P-LOAD for P-Star 25K50

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The documentation for the P-Star 25K50 says it will not work with XP. It also does not say it will work with Win 10. I have a Win 10 machine but would prefer to use XP. Anyone have a p-load that will work with XP?

Thanks,
Dan

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Hello, Dan.

It sounds like you were looking at an older version of the P-Star 25K50 Micro User’s Guide, because the guide does state that the Pololu USB Bootloader Utility (p-load) is supported on Windows 10 under the “Supported operating systems” section. We have not heard of anyone who has gotten p-load to work on Windows XP.

- Amanda

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Thanks,you are correct. I was looking at the PDF version from the web site. Section1.1 is different between the view online version and the PDF version.

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Thanks for letting us know where you found the outdated information. We are working on updating the PDF.

- Amanda

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I have another question about p-load. I have it working with Win 10. However, when I enter just the p-load command to get the menu options, the DOS screen appears and disappears in a flash. During downloads, it does the same thing. You have to look at it quickly. Is there a command to cause the DOS screen to stay up so I can read it?

Dan

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Never mind, I just found --pause in GITHUB. That is what I wanted.

Dan

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I’m glad you found the --pause option for p-load; thanks for letting us know!

- Amanda