LTE CAT M1/NB-IOT Shield cannot connect to pi/desktop via USB

Hi,

I’m trying to do the firmware update released by Hologram, which according to this post(https://community.hologram.io/t/updatin … eld/3562/5) has worked for them. I was stuck at the same place- could open sockets, but could not connect to TCP socket to communicate with Hologram cloud. Hologram released a firmware update for their board, the Nova, but it seems like this update might be able to update the ublox R410 on the Sparkfun shield as well.

Anyways, I connected the VUSB_DET jumper on the back and made sure it was shorted, then tried to connect it to both a Raspberry Pi 2 and my windows desktop to try to push the firmware but both devices were not able to register a connection. After holding the “POWER” button on the shield for a couple of seconds, the shield(/modem) shows up on my device list but right away toggles off again.

Was anybody able to communicate with the shield via USB?

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Are you trying to use the Nova firmware update to update the Sara module? That will not work, two different modules