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I have built my robot and have my PAROL6 control board and the stlink adpator cable.  Ready to start.  The only documentation on the github site says:

PAROL6 control board software

Structure of the code:

PAROL6 control board software API

Code upload to PAROL6 control board software

To upload code on your PAROL6 board you need a programming cable and stlink device


Not the most helpful.  How do I upload code?  Do I have to flash the firmware on the board first? If so where is it and how do I do it?  I have the STLink driver and can see the device (now I installed the driver) under my Windows 11 device manager.  It is listed under Universal Serial Bus devices as STM32 STLink.  There is no COM port listed.

I tried the commander software but it does not connect and just says COM 58.  I cannot change the COM port to any other number as there is no COM port listed.  Does the PAROL6 control board come pre-installed and ready to go?  Should it connect to the Commander software?  Can I power up the 24 volts BEFORE I do anything with the STLink and board?

The github says install platformio under vscode, but then never uses it.  Why?


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Hey, I build parol6 recently. You need to flash the main  code with the stlink. You dont need to detect  COM ports for that. Your PC should show STLINK device in device manager once you plug it (maybe you will need to install drivers) Its super easy and basic stuff if you ever used arduinos or something like that

You install vscode, install platformio inside and open the main code folder. Then you just flash the code. It is explained well in this section in the docs: https://source-robotics.github.io/PAROL-docs/page4/

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