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ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
May 13th, 2019 at 10:55pm
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ESP8266 SPIFF file upload was working in VS2017 for me, but I reinstalled the Arduino IDE to try and fix a problem with ESP8266 mDNS. Now when I try to upload SPIFFS I get this message:
ESP8266FSUpload.exe

SPIFFS Error*: esptool not found!

I can see the ESP8266FSUpload.exe in the VS directories. 
I tried VS2019 and get the same error.

Is esptools meant to be an .exe or .py file?

Not sure what has happened to stop it working. It works fine in the Arduino IDE.

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David
  
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Re: ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
Reply #1 - May 13th, 2019 at 11:00pm
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There was a change recently because the esp core changed how it works however it shouldn't break. Please follow the guide at the top of the forum and provide build output so we can see which esp version and, board etc you have installed.
  
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Reply #2 - May 14th, 2019 at 9:28am
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Could you give me a link to the guide you are referring to, so I can make sure I am following the correct one..

Thank you...

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Reply #3 - May 15th, 2019 at 8:51am
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Hi David,

Its the message at the top of all forum pages, and it will aid greatly in finding the root cause of this issue if you can supply this information.

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Re: ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
Reply #4 - May 15th, 2019 at 8:14pm
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OK I see it now, I was looking in the forum list for the information...perhaps it could be made to stand out better...

Actually, perhaps you could put that info in the white space to the right of the text input box...if the software will allow that..?

Anyway, I saw the comment in another forum message..and have provided the requested information.

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David
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Re: ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
Reply #5 - May 15th, 2019 at 8:37pm
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All we actually need to know if what esp version you have installed in board manager then we can test.

Someone emailed to say that the 2.5.1 esp update is when the issue started so if that is what you are using you can drop back to 2.5.0.

We will test with 2.5.1 over the next week or so.
  
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Reply #6 - May 15th, 2019 at 9:36pm
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I upgraded to 2.5.1 to see if it fixed a problem with mDNS failing intermittently. It didn't! So I have now downgraded to 2.5.0 and the SPiffs upload is working again in Visual Micro.

Thanks for the help.

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David

  
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Re: ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
Reply #7 - May 15th, 2019 at 11:53pm
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Thanks we found a note from the manufacturers about this change and will implement over the coming weeks.

https://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/2.5.1/filesystem.html#uploading-files-...

When posting it's always handy to state versions of cores especially if recently upgrade.

Thanks for the report.
  
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Re: ESP Tool Missing when uploading spiffs
Reply #8 - May 19th, 2019 at 12:01pm
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There is an update that resolves a few issues with the latest esp 2.5.1 cores. Available in our new releases forum. 

https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=VS_ARDUINO_EXT_RELEASES

Thanks for the report.


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