Edison

Edison Quirks:

• • You must install 7-Zip (see notes below) to be able to unzip the files needed for the Edison IDE and drivers.

  • The Edison has a default daemon that uses port 80 on the wifi. If you want to use an Edison sketch, you must use a DIFFERENT PORT. At Mikal's suggestion, I used port 81, and was able to get the wifi sketches to work.

  • Installing the Edison drivers on Windows 8.1 is troublesome.

Installing the Edison IDE

In general, I was able to follow the Intel Edison install web page at:

https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-23147

Here are the following EXCEPTIONS and ADDITIONS:

I had to install the 7-Zip package to get the Intel Edison IDE to unzip. The 7-Zip package can be found at:

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

I used the 64 bit Windows version, and it worked just fine. Follow the directions on the 7-zip page.

When I installed the DRIVERS ( http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM%20v2.10.00%20WHQL%20Certified.exe ), I had to run the install TWICE. The first time, there was some sort of squirly microsoft error about needing to change the settings for the download program (?). When I re-ran the install for the drivers, it appears to have run correctly.

Installed the Putty from the Intel web site link: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

Installed the Intel Edison Driver Setup.exe 1.0.0 as per instructions from the web site.

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/24271/eng/IntelEdisonDriverSetup1.0.0.exe

Had to log in(?)

This creates: C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel Edison Device USB driver

Was able to install and run the "blink" program without any problems.

Then (re)ran the directions to install "putty", followed the WiFi example. It wasn't exactly as the screens said, but it seems to have worked, and I seem to have gotten a WiFi connection on my network.

Concern - I logged out, but wasn't able to log back in. ?? Hm.