Teaclipper

Programming and using the FlexiPanel HexWax and Teaclipper

Don't waste time with the FlexiPanel / HexWax pages: you'll have to register your email address with a *different* website (!), it will take you 1/2 hour to install, and another hour to troubleshoot. Quite frustrating.

Instead, do this.

• Download the documentation
  • Download the TeaClipper instructions
  • Download the HexWax instructions
• Install the drivers
  • Windows XP:
    • Download the XP driver (right-click, save as)
    • Plug in the TeaClipper USB adapter, WITHOUT A TEACLIPPER, in a USB port (that's the port you'll have to use from now on)
    • A dialog will appear: "Found new hardware"
    • A "Found New Hardware Wizard" will open
    • Select: "No, not this time", "Next",
    • Select: "Install from a list or a specific location", "Next"
    • Select: "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install", "Next"
    • Click: "Have Disk"
    • Click: "Browse"
    • Navigate to where you downloaded the driver (such as the Desktop), select it, click "OK"
    • Click "OK"
    • Select "TeaClipperUSB" in the list, "Next"
    • Wait for the installation.
    • Click "Finish"
    • A dialog will appear: "New hardware is ready to be used" "line-31">
  • Windows Vista:
    • Download the Vista driver (right-click, save as)
    • Download the usbser.sys file
    • Place the usbser.sys file file in your C:\Windows\System32\Drivers folder
    • Plug in the TeaClipper USB adapter, WITHOUT A TEACLIPPER, in a USB port (that's the port you'll have to use from now on)
    • The dialog will say "Installing device hardware"
    • A dialog will ask you to locate install the disk that came with the software
    • Click "don't have a disk"
    • Navigate to the place where you downloaded the driver and click OK
    • The dialog will say "Device hardware installed succesfully"
• Install the HexWax application
  • Download the hexwax explorer installation application
  • Optionally, block the HexWax Explorer form talking back to the HexWax.com site, if you are concerned about your code or other info being sent to their site without your knowledge:
    • Go to this folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
    • Open the "host" file with a text editor
    • Add this line to it: 127.0.0.1 *.hexwax.com =
  • Install the HexWax Explorer (Warning: this is really Internet Explorer, with all its security risks)
    • Open the hexwax_explorer.exe file you downloaded
    • An installer will open
    • Go through the installer's screens
• Load the firmware into the HexWax Explorer
  • Open the HexWax Explorer application
  • A Internet Explorer browser window will open, showing ads(!) (Shrink the window to hide the ads.)
  • Open the port with the TeaClipper
    • Either hunt for it manually:
      • In the USB box (middle of left panel), "COM port" field, type '1', click "Connect"
      • If that says "Couldn't open Port 1:", repeat entering '2', then '3', etc, until it says: "TeaClipper USB v...."
    • Or, look it up:
      • Open the Device Manager (in Vista, click the Start icon at the bottom left corner of the screen, type "Device Manager" in the "Start Search" field), open the Ports (COM & LPT) item, look for the "TEAclipper USB (COMx)" item, where 'x' is the number of the com port
      • In the USB box (middle of left panel), "COM port" field, type the number of the com port, click "Connect"
  • Click "Add" (top of left panel)
• Load the firmware into the TeaClipper
  • Insert a TeaClipper in the USB adapter (the black connector strips on both devices are on the same side)
  • If nothing happens, you have to restart from scratch. Eventually, it should work
  • The LEDs on the TeaClipper should start blinking
  • In the "TeaClipper" box, this should appear: "TeaClipper/PIC..."
  • In the "Payload" box, click "Charge Now"\
  • If a dialog asks to upgrade the TeaClipper software, click "Yes"
  • Afterwards, the com port may crash (!). Unplug the TeaClipper, the USB adapter, and start again
  • Click Charge Now. A new dialog will open
  • Select the PIC model
  • Optionally, change any other setting, as described in the instructions pdf
  • Click OK
  • The window will be all messed up as the firmware is loaded onto the TeaClipper. Look at the bottom left for a message showing the progress
  • Remove the TeaClipper