Just got my first proffie from sabertrio and was trying to add some fonts that I had purchased. I made the mistake of zadigging the cdc data driver when the saber was first plugged in instead of first putting it into bootloader mode and installing that driver. I tried to flash the board and got a message saying “cannot open dfu device” or something along those lines. The saber just plays a “font directory not found” sound when powered on and then will not turn on again. I can only fix it by putting the board into bootloader mode and reflashing the original fonts and config. I followed one of the video guides I was seeing all over about deleting the wrong drivers so I tried that. Now when I plug my saber in, it shows up but it says there is no driver for cdc data and I can uninstall driver but can no longer uninstall and delete the driver. Not sure what else to do because the other drivers for my board seem to be the correct ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is the video you should check out:
If you already followed that video. and you still can’t fix it, then I’m not sure exactly how to help you with the CDC driver.
“cannot open dfu device” means you need to run zadig
If you follow the directions here:
Then there is no chance of doing it wrong.
However, it sounds like the CDC data driver is still being weird, but I’m not sure how to help with that, at least not without a lot more information about what is going on.
Yes that is exactly the one i followed! My board has more device functions listed, one of those being the cdc data. It actually detects it in arduino as well.
When in bootloader mode it was giving me a percent completion of the upload and then ending with the dfu device error but when I just plug the board in and select it through the port it counts up to 10 and nothing happens.
When I select cdc data on zadig I am given an option to install drivers from Microsoft although I am not sure those are the ones I need.
When flashing in bootloader mode, it says that the file was downloaded successfully after reaching 100 percent and then gives me the dfu device error.
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Got it. Sorry about that.
Looking at the screenshot, it seems like the COM port is working fine.
Did you select it in Arduino? (In Arduino → Tools → Port)
The “CDC Data” endpoint might be the WebUSB endpoint. If that’s what it is, then any problems you have with it shouldn’t affect programming, only the ProffieOS Workbench would be affected.
Yes. If I just plug my board in without forcing boot mode, my PC recognizes it as “SABERTRIO” and it pops up under Arduino → Tools → Port. It still gives me the dfu error when it finishes though.
- Make sure the right port is selected in Arduino → Tools → Port
- Run zadig again, and follow the directions linked above.
I think this will make programming work.
To resolve the “CDC Data” device problem, can you bring up the properties for that device and see what it says? (Yes, you can take screenshot to show us, but please, only screenshot the window, not the entire screen.)
The proffieboard is recognized as “proffieboard” (Your screenshot shows this.)
The proffieboard has a mass storage device, which has an SD card in it. That SD card has an “SABERTRIO” label, which will pop up on your desktop when the board is connected.
The DFU error indicates that you need to run zadig properly.
When I open arduino with the saber plugged in I can select it under COM3 (Butterfly-L433CC, Proffieboard, Proffieboard V2, Proffieboard V3) which is what I have tried before. I entered bootloader mode and followed the steps in the directions exactly making sure that the usb id was correct and I was reinstalling the correct target driver. Attempting to upload the default sabertrio config returns this:
Download done.
File downloaded successfully
Cannot open DFU device 0483:df11
Transitioning to dfuMANIFEST state
Here is a screenshot of the cdc data properties
Ok so I have completely disregarded my PC and attempted to do things on my sister’s Macbook Pro to escape the driver issues. This time, the uploading process actually worked. However, once I turned the saber on and got to where a new font should have been, the saber said “Font directory not found” and then proceeded to shut off and not turn on again. This happened before when I was trying to flash it through my computer so I just went to reflash the factory settings. It worked, but now all the fonts have a noticeable crackle when I swing the saber.
If you switch to the “driver” tab in the “cdc data properties”, what do you see?
Font crackles are often related to slow SD cards.
What does “sdtest” say?
This might be normal, but I would need to see the full contents of the window, not the last four lines.
In the driver tab, the driver provider is unknown and the date and version are not available. I am not familiar with “sdtest”, is it a program I need to install or is it something done through Windows?
Funnily enough, I ended up plugging my saber into a usb 3.0 port instead of the 2.0 I was using before. I selected it through the port in arduino and it seemed to work this time. Here is the full log from the flash:
:/users/jacob/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/proffieboard/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2020-q2-update/bin/…/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.3.1/…/…/…/…/arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe:C:\Users\jacob\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\proffieboard\hardware\stm32l4\3.6\variants\STM32L433CC-ProffieboardV2/linker_scripts/STM32L433CC_FLASH.ld:224: warning: memory region `SRAM2’ not declared
Sketch uses 198312 bytes (75%) of program storage space. Maximum is 262144 bytes.
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dfu-util 0.9
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This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util / Tickets
Opening DFU capable USB device…
ID 0483:df11
Run-time device DFU version 011a
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
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash "
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File downloaded successfully
Transitioning to dfuMANIFEST state
Yep, this is definitely a successful upload.
Let me know if you still need help with the “CDC data” thingy.
It’s a proffieos command you can run from the serial monitor in Arduino.
Note that if you have DISABLE_DIAGNOSTIC_COMMANDS in your config file, it won’t be available to save memory.