Having trouble uploading firmware - Reprap Melzi V2.0 Board

Good morning everyone.....

I bought a RepRapPro Prusa I3 printer DIY kit with a Melzi V2.0 controller board (with the ATMEGA1284p) and after waiting a few weeks it arrived. I opened it and assembled the mechanical components with minor difficulties. Since then I'm struggling getting the Marlin-Master firmware to upload. I'm powering the board with the USB cable and have the jumper set for USB power not VREG. The autoReset jumper is also in place. Other than the USB cable nothing else is connected to the board. The LED light doesn't come but I'm assuming that it will only come on during communication?

I'm running Windows 8.1 and Arduino ide 1.0.6. Here's what I've done so far:

-Updated the FTDI drivers
-downloaded the Gen7 boards and loaded them in the hardware folder of Arduino
-made sure I've selected COM5 (only one present when controller is attached via US
-Selected Gen7 with ATMEGA1284p and 16Mhz
-updated the avrdude.conf file to include the specs for the 1284p
-pulled hair, cussed, drank coffee and smoked cigarettes

When I load the Marlin Firmware select upload. It compiles and then I see in the output screen (with verbose output on) :

avrdude: Version 5.11, compiled on Sep  2 2011 at 19:38:36
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, [www.bdmicro.com]
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

         Using Port                    : \\.\COM5
         Using Programmer              : stk500v2
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14] 
avrdude: Recv: 
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: M [4d] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: l [6c] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: L [4c] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: U [55] 
avrdude: Recv: p [70] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: O [4f] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 4 [34] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 4 [34] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: 5 [35] 
avrdude: Recv: 6 [36] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: | [7c] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: A [41] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: ( [28] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: , [2c] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: l [6c] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: g [67] 
avrdude: Recv: ) [29] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: C [43] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: m [6d] 
avrdude: Recv: p [70] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: l [6c] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: O [4f] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 4 [34] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: F [46] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: M [4d] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: m [6d] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: y [79] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 4 [34] 
avrdude: Recv: 3 [33] 
avrdude: Recv: 4 [34] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: P [50] 
avrdude: Recv: l [6c] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: B [42] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: B [42] 
avrdude: Recv: y [79] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: 1 [31] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: 3 [33] 
avrdude: Recv: 2 [32] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: S [53] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: g [67] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: v [76] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: E [45] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: 0 [30] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: E [45] 
avrdude: Recv: x [78] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: w [77] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: c [63] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: M [4d] 
avrdude: Recv: I [49] 
avrdude: Recv: N [4e] 
avrdude: Recv: T [54] 
avrdude: Recv: E [45] 
avrdude: Recv: M [4d] 
avrdude: Recv: P [50] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: g [67] 
avrdude: Recv: g [67] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: ! [21] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: E [45] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: : [3a] 
avrdude: Recv: P [50] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: p [70] 
avrdude: Recv: p [70] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: F [46] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: x [78] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: h [68] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: d [64] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: M [4d] 
avrdude: Recv: 9 [39] 
avrdude: Recv: 9 [39] 
avrdude: Recv: 9 [39] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: o [6f] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: ( [28] 
avrdude: Recv: T [54] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: m [6d] 
avrdude: Recv: p [70] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: u [75] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: . [2e] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: S [53] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: f [66] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv:   [20] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: Recv: s [73] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: a [61] 
avrdude: Recv: r [72] 
avrdude: Recv: t [74] 
avrdude: Recv: i [69] 
avrdude: Recv: n [6e] 
avrdude: Recv: g [67] 
avrdude: Recv: ) [29] 
avrdude: Recv: . [0a] 
avrdude: Recv: e [65] 
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout

Sorry this is so long but I wanted to provide as much info as possible.

Please let me know if you need additional info. I'm hoping this is a simple fix and something important I missed b/c this is my first project like this.

Thank You in advance,
fletch

Take my advice with caution, I'm just trying wild guesses here :

The message you receive from the board is from the firmware itself, you should get it during normal use of the reprap, not during firmware flashing.

I believe something is not working properly to put the board into the bootloader mode - which is the one you should be talking to during firmware flashing.


Usually the arduino software send a reset command before flashing, to reenter the bootloader.

Maybe you should press the reset button on your melzi just before clicking on "upload" ?
If at first it doesn't work try to hold the reset button until the arduino finished compiling - I've seen this operation being sometimes very timing sensitive.

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Most of my technical comments should be correct, but is THIS one ?
Anyway, as a rule of thumb, always double check what people write.

Oh and by the way you should also ask the seller - if there is a specificity with this board programming procedure he should be able to tell you, and provide a replacement if the board is somewhat faulty, even if only on the autoreset front.

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Most of my technical comments should be correct, but is THIS one ?
Anyway, as a rule of thumb, always double check what people write.