nrfutil dfu ble seems to fail suddenly.

[David Fernandez]

It was working a few times, then suddenly I started to get these errors, which I only got previously when not running as root (perhaps because it did not have permission to open the serial port), but now it happens all the time.

I have rebooted, and still the same.

I have tried to open the serial port with minicom and it works, seems to be sending the same few bytes every half a second.

I have installed the nrfutil with:

# pip install intelhex

# pip install nrfutil

Never a problem, and did not change anything...

So no idea why... Help would be greatly appreciatted as it is urgent to get that working again.

# nrfutil dfu ble -p /dev/ttyACM0 -ic NRF52 -pkg /home/david.fernandez/src_mgt/rowesolutions/Doorlock/_build/DoorlockFull_dfu.zip
No target selected. Default device name: DfuTarg is used.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nrfutil", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('nrfutil==3.5.1', 'console_scripts', 'nrfutil')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 722, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 697, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/__main__.py", line 838, in ble
    dfu.dfu_send_images()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu.py", line 117, in dfu_send_images
    self._dfu_send_image(self.manifest.softdevice_bootloader)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu.py", line 90, in _dfu_send_image
    self.dfu_transport.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu_transport_ble.py", line 450, in open
    self.dfu_adapter.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu_transport_ble.py", line 106, in open
    self.adapter.driver.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wrapt/wrappers.py", line 562, in __call__
    args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pc_ble_driver_py/ble_driver.py", line 126, in wrapper
    raise NordicSemiException('Failed to {}. Error code: {}'.format(wrapped.__name__, err_code))
pc_ble_driver_py.exceptions.NordicSemiException: Failed to open. Error code: 13

[David Fernandez]

Done:

# pip install pc-ble-driver-py
WARNING: Running pip install with root privileges is generally not a good idea. Try `pip install --user` instead.
Collecting pc-ble-driver-py
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/38/6f/0bd202ea117a2c944234992f4d9f8c8b68964470dacc34164f20111712a9/pc_ble_driver_py-0.11.4.tar.gz (8.0MB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 8.0MB 158kB/s 
Requirement already satisfied: enum34 in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from pc-ble-driver-py)
Requirement already satisfied: wrapt in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from pc-ble-driver-py)
Requirement already satisfied: future in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from pc-ble-driver-py)
Installing collected packages: pc-ble-driver-py
  Running setup.py install for pc-ble-driver-py ... done
Successfully installed pc-ble-driver-py-0.11.4

Still get the same problem:

$ nrfutil dfu ble -f -ic NRF52 -pkg _build/Doorlock_59Full_dfu.zip
No target selected. Default device name: DfuTarg is used.
Please select connectivity serial port:
        0 : /dev/ttyACM0 - 000682668605
Enter your choice: : 0
Board already flashed with connectivity firmware.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nrfutil", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('nrfutil==3.5.1', 'console_scripts', 'nrfutil')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 722, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 697, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/__main__.py", line 838, in ble
    dfu.dfu_send_images()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu.py", line 117, in dfu_send_images
    self._dfu_send_image(self.manifest.softdevice_bootloader)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu.py", line 90, in _dfu_send_image
    self.dfu_transport.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu_transport_ble.py", line 450, in open
    self.dfu_adapter.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nordicsemi/dfu/dfu_transport_ble.py", line 106, in open
    self.adapter.driver.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wrapt/wrappers.py", line 562, in __call__
    args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pc_ble_driver_py/ble_driver.py", line 127, in wrapper
    raise NordicSemiException('Failed to {}. Error code: {}'.format(wrapped.__name__, err_code))
pc_ble_driver_py.exceptions.NordicSemiException: Failed to open. Error code: 13