AXE027 PICAXE USB CABLE Index: 1.0) 2.0) 3.0) 3.1) 4.0) 5.0) 6.0) 7.0) 8.0) Introduction General tips for using the AXE027 USB cable Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista Installation Windows 7/8 (32/64 bit) Installation Linux Installation Mac OS X Installation Windows CE/PocketPC/Mobile Installation PICAXE Download Circuit AXE027 Circuit Diagram 1.0) Introduction The PICAXE USB download cable is used to download PICAXE programs into PICAXE chips. It can be used with any PICAXE chip or project board.
PICAXE USB CABLE 3.0) Windows 2000/XP/Vista Installation (see section 3.1 for Windows 7) When the AXE027 software driver is installed, the Windows operating system automatically allocates the USB cable a ‘virtual COM port number’ to be used (e.g. COM5) within the PICAXE software. This virtual COM port number will vary between computers, but can also be changed to a different number if desired.
PICAXE USB CABLE Step 2 If you have used the pre-installer then simply select: ‘Install the software automatically’ click ‘Next’, then move to Step 4 below. If you have not used the preinstaller then select: ‘Install from a list or specified location (Advanced) click ‘Next’ Step 3 Select ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’. Remove the tick from the ‘Search’ box and add a tick beside the ‘Include’ box. Click the ‘Browse’ button and then browse to the driver folder.
PICAXE USB CABLE 3.02) Changing the default ‘COM Port Number’ After initial driver installation, the Windows operating system will automatically allocate the AXE027 USB cable a default ‘COM port number’ to use within the Programming Editor software. However this automatically allocated port number may not be suitable (e.g. COM20) and may need reassigning to another COM port number (e.g. COM4). Step 1 Start the Programming Editor software. Select the View>Options menu and click on the ‘Serial Port’ tab.
PICAXE USB CABLE 3.1) Windows 7/8 (32 & 64 bit) Installation When the AXE027 software driver is installed, the Windows operating system automatically allocates the USB cable a ‘virtual COM port number’ to be used (e.g. COM3) within the PICAXE software. This virtual COM port number will vary between computers, but can also be changed to a different number if desired.
PICAXE USB CABLE Step 3 - Manually Install AXE027 Driver Click Start > Control Panel Click 'View Devices and Printers' in the 'Hardware and Sound' section Right Click over 'AXE027 PICAXE USB' and select Properties Click Hardware Tab Highlight (click on) 'AXE027 PICAXE USB' in the list Click Properties button Click 'Change Settings' button revolution (c) Revolution Education Ltd. Web: www.picaxe.co.uk V2.6 08/13 AXE027.
PICAXE USB CABLE Click 'Update Driver' If you have used the pre-installer then simply select: ‘Search automatically’ If you have not used the preinstaller then select: 'Browse my Computer for driver software' Click Browse button and select the downloaded drivers folder. Click Next. Select 'Install this driver software anyway' on the Security warning (if it appears).
PICAXE USB CABLE Right Click over 'AXE027 PICAXE USB' and select Properties Click Hardware Tab Highlight (click on) 'USB Serial Port' in the list (instead of 'AXE027 PICAXE USB' which was used last time) Click Properties button Click 'Change Settings' button Click 'Update Driver' revolution (c) Revolution Education Ltd. Web: www.picaxe.co.uk V2.6 08/13 AXE027.
PICAXE USB CABLE If you have used the pre-installer then simply select: ‘Search automatically’ If you have not used the preinstaller then select: 'Browse my Computer for driver software' Click Browse button and select the downloaded drivers folder. Click Next. Select 'Install this driver anyway' on any s ecurity warning. When installation completes note the new COM port number in the title bar of the 'succesful update' message. This is the COM port number to be used in the PICAXE software (e.g.
PICAXE USB CABLE 4.0) Linux Installation The AXE027 cable contains an internal electronic circuit, based upon an FTDI USB<>serial converter chip. This chip is already supported by the default Linux installation, via the kernel driver named ‘ftdi_sio’ (kernel 2.4.20 and later). Therefore no driver download is required. However, as many different products from many different companies all use the same FTDI chip, each product is given a unique ‘product id’ number for identification purposes.
PICAXE USB CABLE 4.1) Linux Patch Option 1 Temporarily update the kernel drivers product id every time the computer is restarted (this must be carried out before the cable is inserted into the USB port). This method can also be used when running Linux from a live CD. To do this open a Terminal console and then type sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x0403 product=0xbd90 If you then see a ‘permission denied’ error message when using the cable type sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0 4.
PICAXE USB CABLE *** orig/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c *** linux/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.
PICAXE USB CABLE 5.0) Mac (OS X) Installation Install the Mac OS X software driver BEFORE inserting the AXE027 cable into the USB port. Note that the screenshots shown may vary with different version of Mac OS. First download the AXE027 Mac driver from the software section of the www.picaxe.com website and save it to the hard disk. Double click on the file to unzip it. The driver is now available in disk image (.dmg) format. Run the installer by double clicking on the 'FTDIUSBSerialDriver.dmg' icon.
PICAXE USB CABLE 5.1) Trouble shooting: If the AXE027 cable cannot be accessed an ownership or permissions problem may be preventing the system from making the cable accessible. Check that the driver is owned by root and wheel. The most common symptom is the group for FTDIUSBSerialDriver is not wheel. To change the group, login as root and perform the following script in a Terminal window (Go > Applications > Utilities > Terminal): cd /system/library/extensions chgrp -R wheel FTDIUSBSerialDriver.
PICAXE USB CABLE 6.0) Windows CE (v4.2 up, including PocketPC 2003, Mobile 5, Mobile 6) Installation Please note that not all PDAs/Smartphones can act as a ‘USB host’. Acting as a USB host is NOT the same technology as using a USB cable for ‘synching’ - whilst synching the computer is the USB host, and the PDA is a USB client.
PICAXE USB CABLE 7.0) PICAXE Download Circuit ()*+,-./01 ()*+,-.+2 34 %8/9).9+): 556 ! ! ! ! 736 "#$%&' ! The standard PICAXE download socket (part CON039) and 10k/22k download circuit is unchanged for use with the AXE027 USB cable (ie the same circuit is used for both the AXE026 serial cable and the AXE027 USB cable). As the AXE027 interfacing voltage is at true logic levels (5V, rather than RS232 voltage levels) it is theoretically permissible to reduce the value of the 22k resistor (e.g.