Hello world 
This is the beginning of the Dash Beta thread!
Looking forward to the Dashās coming.
What Konekt has done in a few months really is amazing.
Konekt is making it so much easier to design a network enabled cellular device with OTA firmware update capabilities.
Thanks for all of your efforts.
Look forward to posting my experience.
Regards,
Pat Jackson
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Hi, weāve had some people hitting some issues programming the Dash on Windows because of difficulty getting python setup. Iām running Win10 and figured Iād post some details about my (working) installation so you all can compare.
First off, the Python 2.7 installer doesnāt always set the Windows PATH variable right which you need in order to execute python easily from the command prompt. So the first thing to do after installing python is to make sure this is in your PATH variable. At the command prompt, you can see your PATH by typing echo %PATH%
C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;
If those directories arenāt included, add them by closing the command prompt, right-clicking on your computer, choosing advanced settings, clicking āenvironment variablesā and adding it to the PATH variable in the list.
If itās working, then when you go back into the command prompt or Powershell, then the commands python and pip should both work.
Next, you want to make sure that you have the Python Visual C++ Compiler installed. You can get it free from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266
Once thatās installed, do a pip install cython and then a pip install hidapi
Note If you get errors on installation it may be because you didnāt run with admin privileges You can start up an admin command shell by right-clicking on the command prompt icon and choosing āRun as Administratorā.
Once you have these packages installed then you should be able to run the Konekt Dash firmware loader script.
Post any error messages here and weāll see if we can get them figured out.
I have found that version 0.7.99-7 of hidapi raises an absolute path error.
Using pip install hidapi==0.7.99-6 installs properly.
Which version of hidapi are you using?
I am still having an error using konekt uploader.
module has no attribute ādeviceā
I have Python 3.4 installed and have added it to the PATH. Iāve also installed Cython and hidapi, using MS Visual Studio 2015 to compile.
The Hello World program on the Konekt github account compiles fine but I get an error when I try to upload anything to the Dash:
python C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.py C:\Users\oshaw\AppData\Local\Temp\build7652389612615273539.tmp/konekt_dash_helloworld.cpp.bin
python: can't open file 'C:\Program': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
I assume this has something to do with the space in Program Files but I am not sure how to resolve it.
My full PATH:
C:\"Program Files"\ImageMagick-6.9.1-Q8;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\"Program Files (x86)"\sox-14-4-2\;C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Notepad++;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Python34\Scripts;C:\Python34;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\I have 0.7.99-6. I think I must have installed it just before the new one came out because I didnāt have to do a downgrade or anything.
I think the issue is that youāre not using quotes on your command line when you have spaces. Try this:
python "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.py" C:\Users\oshaw\AppData\Local\Temp\build7652389612615273539.tmp/konekt_dash_helloworld.cpp.bin
Your path looks good, btw.
Can you please post the full output?
I switched to a Vista Machineā¦
Using Arduino IDE
I end up with same error as canmobilitiesā¦
python: canāt open file āC:\Programā: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Full Output on Win7 machine shown belowā¦I found the problem with this.
I had installed Arduino folder to my Desktop and got results below.
After I placed folder under Program Files I receive
āpython: canāt open file āC:\Programā: [Errno 2] No such file or directoryā
Output.from Win 7 with Arduino Folder on Desktopā¦
Try
Traceback (most recent call last):
File āC:\Users\Pat\Desktop\arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.pyā, line 66, in
update(args.path)
File āC:\Users\Pat\Desktop\arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.pyā, line 35, in update
h = hid.device()
AttributeError: āmoduleā object has no attribute ādeviceā
Thanks for the response. How would I go about getting quotes around that command? Iām not typing anything in; Iām hitting upload on the Arduino IDE.
Actually, it might be something I just realizedā¦
canmobilities has Arduino Folder under Program Files where I had placed mineā¦there is a space thereā¦python doesnāt like the space between Program and Files it seemsā¦
The Arduino Folder needs to be in a path without spaces.
I still getā
Try
Traceback (most recent call last):
File āC:\arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.pyā, line 66, in
update(args.path)
File āC:\arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.pyā, line 35, in update
h = hid.device()
AttributeError: āmoduleā object has no attribute ādeviceā
SUCCESS ā¦Update----I still have an hid.device issue with my Win7 machineā¦BUT
I can upload now on my Vista Machineā¦ArduinoIDE is slow on it.
I need to get a power supply and SIM setup to do Hello World.
Looking forward to getting a Win10 machine. Maybe tomorrow.
Hello canmobilities, your issue is having Arduino in a path that has a space in it āProgram Filesā.
Put the Arduino folder like c:\Arduino
That worked for me.
Thanks pmjackson! That took care of that error. Then I was getting syntax errors from lines 47 and 55 due to a lack of parenthesis but that was easily resolved by putting parenthesis around the print statement eg:
print ("block write failed")
Now Iām getting another error that I think is related to accessing the Dash:
C:\Users\oshaw\AppData\Local\Temp\build5666316337967923812.tmp/konekt_dash_helloworld.cpp.bin
python C:\Arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.py C:\Users\oshaw\AppData\Local\Temp\build5666316337967923812.tmp/konekt_dash_helloworld.cpp.bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.py", line 63, in <module>
update(args.path)
File "C:\Arduino\hardware\konekt.io\dash/tools/update_dash.py", line 34, in update
h.open(vid, pid)
File "hid.pyx", line 48, in hid.device.open (hid.c:1281)
OSError: open failed
My computer (Windows 10) sees that a device is connected but isnāt able to recognize or mount it ie. I get the USB Device not recognized message.
I have been working towards a working upload for a few days tweaking things with the help from Konekt
What I did was use WinPython Python2.7 on a USB driveā¦it has a python compiler already installed.
Make sure you can run python from Command Prompt.ā¦if not revisit Path settings.
pip install hidapi=0.7.99-6 using 0.7.99-7 gave absolute path errors.
I put Arduino folder under C:\ .
After these things, I could compile and upload.
I have loaded a sketch using Serial2 that sends and receives information via uart2. It verified that upload works!!!
I used the legacy TTL Uart connection for DashPro.
Regards,
Pat Jacksn
Also received this info from Pat Wilbur:
To place a Konekt Dash Pro Beta in program mode, press the button closest to the Ublox module, and you should be able to program using the Arduino IDE Upload button. To place a Konekt Dash Regular Beta in program mode, simply Verify your program in the Arduino IDE, power cycle the Konekt Dash Regular, and select Upload in the Arduino IDE within 10 seconds of booting
Glad you got that part figured out. Not sure about that hid.device() error. That line of code works for me. Iāll try to reproduce.