IFI loading problems

[railerobotics]

I used a flashdrive to install the new ifi loader to our laptop. I dragged all of the files to the desktop before I installed them and unplugged me flashdrive. Now when my flashdrive is not connected and I try to download a new program IFI loader tells me that its not connected but when I plug in my flashdrive the program downloads. Please Help. It will be a pain during competition to have to plug in my flashdrive everytime I want to download a new program.

[steven114]

Uninstall, and use the flash drive to copy the entire installer (not just the program itself) and run the installer on your laptop.

[railerobotics]

I tried that. It still wont connect. I even completely wiped the program from the laptop and installed ifi loader from the internet and it still didn't work.

[bear24rw]

Originally Posted by railerobotics

...when I plug in my flashdrive the program downloads...

To ask the obvious, is the program on the flashdrive? lol

[railerobotics]

No, It has been installed on the laptop

[bear24rw]

Originally Posted by railerobotics

No, It has been installed on the laptop

No, not the IFI loader program, I mean the program that you compiled with MPLAB

[railerobotics]

Originally Posted by bear24rw

No, not the IFI loader program, I mean the program that you compiled with MPLAB

It's also on the laptop

[steven114]

Could you please post the entire error message verbatim? It could be entirely unrelated to the flash drive... Also, do you have the latest version?

[railerobotics]

I am using the latest version. There isn't really an error message. At the bottom of Ifi loader where the amount of memory displayed is shown it says not connected when I try to download a program to the robot without my flashdrive inserted but when I insert my flashdrive the program downloads.

[Ryan M.]

I would try uninstalling and then reinstalling.

[railerobotics]

Originally Posted by Ryan M.

I would try uninstalling and then reinstalling.

I have tried that at least 10 times. I have even deleted all files out of windows explorer.

[Cuog]

out of curiosity how old is the laptop and what operating system is it using there may be a problem with the OS that it cannot validate the Serial port unless there is something plugged into USB, before the regional i would recomend updating all of your hardware drivers on the laptop itself

[steven114]

You might try a different flash disk, to determine if it is specifically that device that it requires...

[railerobotics]

I'll try that on monday. Thanks for your help.

[Eko]

I would hazard a guess that wherever the registry thinks the default code is hapens to have been on the thumbdrive, and once it got on there it started messing up and it hasn't rewritten it with something from the harddrive. Installers are notorious for not deleting things like this when they are run through their uninstall. The problem with IFI loader is that if it can't find the file it wants to download, the download button disappears, and my programmers have reported mixed results with choosing the proper file once it starts doing that. The solution would appear to be choosing a program on the harddrive from browse (not the drop-down menu), restarting the program after you choose a valid hex file, and/or doing a registry search for one of your hex files (to figure out where IFI loader stores the "most recent hex files") and deleting any that don't point to the local C: drive.

Hope this helps,
~Kyle