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1. the Command Module is plugged into the computer Windows classifies it as a USB Serial Port The Command Module user manual suggests that this serial port should be set to appear as COM9 as the example programs provided are set to communicate with the COM9 port Being consistent in this way is also important for using project templates for our programs Steps for Setting Up the Communication Port COM9 also see the Command_Module_Manual_v6 handout pp 8 9 1 Turn off the Create 2 Plug the Command Module CM into the Create s the cargo bay tighten the screws continued on next page 3 Turn on the Command Module ON tiny slide switch on the right ride on the top of the CM 4 Plug one end of the USB cable into your computer and the other into the Command Module The green LED next to the CM s USB port should blink on Your computer should beep and a dialog box should pop to indicate that a new USB device has been detected by Windows 5 Right Click on My Computer icon on your desktop and click Properties to bring up the System Properties 6 In System Properties click the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button You should see a window like the one below 10x Fie Action View Help e a e S ela E 05302 03 E 4 Computer Disk drives I a Display adapters H a DYDICD ROM drives E 44 Floppy disk controllers Eee Floppy disk drives E Human Interface Device
2. Fe TEANS Academy UMASS Technology Engineering and Math Science Academy for Advanced High School Students Guide to Installing WinAVR on Your Computer 10 23 2007 Part A Installing the USB Drivers Follow the steps below to install the drivers for USB communication with the Command Module 1 In the Robots Link page on the wiki download both Command Module USB Drivers to your computer s desktop or to a download directory The file names are CMDriver32 exe and CMDriver64 exe 2 Double click on each file to run install them 3 Click OK when an install confirmation window pops up The USB drivers are good to go Part B Installing the WinAVR Application Suite WinAVR pronounced whenever is used to compile C programs that you write code and load it into the Command Module The Programmers Notepad program included in AVR is the easiest way to write compile and load code into the Command Module Follow the steps below to install WinAVR 1 Go to http winavr sourceforge net download html and download the latest version of WinAVR May 25 2007 2 Double click on the WinA VR 20070525 install exe file to start the installation process Use the default install options just agree to everything 3 WinAVR shortcuts will be placed in the Start Menu The one labeled Programmers Notepad WinAVR is the important one Part C Setup Device Settings COM port settings A bit of background When
3. s H e IDE ATAJATAFI controllers Mice and other pointing devices El Monitors oT Network adapters 5 ki Ports COM amp LPT ae m Communications Pork 70M1 frees me Communications Pork TOM z EE ECP Printer Port ia ea P prcceeecre Sound video and game controllers a3 System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers x 7 Expand the Ports COM and LPT item on the list as shown above then select the USB Serial Port option note that it may not show COM9 8 Right Click USB Serial Port and select Properties 9 Inthe Properties Window Click on the Port Settings tab and then click the Advanced button 10 At the top of the Advanced Settings Window set the COM Port Number to COM9 in the drop box This is the only setting you need to change Click the OK buttons to accept the change 11 The Create communication port COM is now good to go

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