Let me start by saying I am pretty familiar with the Multiwii software, I have a Blackout Mini-H that I built and fly regularly. But this Zoom board has been nothing but trouble for me. It is in an 800mm Hex. After getting it wired up, updating the firmware, configuring, calibrating ESCs, Accelerometer, Gyro, balanced props, everything was looking ready to fly. However the thing would not hover worth a crap. It has a horrible wobble in both pitch and roll in both Angle and Horizon modes. So I went to change the filter frequency and upload the firmware, then took it out to try it, and it would not ARM, so i brought it back in to look at it in WinGui, but it would not connect. So I went back to the FCT and found that I would get a green bar on “compiling firmware”, but nothing on the “transfering to Quadrino”. The RX led blinks 9 times after hitting upload and that is it. So the question is, what to do now?
Hi Greg,
Sorry to hear those issues, we will try to help.
You are using the new FCT application on the older ZOOM board right ?
Can you share some pictures of your screen ? (FCT)
Are you able to load a simple Arduino sketch like “Blink” example ?
Yes using the new FCT on a Zoom ver. 1E with the IGT3200.
It acts like there is no communication over USB at all. WinGui says cannot connect and to check usb connection.
I will try to load ‘blink’ when I get home.
Ok let us know once you try this and make sure the USB drivers are installed.
So when I open blink, and hit upload, this is what i get:
Arduino: 1.8.3 (Windows 7), Board: “Arduino Nano, ATmega328”
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x11
Problem uploading to board. See arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
This is screen that I end up with after clicking Flash Firmware. It changes to “Flashing” for a few seconds, then back to this.
For the “blink” upload problem it looks like a bad “board” selection as it’s not a “nano” board but probably a “Pro Mini”
Can you look at your “device manager” in windows and see what’s under COM port when the ZOOM is connected ?
no… you are right about the board
flyingeinstein.com/index.php/tut … g-firmware
It just shows “USB Serial Port (COM3)”
Can you manually re-install the FTDI drivers ?
I have a feeling that might be the issue as the Arduino IDE can’t communicate with the board.
Downloaded, uninstalled driver, reinstalled and still no worky. FCT, WinGui, or Arduino IDE.
I’ve tried it mounted and unmounted, I had two USB cords, but i found one was bad with sporadic connection. Here is the board.
If you can’t load the “Blink” example through the Arduino IDE interface, the problem do not come from the FCT application.
Since you can’t communicate, it coule be a Driver issue but you already tried to re-install them.
You may want to try changing the COM port number in Device manager (pictures attached)
One other thing to try would be to power the board from the BEC as used normally in flight. Maybe there is an issue with powering it from USB only.
I have already tried powering it from a separate BEC, that didn’t work.
I tried changing comm port, no success.
Tried all this on another laptop running XP, that I originally loaded the Firmware from when I got the Quadrino, no joy.
Then tried on a third laptop that had none of the software installed, so it all was a clean install, nothing seems to work.
I really wanted a Quadrino Nano shortly after I got the Zoom, as it had so much more to offer. So Friday I purchased one. it got here today, I hooked it up and tried to configure it with no success. Again trying it on all 3 machines (which all saw it as “Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge”), with new profiles, and every other suggestion. No luck.
Now I have a question. Since the FCT is web based, is there a possiblity that it is somehow being corrupted during the transfer though my Galaxy S5 internet connection? The reason I ask, is when I first got the Zoom, I could not get it to successfully flash while using my satellite internet (WildBlue), but I did get it to flash while at a hotel on a business trip and I think this issue started when I tried to flash the firmware for the first time using the internet through my phone. But I guess that shouldn’t keep the Arduino IDE from loading "blink.
The only thing that seems to be a step in the right direction, is when NANO is connected to my Spektrum AR7000, with the DX7 on, I move the left stick to “ARM”, I get a flash of the red “LiPo Alarm” LED, but that’s it. I am at a loss.
Let’s not mix things up.
The Quadrino Nano and the Zoom do not use the same Serial to USB chip so the drivers might not be the problem.
Which version of the FCT are you using (take a print-screen) ?
Which version of the Arduino IDE are you using ?
Have you tried to load “Blink” to the Quadrino Nano board ? (ATmega 2560 board)
We do not find any Quadrino Nano order in your account, was it used ? (just asking, maybe there were issues on the board before you)