Comment by Crispin on April 8, 2012 at 3:07pm

Managed to do a screen print before it vanished..

Direct-x is the culprit 

Comment by Eagle on April 8, 2012 at 3:34pm

Crispin, I found the file : Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\APM Planner

...maybe try to uninstall and re-do the installation again... (if you have not tried that already) reminds me an old joke.  One day 3 engineers were on the highway and oops the car just stopped...  The mechanical engineer open the hood and verify the engine without any luck.  The electrical engineer verify the battery connections without any luck also.  The software engineer  suggestion was to get out of the car and get back in again...

Hope you will be able to sort this out. good luck.

Comment by Crispin on April 8, 2012 at 3:38pm

Nope, file not there and re-install does not help. :(

Developer Comment by Michael Oborne on April 8, 2012 at 4:31pm

actualy. this link
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8109

DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)

Developer Comment by Michael Oborne on April 8, 2012 at 5:42pm

im also uploading some new msi's right now, that will fix it.

Comment by Taylor Collins on April 10, 2012 at 5:49am

The Mission Planner installer worked great for me.... and the USB interface is finding the Arducopter board, etc. on my brand new Windows 7 laptop, but I have run into a brick wall as far as going any further.  Is there someone that I could pay for twenty minutes of assistance (by phone, Skype, e-mail, whatever...).  If I could get my computer actually communicating with the Ardu board, I think I would be off an running....

Thanks!

-Taylor

Comment by Crispin on April 10, 2012 at 6:03am

If it is APM2, you need to upload (without pressing the connect button) new firmware first. After that, choose the port and 115200 speed and you should be good.

If it is APM1, make sure you have the port and speed correct.

Comment by Taylor Collins on April 10, 2012 at 6:10am

Thanks... It's an APM1... the speed is definitely at 115,500 (I'm not at the right computer at the moment, so that number may not be exact.)  The documentation says that the Port number is shown in Mission Planner, but I'm darned if I can see where that is.  The Windows Device Manager clearly shows the Arduino board connected at Port 3 .....

-Taylor

Comment by Crispin on April 10, 2012 at 6:21am

in Mission planner, you need to select the port (3), choose ArduCopter, speed (115200) and click connect. You should see a lot of "stuff" screaming past in the other MP window.

Not much else to it AFAIK

Comment by Taylor Collins on April 10, 2012 at 6:22am

While I'm asking Noobie questions....  I discovered the reference to the switch position under the "?" help tab.

I assume that this small, white switch should be towards the RC headers pins while I am trying to upload the Quadcopter firmware ?  In the "Firmware" window, there is a drop down to select TCP or UDP?  Which one ?

In the Terminal window, it asks for a remote host ip (by default, it seems to come up at 127.0.0.1)  I assume this is the address where Mission Planner looks for the latest firmware ?  It also asks for "enter remote port"... What is correct for this?

Thanks for the help!

-Taylor

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