RossMarsden

Yes, restarted the PC after installing the daemon, and I installed the drivers OK. I have just restarted again (after retiring to bed) to inform you of these which I had forgotten earlier. We are working now! Perhaps after a second restart (after drivers installed) it all comes together. Thanks for your prompt reply. Back to bed for me now. More tomorrow. Cheers :-)

I have received my order today, thank you. Master brick, IR distance measuring bricklet, and 4x20 LCD display. I thought, "Input and output; let's see what we can do!" Very impressed with build quality, documentation, support, security of delivery, etc. On WinXP, I have installed Brick daemon and it is listed with status "Started" in Services (under Administative Tools"). I have installed Brick Viewer, and started it. Following instructions at http://www.tinkerforge.com/doc/Hardware/Bricks/Master_Brick.html#test-your-master-brick "Connect the Brick to the PC over USB. You should see a tab named “Master Brick” in the Brick Viewer after you pressed “connect”. Select it." There is a blue status light on Master Brick, and the Extension status LEDs did some sequential blinks up and down. I have pressed "Connect" in Brick Viewer, but there is no tab named “Master Brick”. I have host "localhost" and Port 4223. IR Distance and 4x20 Display are not yet connected. Is there a step I have missed?

Hello from Wellington, New Zealand. I cannot read or speak German, but I have been following the German side of the forum with the help of automated translation in Google Chrome browser. The translation sometimes reads a bit strange, but there is no trouble understanding the meaning. Would there be a problem in merging the English and German forums, and let the browsers translate as required? Maybe limit posts to either German or English. Not sure how automated translation would cope with a third language (Dutch?) in a page of English+German translated to all English.