Difficulties with driver install?

[Damiano]

I'm relatively new to the Arduino community, and I fear that may be what's causing my problems. I installed the DigiX drivers for the PC and when I open up the Arduino client, the DigiX doesn't appear underneath "Board" in the Tools section? Am I just looking in the wrong place?


Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

[RicM]

Yeah, need a comprehensive install guide.  I think they're working on it.

I had the same problems, so here's what I did...

First - did the driver install properly?  No errors?  That's got to be first.
Then, grab that DigiXAddons zip file and unzip it into a temp folder, don't try and unzip it in-place.
From where you unzipped it, copy the "hardware" folder, then paste it into your "My Documents\Arduino" folder
You'll then have something like "My Documents\Arduino\hardware\arduino\sam\<stuff>"
Restart Arduino IDE

Does that work for you>

[Docedison]

Thank You my Digix files are where I can finally see them... What a Diference.


Doc

[contractorwolf]

thanks for the question and answer, solved my issue too! the wiki here is wrong:
http://digistump.com/wiki/digix/tutorials/software
because it doesnt mention moving just the hardware folder as you describe above, it says move the whole unzipped folder.

[Damiano]

All the hardware files have shown up, but I still don't have the "DigiX" option showing up under the "Tools>Boards" section.

[Damiano]

Bumping for help

[digistump]

Try:

Go to arduino.cc and download the 1.5.5 Beta installer (not 1.0.5) and install it, making sure to leave the "USB Drivers" option checked and install the Arduino drivers if prompted.

Then with your DigiX drivers already installed and the addon files already in place - see if it works.

[Damiano]

So having the drivers and everything installed/unzipped before installing the 1.5.5 beta installer worked like a charm. Thanks!