I tried for hours to get this to work on my windows7 machine. The dfu-util would never see the core. I finally read on another post that the dfu-util doesn’t like usb3 ports. I switched to a usb2 port and volia it works.
If dfu-util doesn’t see it, change it to a usb2 Port (usb3 didn’t work for me)
I did all the above but I can't find dfu-util.exe and when I write dfu-util in cmd I get:
'dfu-util' is not recognized as an internal or external command......
What is the problem?
@mohmhus, Windows has an application search path. Open a CMD prompt and type “path” and you will see what your present windows search path is. For dfu-util to run from any directory, windows needs to find it. It does this by looking in the search path. You need to add the directory where you put the dfu-util.exe (and supporting files) to the path.
You can find help on doing that here or by googling “windows add to path” for example.
I tried to follow this step by step got the dll installed. then i hit this line. I did a search on my PC i don't have dfu-util.exe was that application supposed to install that as well?
I managed to get my photon stuck in safe mode was trying flash tinker to it. Ended up resetting it using my phone. Let me know how to get this to work because being able to flash code from my pc instead of the web interface will be useful seeing as the web interface doesn't have any form for source control.
I am getting the following error when trying to install dfu-util. Can someone please give me some suggestions?
C:\Users\bslau\Desktop\Photon\win32-mingw32>dfu-util -1
dfu-util: unknown option -- 1
Usage: dfu-util [options] ...
-h --help Print this help message
-V --version Print the version number
-v --verbose Print verbose debug statements
-l --list List currently attached DFU capable devices
-e --detach Detach currently attached DFU capable devices
-E --detach-delay seconds Time to wait before reopening a device after detach
-d --device <vendor>:<product>[,<vendor_dfu>:<product_dfu>]
Specify Vendor/Product ID(s) of DFU device
-p --path <bus-port. ... .port> Specify path to DFU device
-c --cfg <config_nr> Specify the Configuration of DFU device
-i --intf <intf_nr> Specify the DFU Interface number
-S --serial <serial_string>[,<serial_string_dfu>]
Specify Serial String of DFU device
-a --alt <alt> Specify the Altsetting of the DFU Interface
by name or by number
-t --transfer-size <size> Specify the number of bytes per USB Transfer
-U --upload <file> Read firmware from device into <file>
-Z --upload-size <bytes> Specify the expected upload size in bytes
-D --download <file> Write firmware from <file> into device
-R --reset Issue USB Reset signalling once we're finished
-s --dfuse-address <address> ST DfuSe mode, specify target address for
raw file download or upload. Not applicable for
DfuSe file (.dfu) downloads