Arduino crashing on Mac, nodemcu ESP8266 doesn't connect issues Siliconlabs SI driver doesn't work

[sabeeh125]

Wow. this was a mission.
I'm on a Mac Sierra 10.12 with an ESP8266.

First, Arduino kept crashing.
Crash errors: nsinvalidargumentexception and setAutomaticCustomizeTouchBarMenuItemEnabled

It took probably 10 tries of installing different versions but Arduino keeps crashing
SOLUTION:
https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php?f=/arduino-1.8.7-macosx.zip

THEN I tried what felt like every SI Silicon Labs driver under the sun including the one that came with the manual to my ESP8266. DIDN't WORK. Tried quitting, restarting, updating java, different MicroUSB cables and followed this thread as well: #2

FINALLY here's the solution I found. The SI (cu.SLAB_USBtoUART) driver doesn't work, this one WORKS. Load it up.

SOLUTION:
http://blog.sengotta.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CH341SER_MAC-1.4.zip

[georgalis]

sabeeh125, thanks for letting us know how much effort you have exerted. otherwise we wouldn't know about any problems! Next time you solutions would be more valuable if you included any kind of controls and output information. For example, this is not an Arduino list, but if I were to consider your archival posting, it would be important for me to know the revision of your hardware, the versions of the failed images you tried, and a more specific crash report, console, logs, etc. The crashy binaries you used almost certainly worked on different hardware, but for future development, or another user at a different time, there is not any info in your post about the circumstance which make your links the right choice, or any information a developer could use to fix the problems your encountered. although you provided the word "solution" in your post, it reads more like a rant because there is no accountability of your solution (the hardware revision, software revision or specific bugs). Not sure how a developer, or user could make effective use of your post.

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On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 10:17 AM sabeeh125 ***@***.***> wrote: Wow. this was a mission. I'm on a Mac Sierra 10.12 with an ESP8266. First, Arduino kept crashing. Crash errors: nsinvalidargumentexception and setAutomaticCustomizeTouchBarMenuItemEnabled It took probably 10 tries of installing different versions but Arduino keeps crashing SOLUTION: https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php?f=/arduino-1.8.7-macosx.zip THEN I tried what felt like every SI Silicon Labs driver under the sun including the one that came with the manual to my ESP8266. DIDN't WORK. Tried quitting, restarting, updating java, different MicroUSB cables and followed this thread as well: #2 <#2> FINALLY here's the solution I found. The SI (cu.SLAB_USBtoUART) driver doesn't work, this one WORKS. Load it up. SOLUTION: http://blog.sengotta.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CH341SER_MAC-1.4.zip — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#39?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAE3QC3JBLVIEKZFBR7SQT3QK6SBZA5CNFSM4IZDUVB2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4HM4VQQQ>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAE3QCYOEFRADSHA2U6W7WDQK6SBZANCNFSM4IZDUVBQ> .

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