Limelight Not Appearing in BalenaEtcher

Hello FRC Community.

We saw that theres new releases for the limelight, however after installing all of them we ran into a problem. When opening BalenaEtcher and trying to select a target, both our limelight 2+ and 3 don’t seen to appear in BalenaEtcher. We’re connected to USB and all, but for some reason it just doesn’t appear.

Have you tried a different cable? The one you have may be a charging only one.

Tried a different one, both times it didn’t appear.

Do you have all the correct drivers? I had the same issue and it was resolved when I downloaded the drivers necessary to write to the Limelight. It should be on the setup page on the documentation.

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This is typically the issue, just ensure you have the drivers they indicate in the documentation.

I recently had this problem, it’s a dumb problem. First, unplug your limelight from everything and then connect to it via USB C cable from your laptop. THEN, once the limelight has booted up (you can tell based one of its lights turning green) you launch Etcher.

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If you have a 3G limelight you need to click the red button on the top and hold it while plugging in the USB c