Performing USB-DFU to NRF9160 through NRF Connect Programmer app in a board other than Thingy:91

[ubieda]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to perform a DFU through the USB port on my custom NRF9160 board (DFU over UART) using the NRF Connect Programmer App.

I already did the Firmware setup to configure MCUBoot and have seen it working with command-line tools (mcumgr) fine.

My issue here is that I see the Programmer application not enabling the "Write" button even though:
- The Board is connected through USB and in DFU mode
- The MCUBoot checkbox is checked.
- The hex image is loaded.

Here is an image to illustrate better what I mean by "Enable Write button"

I also see this does not happen when you do the same procedure with the Thingy:91.

Could you provide some assistance on what alternatives I have in order to achieve this? 

Thanks in advance!

LuisF.

[Heidi]

Hi!

Unfortunately, you can't use this application to perform a DFU over USB with a custom board.. The Programmer application only supports Nordic MCUboot devices, which means the device needs to have a Nordic vendor ID and supported MCUboot product ID. 

I will ask if this is something we will support in the future, but for now, you will have to use a command line tool.

Best regards,

Heidi

[ubieda]

Hello Heidi,

Thanks for your reply!

That makes perfect sense with what I have seen ony my end. Gotcha on using the command-line tool in the mean-time.

Best regards,

Luis.