Newbie - Very basic problem

sainswnAKA

Hi All, Super excited to get going with the Bela - I've just been going round and round going crazy for a couple of hours, with a very basic issue that I can't seem to solve.

I have a Bela mini, and just flashed it with the most recent image from GitHub. I'm using a Macbook (Catalina 10.15.7) and the Bela initialises at http://192.168.7.2/ (though not bela.local). There's no warning in System Preferences ->Security and Privacy, but I can't any example project to run at all. For example, render.cpp gives me

Building project ...
make: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
Build finished
Running project ...
PRU interrupt timeout, -1 110 Connection timed out
PRU interrupt timeout, -1 110 Connection timed out
PRU interrupt timeout, -1 110 Connection timed out
PRU interrupt timeout, -1 110 Connection timed out
McASP error, abort
PRU interrupt timeout, -1 110 Connection timed out
Makefile:621: recipe for target 'runide' failed
make: *** [runide] Error 1
Bela stopped

I'd suppose I'm doing something very daft, but I just can't seem to find the problem. Any help would be hugely appreciated.

giuliomoro

hmm that sounds like a bad boards, unfortunately. Is anything plugged into the headers? if that's the case, remove it and try again. Also try blowing through the headers just to make sure there is nothing stuck in there that may be shorting pins together. Finally, try giving it a hard reset : power it off for a few seconds and power back on and try again. But it may just be that you need a new board.

sainswnAKA

Hi there. Thanks for your speedy response.
There's nothing plugged into the header and I've also tried blowing into the headers and have checked for shorts - to no avail. I've also done a hard reset, also with no result.
So are you saying that I need to write off the £129 spent on the Bela starter kit and simply buy another? I'd suppose you'd understand that I would be hesitant to purchase a new board given the problems I've experienced.

giuliomoro

sainswnAKA So are you saying that I need to write off the £129 spent on the Bela starter kit and simply buy another?

Where did I say that? It would seem very unreasonable. Instead, you shall contact orders@bela.io with your order number in order to get a free replacement.

sainswnAKA

Thanks, that's very kind of you. I was just getting frustrated - apols..