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CB3S Relay Board Flashing Error on First Block - Write Failure on First Block

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  • #1 21237033
    rickwookie
    Level 2  
    Got myself this little relay board with a CB3S on it. Small relay board with CB3S module on a wooden table.

    Anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong trying to flash it? I managed to easily read and backup the existing firmware, but when trying to write the replacement, the erase flew by with no problem, but ever single time, I get the exact same write failure when it attempts the very first block:
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Starting flash new (no backup)!
Now is: 23 September 2024 21:04:50.
Flasher mode: BK7231N
Going to open port: COM1.
Serial port open!
Getting bus... (now, please do reboot by CEN or by power off/on)
Getting bus success!
Going to set baud rate setting (115200)!
Will try to read device flash MID (for unprotect N):
Flash MID loaded: 1560EB
Will now search for Flash def in out database...
Flash def found! For: 1560EB
Flash information: mid: 1560EB, icName: TH25Q_16HB, manufacturer: TH, szMem: 1000000, szSR: 2, cwUnp: 0, cwEnp: 7, cwMsk: 407C, sb: 2, lb: 5, cwdRd: 05-35-FF-FF, cwdWr: 01-FF-FF-FF
Entering SetProtectState(True)...
sr: 0
sr: 0
final sr: 0
msk: 407c
cw: 0, sb: 2, lb: 5
bfd: 0
SetProtectState(True) success!
Going to read encryption key...
Encryption key read done!
Encryption key: 510fb093 a3cbeadc 5993a17e c7adeb03
Reading file firmwares/OpenBK7231N_QIO_1.17.726.bin...
Loaded 1220464 bytes from firmwares/OpenBK7231N_QIO_1.17.726.bin...
Using hack to write QIO - just skip bootloader...
... so bootloader will not be overwritten!
Preparing to write data file to chip - resetting bus and baud...
Getting bus... (now, please do reboot by CEN or by power off/on)
Getting bus success!
Going to set baud rate setting (115200)!
Will try to read device flash MID (for unprotect N):
Flash MID loaded: 1560EB
Will now search for Flash def in out database...
Flash def found! For: 1560EB
Flash information: mid: 1560EB, icName: TH25Q_16HB, manufacturer: TH, szMem: 1000000, szSR: 2, cwUnp: 0, cwEnp: 7, cwMsk: 407C, sb: 2, lb: 5, cwdRd: 05-35-FF-FF, cwdWr: 01-FF-FF-FF
Entering SetProtectState(True)...
sr: 0
sr: 0
final sr: 0
msk: 407c
cw: 0, sb: 2, lb: 5
bfd: 0
SetProtectState(True) success!
Going to do erase, start 69632, sec count 281!
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All selected sectors erased!
failed with serial.BytesToRead 0 (expected 15)
The beginning of buffer in UART contains  data.
Writing sector 0x11000... Writing sector 69632 failed!
Writing file data to chip failed.
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  • #2 21237309
    divadiow
    Level 34  
    can't quite recall, but I may had this same thing before and it was length of cable or dodgy connections to the pads with pogo pins. Do you solder your wires to the module or are you using pogos?
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  • #3 21237463
    patryk_mirek
    Level 18  
    I don't know the device, can't see it, and flashing details are missing - so I'm assuming you're flashing via usb, but for me the hint is here:
    "The beginning of buffer in UART contains data." and I would see the cause in:
    insufficient power supply (cable length and quality), rubbish in the transmitted signal (also cable length and quality) and only later in the uploading software.

    check:
    - different flasher
    - try to upload without a flasher (after a flasher there may be something when trying to reset - if you start with a reset to upload the batch there is less chance of an error).
    - try with a different e.g. shorter/thicker usb cable (thicker = thicker wires and better build quality)
    - try a different usb port (I have had it happen a few times with electronics that changing from usb2 to usb3 helped, or in one case - plugging the usb cable into a port directly on the motherboard at the back of the computer and not the front.
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  • #4 21237977
    rickwookie
    Level 2  
    Solved: see below.
  • #5 21237979
    rickwookie
    Level 2  
    So I managed to flash it in the end first time by just firing up my 14-year-old Dell laptop and using that (Windows 10). I saw another topic on here where it was suggested that running the flasher via emulation (in that case via mono on Linux) could mess with the timings (?), so I thought that since I was doing it in Parallels on an M1 Max MacBook Pro, it was worth a shot. Absolutely flew through no issue whatsoever on the old Dell.

    Fwiw, re other suggestions e.g. cable length etc., the USB cable length was zero, since I had the USB to TTL serial adaptor plugged directly into the USB port (or in the case of the Mac via a USB-A to USB-C adaptor), and I had the board itself powered via a very short USB power cable from the same computer (useful as that meant there was a common ground, so I only needed to hold the TX and RX connections onto the board!). The reset method I used was to just touch CEN to GND, we seemed to work nearly 100% successfully.

    As I mentioned, I could fully read and backup the firmware, and erase the device, using the Mac and Parallels. And I managed to do that multiple times, but it would always 100% fail at the exact same point at the start of the firmware writing attempt. So it's a little odd to me that it's only the writing stage that gets messed up with that configuration.

    Anyway, thought it was worth reporting back for anyone else having the same issue. I wonder if anything could be done to alter the timings (if that's the issue) so that devices could be successfully flashed when the flasher is running on emulation?
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