Now you have BlocklyProp Solo open in Chrome and the Launcher and drivers installed. It's time to connect your hardware and run your first project.

Connect your Hardware

• Connect your Propeller board to your computer's USB port with its programming cable.  Below are the Propeller FLiP module on a breadboard (left) and Propeller Activity Board WX (right).

• Connect the other end of the USB cable to your computer's USB port. Both the Propeller Activity Board and the Propeller FLiP module are powered through the USB connection.
• If you are using an Activity Board, you will also need to move the power switch to position 1:

Create a Project

BlocklyProp programs are also called "projects." In the Edit pane, you build a project by making selections from the gray block menu to the right of the Edit pane.

• Click Communicate, then Terminal.

• A palette of Terminal blocks will appear.  Notice that if you hover over a block, a yellow flyover message will give you hints about its use.
• Click on the Terminal print text block to place it in the Editor pane.

• From the port dropdown menu, select the COM port connected to your Propeller board.

• Click the arrow button to run the project once. (It won't be saved to the memory on your Propeller board.)

A terminal should open up, showing the "Hello!" messsage.

• If you instead get an error message like the one below:
  • Check to make sure your USB cable is connect to both the board and the computer.
  • If you are using the Propeller Activity Board WX, make sure its Power switch is in position 1 or 2.
  • Check the port number in the error message. Then, check the port options in the BlocklyProp dropdown. If there is another port listed there, try it instead.

• Back in the Edit pane, click inside the Terminal print text block and change the Hello message to something else.
• Also check the new line box at the end of the block.

• Click the Load RAM arrow button again to see your new message displayed.