CDW Android App Debugging Setup for Windows 8 1/19/2015

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1 Creating a USB Driver for Nitrogen6X Board NOTE: The Google USB Driver is required for Windows only. 1. Download Google USB Driver and install it via SDK Manager in Android Studio. 1.1.Start SDK Manager via Android Studio. Tools Android SDK Manager 1.2.Scroll until finding Google USB Driver. Click to check and ensure all other boxes are unchecked. Then install the driver. 1.3.Driver is installed to: %USERPROFILE%\Android SDK\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver 2. From here, the directions are from: See that webpage for more details. Will summarize steps below. 3. Modify 3 things in order to make Google USB Driver work for and Android device for Windows. 3.1.Modify android_winusb.inf file. 3.2.Digitally sign the modified driver. 3.3.Modify adb. 4. Modify android_winusb.inf file. 4.1.The format to add is: ;Comment usually the device name %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\; here you put VID and PID %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\; same as above but add the MI 4.2.How to get the VID and PID Open Device Manager Right-click the device, select Properties in New dialog, go to Details tab. NOTE: For Nitrogen6X, this shows up as a device under Other and under Portable Devices. Click the Properties for the Portable Devices one In Property drop down menu, select Hardware IDs. An example of what you will see is below. Following that, is what showed up for the Nitrogen6X. Page 1

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$4.3.Take this value for composite adb device and remove MI for adb device and you get: ;MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 plus %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2207&PID_0000 %CompositeAdbInterface% =$

3 4.3.Take this value for composite adb device and remove MI for adb device and you get: ;MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 plus %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2207&PID_0000 %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2207&PID_0000&REV_0222&MI_01 ; For Nitrogen6X: ;Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42 %CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E42&REV_9999&MI_00 ; 4.4.Copy above 2 lines twice once to [Google.NT.x86] section and another to [Google.NT.amd64] section. 5. Digitally Sign the Driver. Page 3

4 5.1.Modifying android_winusb.inf will prevent it from installing on Windows 8. Correct action is to regenerate the catalog file. However, there is a workaround disable Windows signature verification and then install the driver. 5.2.To Temporarily Disable Windows Driver Signature Verification: In command prompt, type shutdown /o /r /t 0 /o = Go to Advanced Boot Options Menu and Restart PC /r = Full shutdown and restart /t xxxx = Set timeout period before shutdown Click Troubleshoot Click Advanced Options Click Startup Settings Click Restart After restarting, choose Disable driver signature enforcement from the list Modify adb (Step 6) Install driver. (Step 7) Restart PC. 6. Modify adb 6.1.In command prompt, enter the following line to write the USB Vendor ID to the adb_usb.ini file. echo 0x2207 >> USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini where 0x2207 is the example Vendor ID For Nitrogen6X, VID = 18D1: echo 0x18D1 >> USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini 7. Install Driver 7.1.Go to Device Manager. 7.2.Scan for Hardware Changes (Action Scan for Hardware Changes) 7.3.When device shows up with Unknown Driver status, click on Update Driver and select local location from C:\Users\craig\Android SDK\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver. 7.4.Device Manger will find the driver and warn about installing it. Select Yes. Page 4

7.5.After installation, Device Manager will look as follows with Nitrogen6X device listed as Android Device Android Composite ADB Interface 8. Test Installation 8.1.

5 7.5.After installation, Device Manager will look as follows with Nitrogen6X device listed as Android Device Android Composite ADB Interface 8. Test Installation 8.1.Enable USB debugging in Developer Options on Android Device (Settings Developer Options). 8.2.Type following commands in command prompt: adb kill-server adb start-server adb devices 8.3.In Android Studio, start debug of an app and see if device shows up in device list. NOTE 1: For Nitrogen 6X: It is showing up as ABCDEF unauthorized NOTE 2: I also got a popup on Nitrogen6X LCD asking if to allow debugging from the attached PC (and it gave my laptop ID). Answered OK. And there it is in Android Studio (when Debugging or Running an App, this popup occurs for selection of a device or emulator to execute on): Page 5

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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

How to install MOVERIO ADB USB Driver < In case of Windows > 1 Obtain Android SDK 1-1 Download Android Studio from the following site: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html 2 Install Android Studio