One blank not working with publish tool

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#1

I have a blink that won’t accept uploads via the publish tool. I get the following error message:

avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
         Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
         this check.

Error during Upload: programming error: uploading error: exit status 1

The same code and command uploads error free to five other blanks I’ve tested. This blink will, however, learn from others via IR (most of the time - I’ve had it error into a red flashing state a few times)

Is this a faulty blank?

#2

I’m getting the same error message. Although it’s on my Developer Blink that I just got in the mail 2 hours ago.
I don’t have any others to test with… well I guess I could attempt to overwrite one of my existing blinks, but I’m a bit worried.
I’m on windows 10, followed all the steps, installed the extra driver mentioned in the steps for windows machines.
I do see that my ports option under Tools is greyed out.
I found another article on this form that said to set the Serial.port to COM1. there wasn’t a serial.port listed in the preferences list… so I just created one and set it to com1. didn’t help.
My developer blink is lighting up.

#3

Found it in another post. On the red board there’s a small switch. It was in the middle. make sure it’s set to “power target”

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#4

How many red flashes? You can tell which error it is by the flash count, which might give more info on what is going on.

#5

I’ve done some more testing, and it seems IR is broken on the ‘3’ face (0 indexed). When I try to teach another game via IR on that face, it flashes red three times. When I am able to successfully teach a game using one of the other faces, it is not sending or receiving signals on that face during gameplay, either.

I still cannot upload anything via the publish tool.

#6

I now have a blank that was working fine but now can not accept uploads via the publishing tool anymore. Same generic error. It does light up when the publishing tool is connected.

#7

bump… I cannot use this blink for development and don’t have any suggestions for a fix. Can I get a replacement? It has never worked, out of the box

#8

Your best bet is contacting support@move38.com

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#9

We’ll take care of you :slight_smile: support@move38.com so we can track it with a ticket :raised_hands:

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