Pololu Wixel User Manual

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After installing the drivers, if you go to your computer’s Device Manager and expand the “Pololu USB Devices” list,
you should see an entry for the Pololu Wixel USB Bootloader.

Windows Vista or Windows 7 Device

Manager showing a Wixel in bootloader

mode.

Windows XP Device Manager showing a

Wixel in bootloader mode.

If you see the “Pololu Wixel USB Bootloader” entry in your device manager, it means that your Wixel is in bootloader
mode. Your Wixel should go into bootloader mode when you first plug it into USB, because there is no app on the
Wixel by default. Once you have loaded an app onto the Wixel using the Wixel Configuration Utility, and the app is
running, then you will not see the Pololu Wixel USB Bootloader entry in your Device Manager. The entry you see in
the Device Manager will depend on the application that is loaded on the Wixel. Some apps might not enable the USB
interface, in which case you will see no entry for the Wixel in the Device Manager. However, typical Wixel Apps will
appear in your Device Manager as a single Virtual COM port (with product ID 0x2200) in the “Ports (COM & LPT)”
list as shown below:

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