I’m currently using Copter 4.1.5 and today tried to update my heli to 4.2.0. The update failed with a warning message, “Error: No response from board”. The board is disconnected from MP, as instructed, but still plugged in to the USB.
So I then thought maybe I needed to update the bootloader first, but I’m put off by the warning message about it might brick my board What’s that all about, please? My board is an mRo R15 Pixracer.
The warning is scary but I have never heard of a board actually being bricked by this procedure.
I don’t think that this is the cause of the “No response from board” message though. The USB cable probably just needed to be disconnected/reconnected and/or something has grabbed hold of the COM port (maybe MP itself)
Job done, though I’m not sure why! Thinking that perhaps a background Windows10 upgrade in progress might have messed things, I tried again just now without changing anything. Same result.
So then I closed MP, switched to a different USB port, and re-started MP. When I then connected my board it came up with the same COM port number, but changed the baud rate from 115200 to 9600. I then went to the Install Firmware page, disconnected the board using the button, and started the download – board still connected to the USB port. After MP had finished downloading the firmware, and was waiting for a reponse from the board, I unplugged and re-plugged the USB connector. It then immediately started installing 4.2.0.
I had tried that same sequence of operations yesterday, so maybe the problem was simply that the baud rate was too high.
Great that you got it working. The baud rate shouldn’t matter when using a USB cable connected directly to the autopilot. It certainly matters if using a telemetry radio but not when using a USB cable.