Difficulty compiling to M5Stack Dial

[Arix]

I have created a program in FC V11 to run on a M5Stack Dial but I am having difficulty compiling to the target device (M5Stack Dial).

In an attempt to identify the cause, I reverted to a basic 1Hz Flasher test program. This too will not compile.

Would anyone have solution?

I suspect my setup is the likely cause but trying to identify the reason is proving tricky.

When trying to compile to Hex the following error code is reported.

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If I open the ‘mtxesp32_s3_sdkconfig’ folder there is no ‘CMakeLists.txt’ file.

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I note also that the other folders such ‘asmtxesp32_c3_sdkconfig’ within the FC_ESP folder are empty.

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Are these folders populated when the ESP Tool chain is installed or are they populated during the first successful compilation process?

I am using Flowcode v11.0.0.08 Build Oct 17 2025, and the full library is up to date,
Flowcode_Compiler_ESP_5.3a is installed
During installation I disabled my virus checker to be sure it was not interfering with the toolchain installation.
I am running flowcode on a desk top machine operating Windows 10.
I will provide the Flowcode 1Hz program I am using and the complete compiler message report in the next post, in case they provide clues to the cause.
Many thanks in advance
Martin

[Arix]

Attached is the 1Hz Flasher program and the complete compiler error message text.

Kind regards

Martin

[BenR]

Hello,

I'm not aware of this issue, there should be files placed there for you so I'll investigate and see if I can replicate it.

The menuconfig file is there so obviously the compile setup script is somewhat working.

For now you can use my files as a base and that should allow you to compile.

Here are my files, once these are in place in the C:\FC_ESP folder it should hopefully allow Flowcode to compile to the S3 devices correctly.

mtxesp32_s3_sdkconfig.zip

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The files are copied from here on your PC so maybe first base is to check there are files here.

C:\ProgramData\MatrixTSL\FlowcodeV11\FCD\ESP\Batch

I imagine other families will also have the same problem, anyway I'll investigate and let us know how you get on.

[Steve-Matrix]

(edit: Ben beat me to it!)

Those folders are populated when a compilation takes place.

I've tried compiling your project and it compiles ok on my PC.

Comparing the msg.txt file, yours has 4 "The system cannot find the file specified" errors near the start after the "Building: 1Hz flash ..." line. This might be related to the following lines in the "esp32_build.bat" file:

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@IF NOT EXIST "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\Makefile"            COPY Makefile.txt        "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\Makefile"            > NUL
@IF NOT EXIST "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\CMakeLists.txt"      COPY CMakeLists.txt      "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%"                     > NUL
@IF NOT EXIST "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\main\component.mk"   COPY component.mk        "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\main"                > NUL
@IF NOT EXIST "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\sdkconfig"           COPY %CONFIG%.txt        "%DOS_BUILD_DIR%\sdkconfig"           > NUL

You can find this file in the C:\ProgramData\MatrixTSL\FlowcodeV11\FCD\ESP\Batch\ folder and you could try adding some debug messages (e.g. "echo my_message") just before and after these lines to see if those are the lines causing the issue.

If they are, then the previous line "@PUSHD %~dp0" might be setting the current folder wrong. Although I don't know why this should be the case. The command "echo %cd%" shows the current folder (add it just after the 4 lines above and it should print "C:\ProgramData\MatrixTSL\FlowcodeV11\FCD\ESP\Batch" in the msg.txt output).

[Arix]

Thank you Ben & Steve.

Following Steve's instructions and adding the debug messages it does appear to be those four lines causing the issue. Adding "echo %cd%" does print "C:\ProgramData\MatrixTSL\FlowcodeV11\FCD\ESP\Batch" in the msg.txt output, so it is pointing to the correct folder.

If I add the files that Ben kindly supplied I am able to complie to the M5Stack Dial device. I even added a simple display routine to the program and it worked correctly (its so satisifying when that happens ), which is a step forward. Although, the underlying issue of the compiler failing to automatically generate the files is still there.

After completing the above I then went back to my main project. Which failed to compile but for different reasons e.g. syntax errors. I will try to resolve these errors but I might need to ask for more help later. At least now have a baseline to work from.

Martin