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Re: Temporarily removing official NXT driver to use SAM-BA
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
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Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:29:31 GMT
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FYI, just in case anyone has this problem in the future, I was able to fix it by
using "Update Driver" in Device Manager while the NXT was in SAM-BA mode, and
telling Windows that I would choose the driver. On the list were the Lego
driver and the Atmel driver. I chose the Atmel driver and it now seems to be
working fine.
-Jeremy Rand
In lugnet.robotics.nxt, Jeremy Rand wrote:
> Hey, I tried to post this message two days ago and it hasn't shown up yet, so I'm trying again (with a different client in case that's why it was eaten). If people receive duplicates, I sincerely apologize.
>
> Message follows:
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> Hey, I apologize in advance if this is a n00b question; I've looked
> around and couldn't find any detailed information.
>
> I frequently need to be able to reflash the firmware using SAM-BA
> (because the NXT software's firmware flashing feature crashes on me, and
> I'd rather not try to debug it when I know that SAM-BA works fine for
> me), but I also frequently need to be able to use the official NXT
> driver (e.g. for NeXTExplorer). SAM-BA refuses to detect my NXT while
> the official driver is installed, because the official firmware flash
> mode driver sets itself up instead of the Atmel driver. I've tried
> uninstalling the official driver in Device Manager, but it simply
> reinstalls itself the next time I insert the NXT that's in SAM-BA mode,
> never allowing the Atmel driver to install. My temporary workaround is
> to completely uninstall the NXT driver (in Control Panel's Add/Remove
> Programs) every time I need to use SAM-BA, and then rerun the installer
> to put it back when I need to use NeXTExplorer. This is very
> inconvenient, since the installer often wants to reboot my PC before the
> driver is functional. (Heck, even if I didn't have to reboot, it would
> be very inconvenient anyway!)
>
> My question is: does anyone know of a somewhat simple way to use SAM-BA
> without completely removing the NXT driver from my PC, or at least a way
> that's simpler than what I'm doing now?
>
> Again, I apologize if this is a n00b question.
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Jeremy Rand
>
>
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