Could not find valid device port - Drop SHIFT

[GH0STDATA]

I just got my Drop SHIFT in the mail today and I was trying to change the LED colors using QMK. I followed the instructions in the readme for this software but for some reason it cannot find the device port. I tried both using Fn + B as well as pressing the reset button on the bottom of the keyboard to put it into DFU mode and both did not work.

Here is the verbose output: mdloader.log

It spams those prompts for 60 seconds before throwing an error that it could not find a valid device port.

[joshlongerbeam]

Having the same exact issue with a high-profile Drop CTRL delivered two days ago.

I'm guessing your issue is related to #24

See this issue comment for a decent description of why it's not showing up. (tl;dr: program searches for the onboard chip by a specific ID, newest shipment seems to have a different chip ID for the first time)

See this pending pull request if you want to try to compile it yourself or watch the progress for when it gets merged (assuming your issue has the same cause/fix)

[just-another-jxliu]

@lastreaction please try the newest binaries:
https://github.com/Massdrop/mdloader/releases

[dalyhabit]

I was having the same issue with a brand new ALT. I can confirm that the newest binaries solved the issue for me 👍