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RedPen

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Registered: 2018-05-29

Posts: 2

[Issue] Problem mounting/detecting the Proxmark3

Hi!
I've just acquired a Proxmark3 Kit, and it can't seem to mount. Fresh out of the box it was correctly showing up under COM ports in device manager on my windows 10 physical machine (not VM). I've followed the getting started guide for windows and encountered no problem. When I was finished setting it up, I was able to connect to it and all was working great.

Prox/RFID mark3 RFID instrument
bootrom: master-rysc/v3.0.1 2017-09-21 16:36:44
os: master-rysc/v3.0.1 2017-09-21 16:36:45
LF FPGA image built for 2s30vq100 on 2015/03/06 at 07:38:04
HF FPGA image built for 2s30vq100 on 2017/05/17 at 17:48:26

uC: AT91SAM7S512 Rev B
Embedded Processor: ARM7TDMI
Nonvolatile Program Memory Size: 512K bytes. Used: 192856 bytes (37%). Free: 331432 bytes (63%).
Second Nonvolatile Program Memory Size: None
Internal SRAM Size: 64K bytes
Architecture Identifier: AT91SAM7Sxx Series
Nonvolatile Program Memory Type: Embedded Flash Memory
help             This help. Use '<command> help' for details of a particular command.
data             { Plot window / data buffer manipulation... }
hf               { High Frequency commands... }
hw               { Hardware commands... }
lf               { Low Frequency commands... }
reveng           Crc calculations from the software reveng1-30
script           { Scripting commands }
quit             Exit program
exit             Exit program
help             This help
detectreader     ['l'|'h'] -- Detect external reader field (option 'l' or 'h' to limit to LF or HF)
fpgaoff          Set FPGA off
lcd              <HEX command> <count> -- Send command/data to LCD
lcdreset         Hardware reset LCD
readmem          [address] -- Read memory at decimal address from flash
reset            Reset the Proxmark3
setlfdivisor     <19 - 255> -- Drive LF antenna at 12Mhz/(divisor+1)
setmux           <loraw|hiraw|lopkd|hipkd> -- Set the ADC mux to a specific value
tune             ['l'|'h'] -- Measure antenna tuning (option 'l' or 'h' to limit to LF or HF)
version          Show version information about the connected Proxmark
status           Show runtime status information about the connected Proxmark
ping             Test if the pm3 is responsive

The problem came out when I plugged in the LF antenna. Once I've plugged it in, my proxmark3 showed up under USB devices in device manager and wasn't recognized.

# LF antenna:  0.00 V @   125.00 kHz
# LF antenna:  0.00 V @   134.00 kHz
# LF optimal:  0.00 V @ 12000.00 kHz
# HF antenna:  0.60 V @    13.56 MHz
# Your LF antenna is unusable.
# Your HF antenna is unusable.
Sending bytes to proxmark failed

No response from Proxmark. Aborting...
Sending bytes to proxmark failed

I then unplugged the Proxmark3 from the computer, unplugged the antenna, and plugged the Proxmark3 alone back in. At this point it wasn't showing up at all. I then decided to plug it in my Kali Linux 2018.1 physical machine (not VM) and didn't showed up either when I typed "dmesg | grep ttyACM". I've read a lot about issues on the internet and every time they mentioned the function button on the proxmark3 and that when they keep it pressed down it shows up, so I tried it and again, nothing was showing up.
At this point I don't know what to do and could use some help haha!
Anyways, kind regards.

iceman

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Registered: 2013-04-25

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Re: [Issue] Problem mounting/detecting the Proxmark3

You are runing on a un-released source code version from Rysccorp.  I suggest you turn to them to ask your questions.
We usually can answer questions regarding the offical open-source pm3 repo.

bootrom: master-rysc/v3.0.1 2017-09-21 16:36:44
os: master-rysc/v3.0.1 2017-09-21 16:36:45