Quad Operator Firmware Update 1.0.3

Quad Operator Customer Support
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Hi folks,

We’ve resolved the bug in the “LF FM” input, and now have a firmware update available!

Apologies for the long delay, I’ve been struggling to properly test and verify update procedures for Windows users which were broken in previous firmware updates. I’m a Mac user, so this was hard to get done properly!

Please read the update instructions here: Dropbox Paper

We understand these procedures can be challenging to follow, so please give us your feedback on the update instructions! Especially the newer Windows instructions!

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I’ve tried both methods now, one on Windows, and the other on Mac, but none of them work. I can’t get my PC to recognize the module as a USB device, and when I try to run the command file on Mac I only get the message “dfu-util: Permission Denied”. Been trying for maybe an hour to get the Mac update to work, but I keep having to problem solve a new issue, and then a new issue, and then another (permission to exectue the command file, then permission to execute the dfu-util, then figure out how to copy a filepath on a Mac etc - I’m not really a Mac user, using my girlfriend’s Mac - a real pain in the butt) - I reckon getting Windows to recognize the module as a USB device would be easier at this point, but how?

So, when the module is powered on, I just have to click the two buttons on the back simultaneously, then release the reset button like a second before the sysboot button? Is there some way to tell if I’ve done this correctly or not? Should I open the DSU program first, or after I have done this?

Any other suggestions?

Edit - I’ve now gotten Windows to recognize it as a USB device (I think), at least there’s a device in Device Manager that shows up as “STM32 Bootloader” under USB Devices. But there’s no device to be found in the DfuSe demo application dropdown menu.

Edit 2 - this is getting silly. Tried on Mac again, and after several cases of solving how to force my Mac into trusting the developer of the dfu-util and some lib-file, I think I got the update process to run, but now I get this error:

Filter on vendor = 0x0000 product = 0xdf11
Opening DFU capable USB device… ID 0483:df11
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Found DFU: [0483:df11] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=0, name="@Internal Flash /0x08000000/04032Kg,01128Kg,07*256Kg"
Claiming USB DFU Interface…
Setting Alternate Setting #0 …
Determining device status: state = dfuERROR, status = 10
dfuERROR, clearing status
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 2048
No valid DFU suffix signature
Warning: File has no DFU suffix
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash "
Downloading to address = 0x08000000, size = 120032
…

File downloaded successfully
Transitioning to dfuMANIFEST state
Error during download get_status
[Process completed]

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Hi,

Apologies if it’s not clear from the instructions, but it appears you actually have correctly updated the firmware. You see the line “File downloaded successfully” toward the end there? Unfortunately, I can’t get the dfu-util program to easily suppress the other errors that appear before and after. Those are confusing indeed, but they do not affect the results. I believe you have succeeded!

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Ah, that’s great. Thanks! :slight_smile: