#EjectDriveToMakeCodeRun
tacit siren
it's not supposed to eject, it should just work as is
and serial should just work
there's no error when opening the serial panel ? does it have a menu in the bottom corner to select different ports ?
tacit siren
that popup menu ?
hot obsidian
tacit siren
what version of Mu by the way ?
hot obsidian
1 choses between CP boards and ESP Micropyton. 2 does nothing. 3 brings up logs.
tacit siren
oh you have another board connected ?
hot obsidian
Nope. Not that I am aware of
tacit siren
what version of Mu ?
hot obsidian
Log, for what it;s worth
Mu 1.2.0
The board seems to change it's com port number as it is rebooting when I hit reset. So it sees it as a Micropython board for a short time on Com10 or something, then it sees it as a CPython board on Com29
OK so it actually seems to run, but REPL doesn't work.
tacit siren
try adding an error in the code, like 1/0 or raise "Error"
or just add prints in the code if it has none
hot obsidian
From the latest log, I print out Hello World 7. Then modify code to Hello World8 and save it.
It shows up in log. But REPL is a no go.
hot obsidian
tacit siren
oh yeah but more than one
like a loop
import time
while True:
print("hi")
time.sleep(1)
there is an issue with Mu where it can make the REPL unresponsive because it tries to move the cursor when you click in the serial panel and that fills up the output buffer, so it blocks ctrl-C but it doesn't block prints
one way to reset the buffer is to reset the board or cause an error
and then not use the Mu serial panel
there should be a fix in the next update
hot obsidian
same issue when using Putty
tacit siren
did you try the loop and see the prints ?
hot obsidian
Tried the loop. No print'
tacit siren
ok so it's something else
tacit siren
what if you eject and reset the board ?
hot obsidian
otherwise I'd see hello world over and over
that works, but now no drive
and i didn;t reset. just eject
I've also tried with VSCode and Putty. Same thing
And notepad, and notepad++ and...
did you abandon me?
😩
tacit siren
I don't understand why it connects to COM29
CP board on port 10, but connect to port 29 ???
what happens if you change the selection in the menu at the bottom ?
hot obsidian
COM29 is an FTDI cable hooked to something else. When I eject the drive, COM10 goes away and Mu then sees COM29 and thinks it's a micropython thing, which I assure your it's not. I have since removed pretty much everything non-adafruit. Now i'm also trying it on another computer with absolutely no USB devices other than internal. Installing mu now
tacit siren
it's weird, I would expect that selecting Circuitpython in the bottom menu would get the CP and not COM29, that might be a bug to report
hot obsidian
still installing Mu... 8(
and to whom would i report such a thing? Same person I would report this issue to?
tacit siren
that would be here: https://github.com/mu-editor/mu/issues
actually, is Mu in Circuitpython mode ?
hot obsidian
Yes, when connected to CircuitPlayground. When it connects to port 29 it trys to be Micropython mode. But I switch it back. Now no com29 since I unplugged it. Still, same issue (except for switching com ports). I can make video. Put in dropbox. Share linkShowing screen. Would that help?
well hey there. Do the same thing on my laptop, same board and everything, and it works exactly as expected.
modify code, hit save, off it goes.
Is that a Mu thing? Circuit Python thing? Circuit Playground thing? Obviously something on my computer, but what and who of the three do I talk to?
tacit siren
good question
if Mu is confused with the FTDI port, that's one thing, but I would still expect the print loop to appear in putty or other when connected to COM9 or whichever it is that day
hot obsidian
So, who might I start with? Adafruit?
Seems more of a Mu thing.
Mu doesn't like something about my Filesystem or something on my PC
Or USB? Or...?
tacit siren
dunno, I don't know how ejecting the drive would change anything about connecting to the COM port
like, if it doesn't work with putty when the drive is mounted, it's not the same issue as Mu getting the wrong port
hot obsidian
It does not work with Putty and Notepad with out eject. Per the website:
If you don't or can't use Mu, there are a number of other editors that work quite well. The Recommended Editors page has more details. Otherwise, make sure you do "Eject" or "Safe Remove" on Windows or "sync" on Linux after writing a file if you aren't using Mu. (This is not a problem on MacOS.)
tacit siren
no that's about editors that don't write files immediately
it's saying: don't reset or unplug the board without ejecting
hot obsidian
OK.
tacit siren
like a USB drive
hot obsidian
That makes more sense.
hot obsidian
Seems like driver issue. Brought it all up on my laptop and no issue. Laptop and desktop are almost identical. Desktop has Acronis 2016 (backup and recovery software). Removed it. Now everything works fine. Kind of nuts. Thanks for the assist!