Microsoft Robotics Studio - Phidgets & MSRS 1.5 on Vista
So while I am waiting for my hardware to arrive, I'm going through the Phidgets stuff.
Couple of problems I noticed:
1.) The installers for both the Phidgets 2.1 Library and the Phidgets Services for MSRS don't run on Vista!
Work Around:
Create two batch files with the following command line:
msiexec /i "C:\Phidget_2.1.2.msi"
and
msiexec /i "C:\PhidgetsMSRS_2.1.2.msi"
Once you save the batch file, right click on it and choose "Run As Administrator".
2.) The Phidget Services for MSRS are for Robotics Studio 1.0, not Robotics Studio 1.5. I'm not really going to invest the time if I can't use the latest and greatest, luckly Robotics Studio 1.5 has a migration.
Work Around:
Install both Robotics Studio 1.0 & 1.5, install the Phidgets 2.1 and Phidgets Services
Run the 1.5 Command Prompt
dssprojectmigration.exe /p /u "C:\Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.0)\samples\Platforms\Phidgets"
This actually moves the projects to the 1.5 folder.
Copy the phidget21.dll and the phidget.NET.dll to the bin of the 1.5 directory.
As I don't have the actual hardware I'm not sure if this works 100% yet, but checking in the VPL (Visual Programming Langauge) I can see the services now, so I think I am set once I get my hardware. I'm not sure if I am going to use VPL as it looks like it has a steep learning curve, it says it is it for novices but the C# code directly looks easier to me.