Please help: Arduino mega 2560 avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout

system · July 23, 2012, 4:33am

Hi,

I am completeley new to arduino and am really frustrated. I have no been able to download a single program to my board. I have been reading stuff for a week now. There is so much information about arduino that it is hard to find meaningful answers.

I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04. I downloaded the latest software (1.0.1).

When I connect the board to USB led 13 blinks for a second as if the board has loaded the blink program as a test.

When I try to program I do see the Tx and Rx blink for a sec... but nothing happens.

Tools -> Boards -> Arduino Mega 2560 ADK (there is no other 2560 on the list)
Serial port is on /dev/ttyACM0
Programmer -> AVRISP mkii (I only have the mega board connected to my laptop, no programmer at all). I am wondering what all these options mean, but have not found answers. This is the option that came in by default.

I also built a paralell cable thinking that this may be a bootloader problem... but is it?
Also I use linux on my desktop (ubuntu 10.04)... how would I burn it from there? All I have seen are windows solutions.

Thank you very much... here is the log of the upload:

/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude -C/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -patmega2560 -cstk500v2 -P/dev/ttyACM0 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:/tmp/build3237030616620613547.tmp/led_pde.cpp.hex:i

System wide configuration file is "/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/pastito/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

Using Port : /dev/ttyACM0
Using Programmer : stk500v2
Overriding Baud Rate : 115200
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
AVR Part : ATMEGA2560
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :

Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

eeprom 65 10 8 0 no 4096 8 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

flash 65 10 256 0 yes 262144 256 1024 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00

Programmer Type : STK500V2
Description : Atmel STK500 Version 2.x firmware
Programmer Model: Unknown
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [02] . [0e] . [03] . [90] . [85]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [02] . [0e] . [03] . [90] . [85]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14]

Shields_Arduino · July 23, 2012, 11:57am

You are no alone. Please refer to the other Mega2560 thread which should be just under or above this thread.

system · July 23, 2012, 4:48pm

You are no alone. Please refer to the other Mega2560 thread which should be just under or above this thread

I have read the threads, but my case seems a little different. I do not get the resp=0x00 in the log.

Also I did a loopback test and it works. I send a letter through minicom (serial program) and see the Tx and RX light up and see the echo of the letter on screen.

I will try to re-burn a bootloader with a windows machine. Although I bought arduino to get away from Windows / PIC environment.

system · July 23, 2012, 6:34pm

I have tried the following:

1.- Modifying the boards.txt
mega2560.upload.protocol=wiring

It does not work. Same errors.

2.- I installed arduino in a PC with Windows XP. Same errors but worse... avrdude hangs and there is no way to kill it

3.- I tried to burn a new bootloader in both windows:

avrdude: AVR device not responding
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
avrdude: Yikes! Invalid device signature.
avrdude: Expected signature for ATMEGA2560 is 1E 98 01

4.- Tried to burn bootloader in linux (Ubuntu 10.04) on AMD64

/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude -C/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -patmega2560 -cdapa -F -e -Ulock:w:0x3F:m -Uefuse:w:0xFD:m -Uhfuse:w:0xD8:m -Ulfuse:w:0xFF:m

System wide configuration file is "/home/pastito/arduino-1.0.1/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/home/pastito/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

Using Port : /dev/parport0
Using Programmer : dapa
AVR Part : ATMEGA2560
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :