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empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 6:16 PM

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I'm trying to program the spartan board for my gbahd and I got to the point that the right board and com port is selected in the arduino ide but I run the test code shown here; https://github.com/zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot and I am getting the attached error

GitHub

GitHub - zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot: Arduino ESP32 library to...

Arduino ESP32 library to load bitstream from SDCard to FPGA. - GitHub - zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot: Arduino ESP32 library to load bitstream from SDCard to FPGA.

sour pelicanBOT Sep 13, 2023, 6:16 PM

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empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 6:36 PM

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also the switch under the tape is flicked on

frosty leaf Sep 13, 2023, 6:43 PM

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I see you're working out of your one-drive directory. Do you have all the files actually loaded and on your PC?

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 6:57 PM

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Yeah I tried disabling OneDrive it didn't work

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I only have the one computer really

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 7:38 PM

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empty briar I only have the one computer really

Did you add the ESP32 libraries to the Arduino IDE and set the board/processor?

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 7:39 PM

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shy fjord Did you add the ESP32 libraries to the Arduino IDE and set the board/processor?

Yup, it's set as "DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT V1"

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 7:44 PM

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empty briar Yup, it's set as "DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT V1"

What is that sketch you're trying to compile?

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Ah I see now the link

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 7:46 PM

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Yeah it seems like what it wants to do is a reference a file but I don't have said file and that's messing it up? But I have no idea what said file is or exactly how the syntax works

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 7:47 PM

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Just go on and try the actual boot program

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https://github.com/zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot#library-usage

GitHub

GitHub - zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot: Arduino ESP32 library to...

Arduino ESP32 library to load bitstream from SDCard to FPGA. - GitHub - zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot: Arduino ESP32 library to load bitstream from SDCard to FPGA.

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Choose the "01LoadDefaultBitstream" example

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 7:53 PM

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alright, is the serial monitor the same as the serial console because I cannot find a place to open it up in

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yes it is

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:00 PM

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Where are you at?

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:03 PM

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I googled it and they must've renamed it or something, I'm on step 3, I held down the boot button for a second or two and instead of a mount error I got this error;

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:09 PM

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Huh, seems actually somewhat logic. Try to replace "main" in line 36 and 48 by, e.g., "mainPage"

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:10 PM

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looks like line 48 was already that, do I have to change the parentheses?

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:13 PM

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Euh, sorry, I didn't see that. Then no, change line 36 main to "mainC" and in line 48 main to "mainC" (but leave the mainPage)

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:16 PM

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you're good and does this seem correct? I think it does but I don't trust myself with any software

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it seems like a fancy way to say the mount failed

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:17 PM

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Compilation seems to go through, but it doesn't flash the ESP32

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:22 PM

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could it be since I'm holding the boot button before uploading instead of quick presssing it? thats what I thought the wording here meant "3.5 Press 'BOOT' Button on Sparton Board and last more than 1 seconds to force ESP32 enter Bootloader mode."

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:22 PM

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Try to push and hold the "boot" button, click upload and wait until it says "connecting" in the serial monitor, then release the boot button

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:23 PM

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seems to have worked, it says it is writing now

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:24 PM

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👍

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:26 PM

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the ide seems to be stuck here and the fpga done light is flashing on and off, should I hit the reset the button or wait to see if something happens

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shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:27 PM

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That's fine, it's not stuck

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You should see a new Wifi now

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:31 PM

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I don't think I do? I didn't check beforehand. Is it supposed to be something specific?

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:32 PM

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There should be a Wifi called "gbaHD"

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:32 PM

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Definitely don't see it then

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:32 PM

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Or try resetting the board

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:34 PM

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I'm not sure the resetting is doing anything, it just freezes whichever one of these lights is solid when I press it

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:34 PM

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Did place an SD card already in the board?

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:36 PM

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Yeah, I thought I was supposed to have the SD card with overlay/default.bit in it when I ran the code in the ide

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:36 PM

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Yeah, that's good. Hm.

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:37 PM

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I could force quit the ide and then hit reset to see if that changes things, it could just be stuck trying to remove itself when it cant

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Instead of giving up on removing itself

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:41 PM

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Did you format the SD card with FAT32?

