Firmware update without expansion board

[Sandking]

Thanks,
do i still need to connect pin 23 to ground before linking the device?
and what is the reboot procedure ?

[robert-hh]

@sandking For ftp update you do not need to connect G23 (aka GPIO0, aka P2) to GND, for Serial update you have to.
Reboot is either a power cycle or pushing the reset button.

[Sandking]

@robert-hh I got the appimg.bin file and used the ftp to transfer.
I did the restart and now there is no wifi connection showing for the Sipy
Will i need to do a hard reset?
Or what might have gone wrong?

[robert-hh]

@sandking Did you push the reset button? That's the brand new start.

[Sandking]

@robert-hh yes i did
no flashing LED on the board either, but i did have it when i started with this process

[robert-hh]

@sandking Looks like you need run an USB update then.

[Sandking]

@robert-hh i got the expansion board and got the software uploaded
now i can get the usb to connect, only the wifi.
I am using Atom and i am trying to follow the instructions but clearly i am out of my league today!!
I have the pymkr plugin installed on atom
How do i change the device address so that i can upload via usb?

[robert-hh]

@sandking Sorry, I'm not using pymakr at all. From the few tests I made I recall, that instead of the IP address you would simply enter the name of the serial port, like /dev/ttyUSB0 on Linux, or COM3 on windows, ..
Omn windows it may be difficult to tell, which COM port is used. The windows device manager can tell you.

[Sandking]

@robert-hh my problem was that I could not connect to my internet wifi and the board at the same time
I just plugged straight into the router and by passed the problem
Now to start learning python and getting to work on the project!!!
thanks for all your help

[robert-hh]

@sandking You can set your device to station mode to be just a unit in out network, with a code in main.py or boot.py like:

import network
import time

wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF) # create station interface
wlan.active(True)       # activate the interface
if not wlan.isconnected():      # check if the station is connected to an AP
    wlan.connect('your_ap', 'your_ap_password') # connect to an AP
    for _ in range(10):
        if wlan.isconnected():      # check if the station is connected to an AP
            break
        print('.', end='')
        time.sleep(1)
    else:
        print("Connect attempt timed out\n")
        return
print('\nnetwork config:', wlan.ifconfig())

[Sandking]

@robert-hh Thanks for the info
I have so much to learn I don't know where to start!!
Best would be to find a good micro python training course and starting from scratch