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problems installing propellent v1.3

ElkinElkin Posts: 58
edited 2011-07-11 00:11 in Propeller 1
I am trying to install propellent v1.3 from the parallax website on my PC and I keep getting an error message that I am missing a required parameter.

It states: Propellent.exe requires 'propeller_file' parameter.

This seems like a pretty simple bug to fix but I dont know where to look for this file. Is this something that should have been installed with the propeller tool?

I am trying to use the Xbee transceivers to soft load the propeller and the application note says that I need to have the propellent installed. If I dont actually need the propellent then that would be the easiest way to solve this problem, but I am guessing that is not the case.

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  • kuronekokuroneko Posts: 3,623
    edited 2011-07-08 04:06
    From reading the application note it appears that you are supposed to start the Propeller XBee Loader program which at some point will prompt you for the location of the Propellent program. The latter is only used by the main application, not directly by the user.
  • ElkinElkin Posts: 58
    edited 2011-07-08 04:20
    If that is all that it is then that seems pretty easy. I just dont understand why it would say that you needed the program installed in the app note if the Xbee program just calls for it if it needs it?
  • kuronekokuroneko Posts: 3,623
    edited 2011-07-08 04:32
    Elkin wrote: »
    I just dont understand why it would say that you needed the program installed in the app note if the Xbee program just calls for it if it needs it?
    Well, if you don't have it installed (or rather located on your harddisk somewhere) how is the Xbee program going to call it? Maybe it's the wording, it simply boils down to that Propellent has to be available.
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-07-08 06:52
    Elkin from what you say it sounds like you ran Propellent.exe without any parameters. If you open a command window and type propellent /help what do you see?
    If your connected to one of the propeller development boards type propellent /id
    Or is XBEE app really wanting propellent.dll in the path so it can find it and use it.

    Tom
  • ElkinElkin Posts: 58
    edited 2011-07-08 07:46
    Tom,

    It is saying that it cant find propellent. I downloaded the folder from parallax and when I clicked on the propellent.exe to install it I received that error message. There is no part of propellent that is installed on my computer, only the propellent v1.3 folder that contains the driver, readme file, and so on...
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-07-08 08:52
    Elkin wrote: »
    Tom,

    It is saying that it cant find propellent. I downloaded the folder from parallax and when I clicked on the propellent.exe to install it I received that error message. There is no part of propellent that is installed on my computer, only the propellent v1.3 folder that contains the driver, readme file, and so on...

    Normally you will get that error when you have not extracted all the files from the zip file into a new folder. You can not run the install from inside the zipped file. Make sense?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-07-08 09:36
    There is no install program for Propellent; propellent.exe is the entire application. You just need to put it somewhere. I would suggest creating the following directory and moving it there:
    c:\Program Files\Parallax Inc\Propellent v1.3\propellent.exe

    That will make it easy for the XBee loader to find it.

    -Phil
  • ElkinElkin Posts: 58
    edited 2011-07-11 00:11
    Thanks Phil, it is working now! I didnt realize that the Xbee loader was requesting the program and I just needed to drag it onto the desktop. I thought it needed to be installed first.
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