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:41 PM

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I'm pretty sure but I did that the other day, I'll check

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it is indeed fat32

shy fjord Sep 13, 2023, 8:49 PM

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Hmm, never seen that. I would guess that something with loading the bitstream goes wrong. I'd double check the folder structure, naming and the actual bitstream file

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 8:51 PM

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The only things I have on the SD card are the overlay folder and default.bit and both are spelt correctly, there isn't anything else I would need in there right

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its still doing the flickering back and forth after I unplugged it and it plugged it into a usb port with no data so it isn't a weird terminal interaction

empty briar Sep 13, 2023, 9:59 PM

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I tried just doing it again and same exact issue

shy fjord Sep 15, 2023, 2:16 PM

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empty briar I tried just doing it again and same exact issue

Add printf( "Booted!\n" ); to line 91 of the loadDefaultBitstream example, flash the ESP32, connect the serial monitor (, potentially reset) and see if you can see the "Booted" message there

empty briar Sep 15, 2023, 2:59 PM

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got a new error

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Also here is how I added to code

c:/users/LiamS/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc/esp-2021r2-patch5-8.4.0/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-esp32-elf/8.4.0/../../../../xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/ld.exe: BFD (crosstool-NG esp-2021r2-patch5) 2.35.1.20201223 assertion fail /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/HOST-x86_64-w64-mingw32/xtensa-esp32-elf/src/binutils/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c:5012
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 5 exit status

exit status 1

Compilation error: exit status 1

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actually could it possibly be my "flash frequency" its set to 80mhz but also has an option for 40

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the baud is set to 115200

shy fjord Sep 15, 2023, 4:33 PM

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empty briar Also here is how I added to code c:/users/LiamS/appdata/local/arduino15/package...

Hm, then replace it with Serial.print( "Booted\n" );

empty briar Sep 15, 2023, 4:49 PM

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looking at it, it won't compile now even without adding that line of code, I'll try rebooting my computer

empty briar Sep 15, 2023, 5:06 PM

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the serial monitor is printing out booted

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but it is printing out booted every single time the lights flash which they are still doing

shy fjord Sep 15, 2023, 6:29 PM

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Does it also write something about card mount failed?

empty briar Sep 15, 2023, 6:52 PM

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doesn't look like it

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This is what is repeated every flash

ELF file SHA256: 269122e7f9017ab0

Rebooting...
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0xc (SW_CPU_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0030,len:1184
load:0x40078000,len:13260
load:0x40080400,len:3028
entry 0x400805e4
Booted
FPGA Configuration success

abort() was called at PC 0x40150052 on core 1

Backtrace: 0x4008369d:0x3ffcaf00 0x4008ce85:0x3ffcaf20 0x40092a71:0x3ffcaf40 0x40150052:0x3ffcafc0 0x400d8e21:0x3ffcb060 0x400d2b51:0x3ffcb4a0 0x400daaa6:0x3ffcb510

shy fjord Sep 15, 2023, 8:21 PM

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Huh, it seem that it fails somewhere during WiFi setup

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Then try to replace the whole loadDefaultBitstream example with the content of this version
https://github.com/zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot/blob/51347e9db6a47e1e0857b164c6d0acfd8f278c4e/examples/01LoadDefaultBitstream/01LoadDefaultBitstream.ino

GitHub

spartan-edge-esp32-boot/examples/01LoadDefaultBitstream/01LoadDefau...

Arduino ESP32 library to load bitstream from SDCard to FPGA. - zwenergy/spartan-edge-esp32-boot

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It doesn't involve Wifi yet

empty briar Sep 15, 2023, 8:51 PM

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rip

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ELF file SHA256: 809a8f7905a30c56

Rebooting...
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0xc (SW_CPU_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0030,len:1184
load:0x40078000,len:13260
load:0x40080400,len:3028
entry 0x400805e4
FPGA Configuration success

abort() was called at PC 0x400ecfb6 on core 1

Backtrace: 0x40083569:0x3ffc4f70 0x40089925:0x3ffc4f90 0x4008ef8d:0x3ffc4fb0 0x400ecfb6:0x3ffc5030 0x400d1d91:0x3ffc50d0 0x400d1ade:0x3ffc5510 0x400d415a:0x3ffc5530

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all the homies hate core 1

shy fjord Sep 16, 2023, 6:01 AM

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Hm, that's very interesting. It's crashing immediately after successfully loading the FPGA. Looking at the code, there isn't really anything to crash.

