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DFU OTA nRF52833

Hi

I try the example from here for a DFU OTA: https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.meshsdk.v3.1.0%2Fmd_doc_libraries_dfu_dfu_quick_start.html

I'm using 3 nRF52833-DK for this task, but I'm struggling with the last step: "nrfutil dfu serial -pkg dfu_test.zip -p <COM port> -b 115200 -fc --mesh", which throws me this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\admin-lokal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\nrfutil-script.py", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('nrfutil==6.0.0', 'console_scripts', 'nrfutil')()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 764, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 717, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1137, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1137, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 956, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 555, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\__main__.py", line 994, in usb_serial
timeout)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\__main__.py", line 949, in do_serial
dfu.dfu_send_images()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu.py", line 127, in dfu_send_images
self._dfu_send_image(self.manifest.application)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu.py", line 88, in _dfu_send_image
self.dfu_transport.open()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu_transport_serial.py", line 217, in open
self.__get_mtu()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu_transport_serial.py", line 366, in __get_mtu
self.mtu = struct.unpack('<H', bytearray(response))[0]
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

The COM port is correctly chosen and I can also connect via nRF Connect.

Also the bootloader works fine, as checked with the bootloader_verify.py script. What I'm further missing is, how I can set up my mesh network with the 3 nodes, when using the DFU example firmware from the Mesh SDK v4.0 ("nrf5_SDK_for_Mesh_v4.0.0_src\examples\dfu"), since I cannot see any unprovisioned proxy nodes in the Mesh app. 

Any ideas what can be wrong here?

Edit: 

After using nrfutil dfu serial -pkg app_dfu_package.zip -p COM61 -b 115200 -fc 1, i got this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\admin-lokal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts\nrfutil-script.py", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('nrfutil==6.0.0', 'console_scripts', 'nrfutil')()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 764, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 717, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1137, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1137, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 956, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 555, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\__main__.py", line 1035, in serial
timeout)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\__main__.py", line 949, in do_serial
dfu.dfu_send_images()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu.py", line 127, in dfu_send_images
self._dfu_send_image(self.manifest.application)
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu.py", line 88, in _dfu_send_image
self.dfu_transport.open()
File "c:\users\admin-lokal\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\dfu\dfu_transport_serial.py", line 214, in open
raise NordicSemiException("No ping response after opening COM port")
pc_ble_driver_py.exceptions.NordicSemiException: No ping response after opening COM port

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