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Has anything changed with the EZ-Bv4 firmware updater recently?
I'm experiencing an issue where, upon connecting the firmware updater to an EZ-Bv4, it immediately disconnects, preventing me from updating the firmware.
I've tried using both the previous and the most up-to-date versions of ARC. Additionally, I've tested this on two different networks (home and office) and on both Windows 10 and 11. I've also attempted to update multiple EZ-Bv4.x/2 controllers, but each time the same result occurs-the connection is established briefly with the EZ-Bv4 connected sound, and then it immediately disconnects with the corresponding sound.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
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firmware updater has been broken and is pretty much deprecated. i can take a look and see but it probably should be removed. i'll see what it takes to make it work but it might not be worth the time.
oh and athena has no idea about the firmware updater. it's all hullication lol because it's not a real product with any documentation etc
hmm i looked and it's a big job. the dynamic firmware manager would need some sort of stub. if i can make a single stub with an id of 0 and maybe that'll be enough to pass the verification test to get make the connection successful. might work. i don't have a lot of free cycles so i'll give it a quick try.
it says "ez-builder" that's how old it is lol
the stub worked. i can include it in the next release
boom it works
Oh wow! Thanks @DJ I hoped it wasn't something I was doing wrong. I appreciate your help on this!
Nooooo problemo. I’m surprised it worked. The communication manager has had such major rewrites I didn’t expect it to have access to the boot loader. I was telling Will that there shoukd be an update this week. We’re almost at the end of the week so I’m sure it’ll be fine to go out soon.