After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

Martin73 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 06:16:37 GMT

Hello,

I have met same issue in version 2024.12.55 and my OS is windows11.

I tried to test after downgrading but the result is same...

I could find "nrf-connect.deviceProvider" in settings of nRF Connect for VS Code extension,

Could you help me?

Thank you.

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

Edvin — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:52:27 GMT

Also, I have reported the dependency to our tools teams, and suggested to include libusb in the toolchain.

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

Edvin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:25:08 GMT

I see. I guess nrfjprog was not dependent on libusb, but nrfutil is. I am glad you got it working. nrfutil will replace nrfjprog completely within the next couple of NCS major releases, so the best is to get nrfutil working.

Thank you for letting me know about the libusb dependency. It is good to be aware of, in case others are seeing similar issues.

Best regards,

Edvin

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

htownclyde — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:24:12 GMT

Hi, apologies for the late reply -

Me and another person both tried this, but could not get the devices to appear.

However, they did appear after running apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev. We didn't get an error message but expect that under the hood, the extension was having trouble utilizing nrfutil device because of the absence of libusb.

Maybe in the older version, when nrfjprog could be selected as the device provider, libusb wasn't required - not sure!

But it works now. Thank you for your help!

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

Edvin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:24:14 GMT

Ok, I can see my devices after restarting my hub (still waiting for a new one to arrive).

[quote user=""]I have it installed in /usr/local/bin/nrfutil, just as nrfjprog is in /usr/local/bin/nrjprog, but it seems to not work with the extension's Connected Devices panel.[/quote]

Are you pointing to nrfutil in the nrf-connect.nrfutil.home setting? If you are, try removing it to see if the bundled binaries can detect your devices. If that doesn't work, try pointing to it, and make sure that nrfutil device is installed. If not, you can install it using the command:

nrfutil install device

After this, you should be able to use the command "nrfutil device list" to show your connected devices. Are you? And do they show up in your "Connected Devices"?

Best regards,

Edvin

RE: After v2024.11.22 update, nRF-Connect VS Code plugin lost "Device Provider" setting, causing issues with my "Connected Devices" panel

Edvin — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:13:48 GMT

Hello,

I see that the option disappeared in the last version. While trying to debug this from home, I lost access to all my boards as well, but I have a flaky USB hub in the office (remote desktop) that needs a reboot from time to time, so that may be the issue. Let me get back to this when I get in the office tomorrow morning.

Best regards,

Edvin