SteveAdams86

I have no experience with parellels at all im using virtualbox on ubuntu and used it on my friends mac i set up escribe on. virtualbox will run on windows, osx and linux so it might be an idea you thinking of using it as i would say its possible more people could be using it than only people using parellels from only 1 operating system. I didnt have to reconnect to see my device after it had failed which was handy but i did disconnect and reconnect to just double check the serial number appeared again so i knew which device was being detected. Your solution is a great idea, adding a pop up saying the operation is taking a long time and asking to continue would be probably better than just failing all together would be a and hopefully save others going through the same

Yes definatly I was quite concearned for a while! Such a simple solution too! If it worked on mine then it should work for you too!

This thread can be closed, my issue is solved thanks to James advice. Quote, SteveAdams, your device is in bootloader failsafe mode. Let the virtual machine see that device with the serial number. Then go to Tools->Update Firmware and select the firmware manually. In failsafe mode, it can't be connected to but it can be updated using the Update Firmware menu option

You know that worked! Its fixed! If I could hug you I would! Thanks so much, I really really appriciate it! I didnt think trying to further update would work if the device couldnt be detected in the first place. Happy vape time again!

Hi James, Im using the early release software on a virtual machine. acer c720 with ubuntu 15.04, virtualbox 5, windows 7 guest. I updated to the latest early software release today and tried to flash firmware from 30/9/15 and it has failed some how and my vaporshark is now soft bricked. Theres a few more details in a thread I made /topic/67987-topic/?do=findComment&comment=911790 My laptop sees the chip as PDJWBYRMCGLC[101] rather than dimensions enginiering. I am using the early release software because you added longer time outs or something like that which should help prevent this sort of thing happening. I do have access to a windows desktop but not till i get to work tomorrow to recover it the same way blueridgedog did by connecting to the pc and reboot with it connected. I was wondering if you might be able to look at the time outs or something to prevent flashing going wrong a bit more? I dont beleive the chip is entirely dead because it can be detected although not properly and the blue led works. The fire button does nothing else, no buttons do anything, no screen.

I'll try it tomorrow when i get to work there isnt much more I can do here, no matter what i do I cant get escribe to detect the chip properly on my laptop. The very reason I was using the early release software because I recall it being mentioned about the longer time out times to help prevent this sort of thing happening in the first place. Il link to this thread in the early release so James can see if theres anything he might be able to do as there was a release today which I had updated to, worth a shot.

I do have another windows pc i can try to see if it will fix it but its a work and i cant access till tomorrow. I recall you saying you had something similar happen but i couldnt remember the exact thread. intrestingly my virtual machine will still detect the chip, and the blue led gives me hope its not completely dead. My laptop sees the chip as PDJWBYRMCGLC[101] rather than dimensions enginiering

I have a vaporshark which now wont work, no screen, wont charge, wont fire or do anything apart from light the blue led behind the fire button when pressed. I updated my escribe version to the latest one from the early releases thread and then went to flash the firmware from the 30/9/15. It is now completely dead and I figured I would ask here before starting emailing vaporshark and I live in the UK so a warrenty return would be lengthy. If it makes any difference what so ever I used a virtual machine to use escribe on. Help please

As not a developer / programmer I had to google each of those things to find out what they are! Im glad your using standard protocols as im sure it will make life easier if anyone does get it going on linux! I have no idea how to contribute towards USB HID or Dymo scales but by the sounds of it if the software is already able to work on linux through wine and your using standard protocols it doesn't sound bad for someone who knows what they are doing to get it to work. Someone like Vaper...

I was more interested in the DNA 200 than smok one, i thought i was clear on that, perhaps not. Any way thanks for clearing up about Linux, its a shame how ever i get it is a small market share... I do know that the escribe software will load on linux as iv done that using playonlinux / wine. If it were just a driver we needed that might make less work for your selves. But yeah i'll see what i get eventually as theres loads of stuff out there right now but your software has grabbed my interest

What all you non windows users need to realise is that you are the minority, the majority use windows, thus most companies need to prioritise resources when making software. I see so many people complaining at the lack of support for operating systems other than windows, you knew when using a non window OS that software support would be greatly limited.[/QUOTE] In all honesty I chose not to buy windows because I don't like it and find it very frustrating, software updates take for ever and virus protection slows it all down, disk defragmentation takes time and you need to spend alot of time or money to get something which performs well. I got a chromebook to avoid all that as i use the computer for mostly web based stuff and anything i cant do on chrome os i can use ubuntu for with a few short clicks iv got 2 os' running! Lets not make this about windows vs xxxx cos yeah windows has buy far the the largest support for 3rd party software... Take a website like http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and you find all 3 major PC os are catered for and granted google is somewhat larger than Evolv. What someone else said about open sourcing it would be great how ever i feel its unlikey to happen.

I'm really sad to hear about that Vapor! I really do hope Evolv do get something going for other operating systems other than windows though. My laptop is a Chromebook which I'm able to run Ubuntu through and I am able to get the Escribe application to open using playonlinux to install it how ever I'm sure drivers and stuff are required to actually be able to do anything. I just tried out of curiosity although I don't own a dna200 board. Smok seem to have a good idea using Bluetooth to communicate with smart phones although I understand what they are offering is completely different to this. Although I'm not a developer or anything I think a web based Escribe service would allow it to reach more computers over different operating systems and from there have the web service detect your operating system and allow you to download any required drivers. How hard that would be to do I don't know as like I say I am not a developer / programmer etc

I did see the post about a Mac version but I would like to express an interest in a Linux version of this software. I don't own a windows PC and can only access one at work