Hey,
I have just bought a PICAXE-18 tutorial pack but am having problems when downloading a progam to the PIC, here's whats happened so far in the set-up:
I have Vista and so tried running the software as an admin and in XP compatibility mode but no change. Any help would be great, thanks!
I have just bought a PICAXE-18 tutorial pack but am having problems when downloading a progam to the PIC, here's whats happened so far in the set-up:
Inserted CD & installed programming editor & PICAXE VSM software
Plugged in USB connection cable & installed driver for that from the CD
Connected 3x normal AA to PCB
Connected PCB to laptop with USB cable
Started programming editor software
In options set chip mode to '18' and set serial port to num.4 (which was confirmed in the device manager that it's plugged in on num.4)
Opened up '7SEG.BAS' from the programming editor smaples file
Clicked 'Program' and got told "hardware not found on COM4, possible causes: 1. hardware not connected (well, it is) 2. hardware not powered (it is) 3. hardware contains blank chip (nope, is new picaxe chip) 4. chip needs a reset (which i tried)
I have Vista and so tried running the software as an admin and in XP compatibility mode but no change. Any help would be great, thanks!