Trouble flashing Octopus 1.1

The Octopus doesnt seem to wanna flash everytime I try. The firmware.bin just stays as is. I am using a pi 3 a+. Help is much appreciated. thanks in adavance!
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Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
try to disconnect everything from the octopus, then try to reflash with the sd card
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
i only have power for board an raspberry connected
Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
you dont need the raspberry also make sure you are using the correct firmware there are different versions for the octopus also, use the oldest SD card you have the smalles one
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
i ll try without raspberry now i formated to fat16 with 4kb cluster size its an old 32gb one it now only has 256 mb though didnt work i will try the other config with f407 but i am pretty sure i have the normal onwe
Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
wait how do you power the octopus?
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
via the power supply and i only connected the two wires corosponding to power for board still no luck f407 didnt work either. I am just putting in the sd card before powering on octopus. it should flash automatically right?
Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
yes you can try to power it with 5v through the USB cable for this you need to remove the power cables and set the USB jumper for 5V, left side of the big chip also, try to find another SD card
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
okay i will try that thanks i was able to flash the board finally but now i get an error in mainsail mcu 'mcu': Unable to connect Once the underlying issue is corrected, use the "FIRMWARE_RESTART" command to reset the firmware, reload the config, and restart the host software. Error configuring printer this is what it says no idea whats causing this
Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
do you follow the ratos instructions?
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
yeah
Helge Keck
Helge Keck2y ago
then this is another issue, not related to this thread, i suggest to open a thread in #ratos-support
genetic-orange
genetic-orangeOP2y ago
i completed the configurator setup board was detected and then i tried to continue to mainsail thank you for you help i will open another thread

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