serial port

[Mrdev2017]

Dear mr Kaplan,
I am using the GUI version of your project and want to flash a arduino nano, but I don't get serial ports listed. Thanks in advance!

[ladislas]

Same here...

[rpt007]

This is not an issue of the hex loader app! You need the correct USB driver to make your Nano visible at the port. Assuming you got a Nano clone, most likely you have to install a CH340 driver, which you will find here on GitHub. Unfortunately Mr. Kaplan‘s little app doesn‘t work at all with the newer OSX versions, even when the right driver for your board is installed.

[xhain]

Same issue here.
I have installed the CH34x driver and can't see anything listed in the serial port dropdown.
It would be great if this isn't a dropbdown but a textfield, then I could manually enter the correct port /dev/tty.wchusbserial14120

I'm on OSX 10.12.6 (16G1408) - maybe that's why, as @rpt007 mentioned newer OSX version won't work.

[rpt007]

@xhain:
Max, I am on OS X 10.13.6, the most current version. Arduino IDE is running flawlessly with CH340 based Nanos, which are recognized auromatically at the right serial port. Only the hexloader won‘t work. So it must be a compatibility issue with the app itself.
For some special CNC applications I still have Windows 10 in use. So it is just an inconvenience for me to have to use Windows with another hexloader instead of Apple OS X.

But if Mr. Kaplan could make the hexloader work on current OS X, I would be ready to pay a little bit for the app. If not, mightbe somebody with more software skills than I have could have a look at the hex loader app and identify/fix the issue.

[xhain]

@rpt007
I'm in the same boat. I would also pay for the app to compensate the developement.
So far I was successful in avoiding the inconvenience to add a Windows partition to my secondary Laptop (Arch Linux) - but it feels like I need to if I don't get this fixed.

Are you also using an eleksDRAW for CNC applications? Or what system are you driving from OSX? Does it use GRBL?

[ladislas]

Hi guys --

For my own projet, I've made a small electron application to upload my code on an Arduino Mega2560.

It uses avrdude and checks the output for error and if any, retries as many time as needed.

https://github.com/leka/LekaAlphaUploader

The code is pretty simple, you should be able to update it for your own purpose. I'm planning on making it more open to select the boards and so on but I don't have much time.