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Troubleshooting

Node.JS v16+ not installed​

Make sure that your installed Node.JS version is v16+. Some linux distribution may install an older version of Node.JS by default.

> node --version
v18.16.0
tip

nvm is a convinient way to install and manage multiple Node.JS versions.

DeviceScript CLI not installed​

The development server runs the DeviceScript command line (@devicescript/cli) installed locally in your project. Make sure @devicescript/cli has been added as a developer dependency to your project, and that dependencies have been installed.

yarn add -D @devicescript/cli@latest
yarn install

DeviceScript terminal won't start​

The DeviceScript extension spawns a Node.JS process to run the debugger adapter, connect to hardware device and build sources. Depending on your machine configuration, you may have to specify where the Node.JS binaries are located.

Start by enable the Devtools: Shell preference so that DeviceScript start node is a terminal rather directly. This allows you to look at the potential error messages.

  • Open the User Settings
  • Search for DeviceScript Devtools shell
  • Reload Visual Studio Code

Devtools shell settings

If the error messages indicates that the node process cannot be resolved, you may want to specify the path of your node.js v16+ manually in the user settings.

  • Open the User Settings
  • Search for DeviceScript node and update the Node.JS binary path
  • Reload Visual Studio Code

Port 8081 is used​

It may happen that a previous session left the development server dangling, run this command to kill processes hanging on port 8081.

npx kill-port 8081

Serial connection won't connect​

  • serial connection used by another application
  • make sure the serialport package is installed
  • running in remote workspace

Can't connect after I deployed my program aka Factory Reset​

First reset the device, or unplug and plug back in. If this doesn't help, select "Clean Flash..." from the connect menu and once done select "Flash Firmware..." from the same menu.