K8055 USB experimental board on desktop

Hello I have read many forums on this issue but nothing seems to work for me maybe I have missed something out. The issue is that when I connect my K8055 board to my desktop PC(Windows 7 ultimate 32-bit) the desktop PC will 2 out of 10 times wont recognise it or everytime it will say its a USB input device which is not starting Code:10 in the device manager. Now when I try to connect the board to my two other laptops (windows 7 32 bit ultimate and windows 7 64bit) the board works fine. I am sure that the USB ports on my desktop are working fine because I got lucky once and the computer actually picked up the board and it started working but after that I have tried but no luck. I am sure there is nothing wrong with my desktop because I use external harddrives on these USB ports and other chips like arduino and they work fine.

I have copied the K8055.dll version 4.0 to c:/windows, c:/system32, c:/system32/drivers but nothing seems to work ?

Any ideas ? please help

Thank you.

The symptoms seems to be similar as described in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5141
Here one solution found: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3458
Please see also these threads:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4086
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5358

Thanks for the reply VEL255, I read the solution and ordered an external self powered USB hub, now waiting for it to arrive hope that works out. I will update and let you know if that works or not. :slight_smile:

cheers mate.

Hello, im just wondering abaout what pogramming pograms that i can use whit K8055, on the box it says it contains DLL for “Delphi, Visual Basic, C++ Builder, …”, what does the “…” mean? can i use more pograms than what is mentioned there? if that is the case, can i find a list over pograms i can use to control the card?

Thanks in advance.

Here’s the link to download the latest K8055 software package with examples and with new K8055D.DLL: velleman.eu/downloads/files/ … rsion4.zip

After extracting the package you can first test the operation by running the K8055_Demo.exe in the \Demo subfolder.

In the examples subfolder there are example projects written in many programming languages.

Before running the example projects, please copy the file K8055D.DLL from the folder \DLL_v4.0.0.0 to \Windows\System32 folder.
In 64-bit environment copy the K8055D.DLL file to the \Windows\SysWOW64 folder.

In the Exampes subfolder there are example projects written in following languages:
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Excel VBA
• Borland Delphi 5
• Borland C++Builder 6
• Bloodshed Dev-C++

[quote=“VEL255”]Here’s the link to download the latest K8055 software package with examples and with new K8055D.DLL: velleman.eu/downloads/files/ … rsion4.zip

After extracting the package you can first test the operation by running the K8055_Demo.exe in the \Demo subfolder.

In the examples subfolder there are example projects written in many programming languages.

Before running the example projects, please copy the file K8055D.DLL from the folder \DLL_v4.0.0.0 to \Windows\System32 folder.
In 64-bit environment copy the K8055D.DLL file to the \Windows\SysWOW64 folder.

In the Exampes subfolder there are example projects written in following languages:
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Excel VBA
• Borland Delphi 5
• Borland C++Builder 6
• Bloodshed Dev-C++[/quote]

Thank you Vel255 I bought a self powered usb hub, Now the K8055 is working but sometimes windows does not recognise it if I unplug and then plug it back in or If I restart the PC, 1 in 3 times it wont recognise it. Do you know what might be the cause ?

Thank you for solving my problem though atleast it works now :slight_smile:

[quote]Thank you Vel255 I bought a self powered usb hub, Now the K8055 is working but sometimes windows does not recognise it if I unplug and then plug it back in or If I restart the PC, 1 in 3 times it wont recognise it. [/quote]It’s good to see that your K8055 works now better anyhow…
In Windows Vista 32-bit the card also doesn’t start after the PC restart.
See: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3605

[quote]Do you know what might be the cause ?[/quote]Sorry, I don’t know the cause of this problem.

[quote=“VEL255”][quote]Thank you Vel255 I bought a self powered usb hub, Now the K8055 is working but sometimes windows does not recognise it if I unplug and then plug it back in or If I restart the PC, 1 in 3 times it wont recognise it. [/quote]It’s good to see that your K8055 works now better anyhow…
In Windows Vista 32-bit the card also doesn’t start after the PC restart.
See: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3605

ok thats fine, thanks anyways going to start my first project now :slight_smile:

[quote=“VEL255”]Here’s the link to download the latest K8055 software package with examples and with new K8055D.DLL: velleman.eu/downloads/files/ … rsion4.zip

After extracting the package you can first test the operation by running the K8055_Demo.exe in the \Demo subfolder.

In the examples subfolder there are example projects written in many programming languages.

Before running the example projects, please copy the file K8055D.DLL from the folder \DLL_v4.0.0.0 to \Windows\System32 folder.
In 64-bit environment copy the K8055D.DLL file to the \Windows\SysWOW64 folder.

In the Exampes subfolder there are example projects written in following languages:
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Excel VBA
• Borland Delphi 5
• Borland C++Builder 6
• Bloodshed Dev-C++[/quote]

Hello, thank you for the link to download the examples, im using windows7 60 bit system and installed visual basic 2008, when i open one of the examples for visual basib 2008 i cant run debug for some reason to test it, anyone know if there is somthing i have missed? i have to K8055D.DLL file in syswow64.

What is the error message you are getting from the VB 2008 ?

i get no error message because i cant press the “start debug” button so i cant test the example.

Strange if all the project code has loaded correctly !
Can you edit the program code and the form?

[quote=“VEL255”]Strange if all the project code has loaded correctly !
Can you edit the program code and the form?[/quote]Im new to this pogramming thing, i can edit the program code but how do i edit the form?

Thanks in advance.

I think the problem is that you have opened the .vb file.
You should open either the
[color=#800000]K8055Demo.sln[/color]
or
[color=#800000]K8055Demo.vbproj[/color]

On the form you can for instance move slightly the place of some “components” using the mouse.

Other test:
Create a new project.
First it is simply an empty form.
You may select some components from the tools list and click them to the form.

Finally click the debug button and the program should run.

Here a good starting place for the Visual Basic programming: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd642420.aspx

First check the “Getting Started Tutorials”.
There you’ll see how to:
Step 1: Create a Windows Forms Application Project
Step 2: Run Your Program
Step 3: Set Your Form Properties
Step 4: Lay Out Your Form
Step 5: Add Controls to Your Form
Step 6: Name Your Button Controls
Step 7: Add Dialog Components to Your Form
Step 8: Write Code for the Button Event Handler
Step 9: Review, Comment, and Test Your Code
Step 10: Write Code for Additional Buttons and a Check Box
Step 11: Run Your Program and Try Other Features

Hello, i was wondering if there is any way to make K8055 work whit Labview

Here are some threads related to this topic:
viewtopic.php?t=3750
viewtopic.php?t=3150
viewtopic.php?p=495
viewtopic.php?t=627

You can download the latest K8055 software package “Complete SDK Pack (Rev 4.0)” from this page: velleman.eu/distributor/supp … 8055&type=

There in the folder \Examples\K8055DemoBCB is the header file K8055D.H you need for the LabVIEW application.