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Step 12Installing/Running the Visual Basic Code on your PC
1. The first step is to download and install Visual Basic Express 2008 on your PC. It's free!
Just Google " Visual Basic Express 2008 download"
The download is pretty big and will include the .NET framework software if it finds you don't already have that on your machine.
The important thing is to make sure the Visual Basic installation is complete and you can open the VB programming environment on your machine (see photo).
2. Download to your hard drive the .wmv file, this is the Intersect Video file. This file was provided to me courtesy of You Tube User Buzz100165.
Also download and print out the file User Interface.pdf .
3. Download the attached .zip file and un-zip everything to a sub directory on your PC's hard drive.
In Explorer find the file ...
Name = Intersect Cube & File Type = Microsoft Visual Studio Solution,
double clicking on that exact file should launch the application in Visual Basic Studio Express. It takes a little while to load the first time.
4. Make to following connections: 6 VDC power supply to Full Function Controller DC power Jack, and serial Cable between Full Function Controller & your PC.
5. You are now ready to begin your first test. In VB express, click on the little green triangle (see photo) to run/debug to application. If all goes well, you should, after a little while, see the main INTERSECT application screen.
Refer to User Interface.pdf to test the program.
The initial "Time Out "error should go away after you select your Com Port.
For Select Intersect Data File, you need to select the .wmv file you downloaded in step 3 above.
First test manual operation using the STOP and TEST RUN buttons. If that works OK, then ... hit the "INITIALIZE INTERSECT FOR UPLOADING" button.
When first clicked, the cube will spin slowly. It’s waiting for you to touch the lower cylinder aluminum band to “activate it”.
Touching the band for a second or two, should start the cube spinning faster and begin the activation sequence, after that it will start the upload sequence which includes playing the selected Intersect Video File in full screen mode.
When it finishes, the cube will return to spinning slowly. You can then click to stop button.
Unfortunely, if you go thru the above sequence a second time, the Intersect video fails to play in full screen mode. You can fix this by exiting and restarting the application. I have not yet figured our how to fix this. See additional comments in the Conclusion & Improvements Step.
6. That's it - pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
Just Google " Visual Basic Express 2008 download"
The download is pretty big and will include the .NET framework software if it finds you don't already have that on your machine.
The important thing is to make sure the Visual Basic installation is complete and you can open the VB programming environment on your machine (see photo).
2. Download to your hard drive the .wmv file, this is the Intersect Video file. This file was provided to me courtesy of You Tube User Buzz100165.
Also download and print out the file User Interface.pdf .
3. Download the attached .zip file and un-zip everything to a sub directory on your PC's hard drive.
In Explorer find the file ...
Name = Intersect Cube & File Type = Microsoft Visual Studio Solution,
double clicking on that exact file should launch the application in Visual Basic Studio Express. It takes a little while to load the first time.
4. Make to following connections: 6 VDC power supply to Full Function Controller DC power Jack, and serial Cable between Full Function Controller & your PC.
5. You are now ready to begin your first test. In VB express, click on the little green triangle (see photo) to run/debug to application. If all goes well, you should, after a little while, see the main INTERSECT application screen.
Refer to User Interface.pdf to test the program.
The initial "Time Out "error should go away after you select your Com Port.
For Select Intersect Data File, you need to select the .wmv file you downloaded in step 3 above.
First test manual operation using the STOP and TEST RUN buttons. If that works OK, then ... hit the "INITIALIZE INTERSECT FOR UPLOADING" button.
When first clicked, the cube will spin slowly. It’s waiting for you to touch the lower cylinder aluminum band to “activate it”.
Touching the band for a second or two, should start the cube spinning faster and begin the activation sequence, after that it will start the upload sequence which includes playing the selected Intersect Video File in full screen mode.
When it finishes, the cube will return to spinning slowly. You can then click to stop button.
Unfortunely, if you go thru the above sequence a second time, the Intersect video fails to play in full screen mode. You can fix this by exiting and restarting the application. I have not yet figured our how to fix this. See additional comments in the Conclusion & Improvements Step.
6. That's it - pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
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