Prop Plug

sjogan

What does it mean when your prop plug does not flash more then once when you plug it in?

I've checked the battery and the USB line.

I have a Propeller Education Kit, and I'm running Windows 7.

I do not see anything listed in my devise manager for the prop plug.

The indicator lights only flash once when it is plugged in.


Thank you.

DynamoBen

sjogan said...
What does it mean when your prop plug does not flash more then once when you plug it in?

I've checked the battery and the USB line.

I have a Propeller Education Kit, and I'm running Windows 7.

I do not see anything listed in my devise manager for the prop plug.

The indicator lights only flash once when it is plugged in.

I think you are asking for help troubleshooting a prop plug. If that is the case you need to be powering the prop plug with 5V for it to work properly.

Microcontrolled

Sometimes they flash once, sometimes multiple times. I don't think that it means anything.

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sjogan said...

I do not see anything listed in my devise manager for the prop plug.

Did you install the software first? (the USB Driver Installer, per the Prop Plug documentation?)

If you're not seeing the Prop Plug as a USB port, that's a fairly likely culprit.

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sjogan

Ok, it is working now. For some reason, on the 52nd time i plugged the USB cord into the USB hub, my computer said "hey, there is a new usb device here, let's install the software". And everything worked. A simple blinky program is running now.

>>insert slamming head against desk sound here.<<


thanks for your advice.

BigFoot

The Prop Plugs are very fragile and break easily, you might want to get a backup.