Firmware Check Error - Hardware not found on /dev/tty.usbserial-000014FD.

fp71g

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Hi,

I am new to PICAXE and just bought a PICAXE Development Board (AXE091) and a USB cable (AXE027) to connect to a MacBookPro running OSX 10.9.3 and MacAXEpad 1.5.0.

I had placed the 18M2 chip in the socket marked PICAXE-18 on the development board, connected the battery pack (4.5V), and connected the usb cable.

In MacAXEpad, I can see the usb cable is configured as /dev/tty.usbserial-000014FD

VIEW->OPTIONS->Port->FIND AXE027 Cable returned "AXE027 cable found as /dev/tty.usbserial-000014FD".

However, when I tried VIEW->OPTIONS->Mode->Firmware, it returned "Firmware Check Error. Hardware not found on /dev/tty.usbserial-000014FD!"

Also, when trying to download a simple program using PICAXE->PROGRAM, it returned "Download for PICAXE-18M2 on 000014FD Failed. Hardware not found on /dev/tty.usbserial-000014FD!"


I wonder if anyone could please advise what I might have done wrong, and how do I check whether the PICAXE chip is faulty or not?


Thanks for your help!

Phil
 
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