resodad Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Hello, My Windows 10 system will not correctly install drivers for the WiFire board. (See my related post here) How can I get the drivers so that I can install them manually? Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JColvin Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Hi @resodad, I'm not certain how to get the drivers directly through Microchip or a simple application (since I'm not able to find it on the internet, though it would be great if a community member is able to point to them), so what I would recommend (since it's the only way that I am currently aware of) is to download the Arduino IDE and the Digilent Core for the Arduino IDE, where you will then be able to the needed drivers and installers in the folder that follows the same path style as: C:\Users\jcolvin\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\Digilent\tools\drivers-windows\v2. Let me know if you have any questions, JColvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Thanks. I reinstalled the recommended version of Adduino IDE, and installed the digilent core, and Digilent WiFire Rev D shows up in the Arduino board list. but the location: C:\Users\ij8977\AppData\Local\Arduino15 does not contain the folder with drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JColvin Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi @resodad, I have attached a zipped folder with the folder that I have of the drivers. Hopefully that'll work out for you. Let me know how it goes. Thanks, JColvin USB Digilent drivers.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks. It's not working for me. I also tried these drivers without success (attached, and the link is here): https://github.com/MicrochipTech/XPRESS-Loader/tree/master/utilities/inf Can you verify that my method is correct: (in Windows 10) Open Device Manager right click on Digilent WiFire under Other Devices,  click Update Driver Software...     Browse my computer... to the location containing these files.     (I get Windows was unable to install your Digilent WiFire) I also tried Let Me Pick From A List Of Device Drivers...  but I could not find anything promising. I am going to generate a ticket at Microchip Support. John mchpcdc.cat mchpcdc.inf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hello, Microchip was not sure how to help, and they directed me back to you. Is there anything else I can try? Attached image 1: I am getting this screen from "properties" of the WiFire Board under Device Manager. Attached image 2: I have these drivers on my computer, but I can not get anything to work. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi @resodad, Have you uninstalled the driver and then re-installed it? If not connect the wi-fire to the pc. In the Device Manager open the wi-fire driver and click on the driver tab. Uninstall the driver. Disconnect the wi-fire from the pc. Then restart your computer. Then connect the wi-fire to the pc and Windows 10 will reinstall all USB controllers automatically. thank you, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Jon, Yes, I did so and it still errors. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi @resodad, Are you able to disable the firewall on your machine while attempting to install the drivers? thank you, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Jon, It appears the firewall IS disabled--see image. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JColvin Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Hi @resodad, I talked with another one of our engineers here at Digilent and they recommended that you make sure that you have the latest FTDI Serial USB driver from the FTDI website here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm. Presuming you are on a 64-bit version of Windows 10, this will be the 2.12.28 version of the driver. Let us know how this goes. Thank you, JColvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resodad Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 YES. Reinstalling the FTDI Driver fixed it Thank you very much. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Hi @resodad, Glad to hear that re-installing the ftdi drivers fixed the issue. cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hello,
My Windows 10 system will not correctly install drivers for the WiFire board.
(See my related post here)
How can I get the drivers so that I can install them manually?
Thanks,
John
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