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Mayfly Drivers May Not Have Auto Installed

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    • #14825
      Cheryl Nolan
      Participant
        I’ve been following along with the YouTube Mayfly Workshop Day 1 and got through to the end where we hook up the Mayfly for the first time and Shannon mentioned that if ‘Port’ in Arduino Too
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      • #14827
        Sara Damiano
        Moderator

          The drivers are available here:  https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

          • #14828
            Cheryl Nolan
            Participant
              Thanks Sara! I clicked on the link you provided but…… I’m lost. I have no experience with this level of computer technology. Once I get to the page there are many links on the page.
          • #14829
            Sara Damiano
            Moderator
              You need the VCP (virtual com port) drivers.  Scroll down just a little bit on the center of the page I linked and you should see a chart of operating systems and processor architectures.  Pick the
            • #14830
              Sara Damiano
              Moderator
                You absolutely must have administrative privileges to install drivers on Windows.  If you don’t, it might be the reason they failed to install with the Arduino program.

                The “setup execut

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                Sara Damiano
                Moderator
                • #14837
                  Cheryl Nolan
                  Participant

                    Success!!! Thank you so much!!

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                  • #14841
                    Sara Damiano
                    Moderator

                      Yay!

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