problem connecting spoke prime hub to USB connection to vscode

[philparvin]

I have connected the hub via USB and have a reference under in the device manager that it sees it but the reference port is not a com port and it doesn't show up under the com port list, so I don't know where it is

[dlech]

This looks completely normal. DFU Mode is a special mode for the bootloader used to flash the firmware. It is not a COM port. And since LEGO didn't publish a driver for this, we use the WinUsb driver as a generic driver.

From here, you can follow the instructions in Pybricks Code to flash the Pybricks firmware on the hub or restore the official LEGO firmware.

[ziyidu]

Hello, I have a question to ask you. When I refreshed the pybricks firmware, the driver was already installed, but I couldn’t find a compatible device. What should I do?

[philparvin]

Are you saying that there is no access via USB to upload your code, or access the slots where different programs can be stored.
The reason I have even looked at this is several comments posted saying that the Bluetooth access convenient but does have some distortion potential issues with posible interference from other Bluetooth or signals floating around. For our competition team I am just trying to get the best possible consistency. I am wanting to use vscode and still struggle to connect to the hub from that platform.
Thanks for your help.

[dlech]

Correct. Although it is something we are working on. There is some experimental support for USB in the latest development builds of the firmware and pybricksdev (nothing in Pybricks Code yet).

Download and run should work but stdio doesn't work yet.

[philparvin]

I also can't connect via Bluetooth to the vscode I have done extensive searches and still cannot connect vscode to the hub to put programming into the hub

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On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 2:44 PM David Lechner ***@***.***> wrote: Correct. Although it is something we are working on. There is some experimental support for USB in the latest development builds of the firmware <https://nightly.link/pybricks/pybricks-micropython/workflows/build/master> and pybricksdev (nothing in Pybricks Code yet). Download and run should work but stdio doesn't work yet. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2138 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AWIUZ3YX42SVUZXQWHZUJSL2WLYSHAVCNFSM6AAAAABZ2KTKDGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTENRTGI2DQMY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[dlech]

pybricksdev run ble my_script.py does not work for you?