Flirc USB firmware update not finished - Bricked?

[lu10010]

Hi,

after freeze in firmware update, die Flirc USB dongle seems bricked.

Installed flirc setup in guest windows 10 in an qemu/kvm guest system on host Linux system (Debian 12). 

Tried to configure the dongle. Seemed fine, minimal setup, signed the keys etc.

Tried the dongle in host Linux system. Didn't work.

Back to guest Windows on host Linux. Accepted the suggestion for a firmware upgrade.
The upgrade stuck. Canceled after 40 minutes. After that, the dongle was no longer recognized under Windows.

In Linux lsusb shows the dongle.

Then installed flirc in host Linux. The program starts without a dongle.

When the dongle is inserted, the program crashes. Error message:
lib/libflirc/bootloader/bl_3.3.c fl_sku(115): not a valid image

So, how to get it work.

Greetings from Hamburg/Germany

Lutz

 

[lu10010]

Forget it.
I sent the dongle back to Amazon. Now build one myself.

https://www.instructables.com/DIY-USB-IR-receiver/

 

[jason]

You can't brick it. Message is erroneous. You probably just needed to re-run the command as sudo.