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A shot in the dark: Open the file "src/spartan-edge-esp32-boot.cpp" (it should be now in the library folder, see here https://docs.arduino.cc/hacking/software/Libraries ). Add the following line to line 122:
return 0;

Arduino Libraries | Arduino Documentation

Libraries are files which provide your sketches with extra functionality.

empty briar Sep 16, 2023, 4:45 PM

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I'll try that tomorrow, I'm saving my energy today cause I'm hanging with friends later

empty briar Sep 17, 2023, 7:57 PM

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@shy fjord I opened that file in the ide but then all it did was open

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#include <ESP32IniFile.h>
#include <spartan-edge-esp32-boot.h>

/*

01LoadDefaultBitstream
loading the default Bitstream
The MIT License (MIT)

// include the library:
#include <spartan-edge-esp32-boot.h>

// initialize the spartan_edge_esp32_boot library
spartan_edge_esp32_boot esp32Cla;

// the bitstream name which we loading
#define LOADING_DEFAULT_FIEE "/overlay/default.bit"

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:
void setup() {
// initialization
esp32Cla.begin();

// XFPGA pin Initialize
esp32Cla.xfpgaGPIOInit();

// loading the bitstream
esp32Cla.xlibsSstream(LOADING_DEFAULT_FIEE);
}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
Serial.println("run");
delay(3000);
}

which is just 01loaddefaultbitstream

shy fjord Sep 18, 2023, 9:26 AM

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Try open the file in a regular text editor

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 1:32 PM

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shy fjord Sep 18, 2023, 3:15 PM

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Put it before the "}"

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So
return 0;}

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 3:26 PM

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rst:0xc (SW_CPU_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0030,len:1184
load:0x40078000,len:13260
load:0x40080400,len:3028
entry 0x400805e4
E (63) sdmmc_common: sdmmc_init_ocr: send_op_cond (1) returned 0x107
E (64) vfs_fat_sdmmc: sdmmc_card_init failed (0x107).
Card Mount Failed,please reboot the board
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

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that is showing up many many times

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and the error is very large, but is a compliation error exit 1

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 3:41 PM

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📎 gbaHD_Flashing_tool.zip

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plug in and run "flash gbaHD.bat"

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:02 PM

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its connecting to the wrong com port, is there a way I can change that?

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:03 PM

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what com port is your spartan on?

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:03 PM

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just reran it and it chose rught

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holy shit. I think it worked. first time I can flip the switch back for like a week it feels like

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:05 PM

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you most likely had the wrong version of the esp32 board library

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my guess is that you can't go above version 1.0.6

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empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Dang, that stinks that the issue was so simple, is there something I need to do for it to actually send the video signal when I turn it on? It seems like it isn't supplying power to the sp, when I flip the switch on the spartan board the power light flashes for a second then shuts off

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:14 PM

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what does the arduino serial monitor say?

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:17 PM

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shoot, this

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x3f (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
flash read err, 1000
ets_main.c 371
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:18 PM

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is your sd card formatted properly?

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:19 PM

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fat 32 overlay folder with default.bit in the overlay folder

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I'll do one more sanity check that I didn't miss a typo in the names

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after I put the sd back into the board I click reset and it is sucessfully done, the wifi is showing up

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I can't find what to do with the wifi or how to use that function on the gbaHD GitHub, is there another repository I have to go to?

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:34 PM

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if you put the bitstream on the sd card you don't have to worry about the wifi part

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empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:37 PM

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Hmmm I'm still getting no power to the sp it seems, you can see it the blue flash but then it stops supplying power

fickle ferry Sep 18, 2023, 4:38 PM

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that's a wiring issue

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or an issue with the SP itself

empty briar Sep 18, 2023, 4:38 PM

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Alright thanks

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