no output to serial monitor

[rholt]

just received my Digix today.
I've been able to work with the simple led on/off, pushbutton to turn it on & off.

but i have NOT been able to get ANY output to the Serial Monitor.

the Monitor comes up - it shows i'm @ 9600 baud, but no output to it all all.
very frustrated - been working on it for hours. working with several "beginner" examples.

Windows 8.1
Sony Vaio Notebook.
interestingly, as i have my Device Manager open and it shows:
Arduino Due (COM5)
as I compile my program - it quickly changes to:
Bossa Program Port (COM6)
but then quickly changes back to:
Arduino Due (COM5) again.
and then finishes the compile successfully.

the compile (see attached screenshot) seems to go through the iteration twice. maybe one for the COM5 and then for the COM 6? i don't know - but it seems to detach (I can hear the beep as if a device is detaching and it happens twice on each compile).
thank you in advance for your help.

below is a simple example of the simplest code where i'm expecting the word "hello" to print out repeatedly.

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
Serial.println("HELLO");
  delay(100);        // delay in between reads for stability
}

[digistump]

You need to select the DigiX from the board menu - if it isn't an option then you need to grab the DigiX add-ons from the wiki (digistump.com/wiki). You can use it with the Due selected but then to get serial output you need to use SerialUSB instead of Serial (so SerialUSB.begin() SerialUSB.write() etc)

[rholt]

Thanks for this and for the quick reply.
Digistump Digix (Standard) is now available to me...
BUT...
now i can't get the driver to run.
i have run the 64 bit install but it keeps failing with the message:

"the has for this file is not present in the specified catalog file. the file is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering"

i feel i'm soooo close...

[rholt]

 
happy guy - the driver problem has been solved. I'm using Win 8.1 and upon searching Google, found out how to bypass Driver Signing. after i had disabled that - i went back into the Device Manager, updated the driver manually & away i went.
loaded up my IDE & my Serial Monitor is runnin' like a top. i'm ready to move forward!!!!
couldn't have gotten there without your help. thanks, again!
Russ from Coral Springs, Fl.