stuck trying to get STEVAL MKBOXPro connected

[khonsaiho]

Hi I purchase a STEVAL MKBOXPro. It connects to phone and app fine but i'm having trouble to get the device connected to MEMS studio and Unicleo GUI

 

 

BLE Connection issue... 

1. device manager detects STBOX but does not connect on MEMS studio and Unicleo GUI. I

 

Problem with usbc connection.. 

2. serial usbc sees COM9 with MEMBS studio but cannot connect to it when I hit connect button

 

 

Wondering what's causing the connection issue via bluetooth or via cable? I see a driver titled en.stsw-mkbox-bledk but i there is no exe button to install the driver. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Federica Bossi]

Hi @khonsaiho ,

We need to check if the USB is correctly installed. Try this test for USB communication.
Once the board is connected to the pc via USB and turned on, look for the installed com, then with a terminal as TeraTerm, hyperterminal ( 115200bd 8N1, no handshake) try typing "*ver" and verify if the board responds with the FW version number:

Please, check also the led status of the board.

 In addition, in order to connect the STEVAL MKBOXPro to MEMS Studio, you have to either upload the dedicated FW in the Firmware folder of MEMS Studio (USB c serial communication) or create the FW with Algobuilder to communicate via Bluetooth. It cannot use the FW compatible with the mobile app.

[khonsaiho]

ok let me check. 

 

also is there a link to the specific fireware I need to get for STEVAL MKBOXPro? Not sure which one is correct firmwire.

[khonsaiho]

i plugged in device and turned on. I downloaded Termite 3.4 by Compuphase and selected correct COM9 11520 BPs 8n1, no handshake

typing VER yielded no result. sensor lights all turn on

Confirmed that the cable is data usbc

 

[khonsaiho]

can I get specific instructions on how to install the firmware? Device manager detects a COM9. I downloaded STM32CubeProgrammer from the sensor tile box pro firmware and the EXE is giving me this error

 

 

 

 

 

 

[khonsaiho]

hi. still looking for solution to get device connected to PC. have not heard back from support for a few days

[Federica Bossi]

Hi @khonsaiho ,

the correct command to read the version is 
*ver
by this command you should read the firmware version.
The link of binary file to flash via cube programmer is
https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/appconfig/blob/release/bluestsdkv2/bin/steval-mkboxpro/STSW-MKBOXPRO_1_2_1.bin
if there are problems we recommend the factory reset procedure following this link
https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-mkboxpro-fs.html

[khonsaiho]

will the software not read firmeware version 1.2.0?

is there instructions on how to install the updated firmware 1.2.1? Is that required to get the software to load?

 

[Federica Bossi]

Hi @khonsaiho ,

To connect the sensortile.box PRO with the MEMSstuio sw via USB cable you need to program the board with the  
DataLogExtended.bin fw 
which you find in C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Local\STMicroelectronics\MEMS Studio\firmware\mems-studio\steval-mkboxpro
Click firmware upgrade from memsstudio, 
put the board in DFU, 
select DFU interface, 
search for the device, 
and load the DataLogExtended.bin binary into the path, 
then PROGRAM.
Now reboot the board, always connect it in usb, 
in CONNECT select communication : serial, 
CONNECT the board.
so you should see the sensor data in mems studio.

 

about the BLE communication, there is no example ready, you need to create the fw by the algobuilder.
click ALGOBUILDER
click FIRMWARE SETTINGS
Select the toolchain/IDE used
select TARGET SensorTile.box Pro BLE

You need to create in algobuilder a design with SensorHUB connected with the block needed (MotionFX 9x/quaternion example), then connect the display/fusion (or what you need)

click to INITIALIZE PROJ, GENERATE CODE, BUILD
then PROGRAM TARGET (the board must be in DFU).

 

Now restart the board
you need to do bluetooth pairing between the board and pc.
in windows add a new bluetooth device (remember to set the Bleutooth device discovery to ADVANCED).
You should see algob device in new device, do the pairing with 123456 as the code.
Now in memsstudio, click CONNECT, Connection Type "bluetooth" and you can see the board.
This way you should be connected via BLE to memsstudio.
You can edit the C code you created with your toolchain but you should not edit the bluetooth part.