Troubleshooting
General Troubleshooting Help
Note
Not working as expected and need help?
If you need technical assistance and more information on a product that is not working as you expected, we recommend heading on over to the SparkFun Technical Assistance page for some initial troubleshooting.
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Manual Upload Mode
Having problems uploading code with the auto upload mode? You may see this in the output window indicating there was an error uploading.
Please enter the upload mode manually(wait 5s)
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Uploading.....error: Enter Uart Download Mode
Upload Image done.
If you have problems uploading code when Auto Upload Mode is enabled, try uploading code manually. From the menu, select the following: Tools > Auto Upload Mode: > Enable. Hit the upload button in the Arduino IDE. In the debug window, you should see something similar. As the Arduino IDE starts outputting the numbers.
Press down on the BOOT button. While holding down the BOOT button, press the RESET Button momentarily. Keep holding the BOOT button for a moment before lifting your finger off the button.
If all goes well, you should have a successful upload with the following message.
Please enter the upload mode manually(wait 5s)
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Uploading..................
Upload Image done.
All images are sent successfully!
To execute the code, hit the reset button or power cycle the board!