Help, VCI is Dead. nothing's working

[spita]

Hi, I bought the firmware upgrade kit last week but I was tring since last friday and not able to upgrade it, I've tried usb-serial (2 diferent kind) and serial-serial both of them without success. I tried everything what on the forums said.The problem now I can't even use with the firmware 1.1 the VCI don't turn on no lights nothing , I don't know what else can I do.
that what i got with a usb-serial cable in my laptop running vista:

Clock Frequency (External) = 22.0000MHz, Clock Mode = 0, CKM = 1, and CKP = N/A
Connecting to device 'H8/3052F' on 'COM4'
Configuration:
'BOOT Mode' connection - using emulated interface
Opening port 'COM4' ...
Loading Comms DLL
Loaded Comms DLL
Initiating BOOT SCI sequence
Attempting 9600
Received immediate response from device: 0xAA
Using micro-Kernel : 'C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\uGen3052.cde'
Downloading and verifying micro kernel...
Device is erasing...
Erase Timeout value set to 21 seconds
Erase Successful
micro-Kernel download successful
Sending inquiry for getting line size
Buffer size has been set to default (128 bytes)
Sending selection of device command
Selection of Device - Device selected, code 0302
Sending selection of clock mode
Sending selection of clock mode
Selection of Clock Mode - Clock selected, code 0
Changing baud rate to 9600 bps
Error No 15005: 'COM4' read time out
Error No 16148: Unable to set baud rate value = 9600
Error No 15016: Changing baud rate to 9600 bps

and this is with a serial-serial cable on a friend's desktop running xp:


Clock Frequency (External) = 22.0000MHz, Clock Mode = 0, CKM = 1, and CKP = N/A
Connecting to device 'H8/3052F' on 'COM5'
Configuration:
'BOOT Mode' connection - using emulated interface
Opening port 'COM5' ...
Loading Comms DLL
Loaded Comms DLL
Initiating BOOT SCI sequence
Attempting 9600
Received immediate response from device: 0xAA
Using micro-Kernel : 'C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\uGen3052.cde'
Downloading and verifying micro kernel...
Device is erasing...
Erase Timeout value set to 21 seconds
Erase Successful
micro-Kernel download successful
Sending inquiry for getting line size
Buffer size has been set to default (128 bytes)
Sending selection of device command
Selection of Device - Device selected, code 0302
Sending selection of clock mode
Sending selection of clock mode
Selection of Clock Mode - Clock selected, code 0
Changing baud rate to 38400 bps
Error No 15005: 'COM5' read time out
Error No 16148: Unable to set baud rate value = 38400
Error No 15016: Changing baud rate to 38400 bps

It seems the same
Maybe there is a problem with the Kit

somebody help, thanks.

[midifidler]

Hey dude,

Sorry to hear about your problems but if there was a problem with the kit it would have not performed the erase procedure and you vci would still be working.

Hmmm actually you should be setting the clock frequency as 24 Mhz not 22 Mhz

Hope this helps

[EanGolden]

yep- looks like you set the clock frequency to the wrong setting. Make sure you follow the video carefully

[spita]

Thanks a lot. I can believe that I miss that, I was looking everywhere out to find the answer and it was always there and I didnt see it. I feel a little dumb.
Thank you guys again, and now is working great.
I'm so happy that I did the upgrade now I'm buying right away the overlay

[zaplin]

guys i got the same problem!! but im doing everything from the video!!

Flash Development Toolkit and flash programming components
are provided without support

OS: Windows XP [Admin]
FCF Settings Applied: H8/3052F, (C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.05\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\)
FDT API initialised: version 4, 05, 00, 008
FCF Settings Applied: H8/3052F, (C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.05\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\)
Clock Frequency (External) = 24.0000MHz, Clock Mode = 0, CKM = 1, and CKP = N/A
Connecting to device 'H8/3052F' on 'COM1'
Configuration:
'BOOT Mode' connection - using emulated interface
Opening port 'COM1' ...
Loading Comms DLL
Loaded Comms DLL
Initiating BOOT SCI sequence
Attempting 9600
Received immediate response from device: 0xAA
Using micro-Kernel : 'C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.05\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\uGen3052.cde'
Downloading and verifying micro kernel...
Device is erasing...
Erase Timeout value set to 21 seconds
Erase Successful
micro-Kernel download successful
Sending inquiry for getting line size
Buffer size has been set to default (128 bytes)
Sending selection of device command
Selection of Device - Device selected, code 0302
Sending selection of clock mode
Sending selection of clock mode
Selection of Clock Mode - Clock selected, code 0
Changing baud rate to 38400 bps
Error No 16148: Unable to set baud rate value = 38400
Error No 15016: Changing baud rate to 38400 bps

[photojojo]

The most common fixes for problems seem to be using the advancedsetup.exe program that installed with Renases and changing the setting in it to slow the program down and making sure the VCI is propped up on it's edges to ensure nothing is activating buttons or knobs. Might also help to turn the sensitivity of the jogs all the way down as well.

[zaplin]

already fixed it but i was so happy to go and play i forgot to post :P

i actually changed the freq to 9600 (i think) and it worked just fine!
thanx a lot =)

[fullenglishpint]

Don't worry man! i can't determine your exact problem from that cos I don't know the code well enough, but see where it says 'Erase Successful'? That means it's deleted the old firmware but not installed a new one. It's not bricked or anything, just go through the threads until you work out your problem and you'll be OK. There are quite a few common ones.

[fullenglishpint]

^^^^ lol just came back from lunch and realised I hadn't clicked post reply, clicked it then I see that it's all solved. Well done!