-10-12T07:05:33Z

I attempted the update above from @etiquet on 2.3.0 with no luck, error being "Failed to connect to ESP8266". Note I kept GPIO 0 low via 10K ohm resistor when plugging board in using a common programmer (http://samy.pl/o/espp.jpg). I've tried both esptool 1.1 and 1.2-dev.

Same when attempting from console:

$ sudo esptool.py --port /dev/cu.Repleo-CH341-00005014 write_flash 0x00000 build5f5ea63a04bf75fd9ebf7eb6ec082a45.tmp/Blink.ino.bin 
esptool.py v1.2-dev
Connecting...

A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP8266

rousnay · 2017-01-16T12:07:41Z

Try to connect The GPIO0 with a 10k resistor to ground and the CH_PD to VCC and it works :)

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Mention that PL2303 doesn't work (igrr/esptool-ck#9) and tidy up a bit.

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