Tgfx start

If you want get started using tgFX with your TinyG hardware then this is the place to be!

First off what we need to do is make sure we have everything that we will need to get tgFX to connect to your TinyG controller.

#You Will Need:

1. A USB cable. (Type A printer cable)
2. A PC or OSX computer.
3. tgFX Binary downloaded for your platform. [See - Downloads]
4. A TinyG or ArduinoDUE that has been flashed with the g2 TinyG firmware Port [See - flashing g2]

##Installing tgFX You can download the latest version of tgFX for your platform here. The binaries's platforms are identifiable by the file names of the binaries. For example you will see binaries (.exe or tgz files) with "OSX" or "Windows" in the name. The files with OSX correspond to the OSX operating system platform. The same goes with the files with the work "Windows" in them, they correspond with the Windows operating system platform. Lastly, the builder number is also referenced in the binary file names. The larger the build number the newer version of tgFX is. Get the latest version for your platform.

##Windows Installation Installation for the Windows platform consists of downloading the newest version of tgFX (.exe file) and double clicking the exe. This will open an installer. There are not many choices so clicking next, next, next is all that is needed. Once the installation is completed you will have a new "folder" in your "All Programs" menu that is accessible from the start menu. You will see a "tgFX" folder. Inside that you should see tgFX and uninstaller. Run the tgFX program. You are now ready to move on to the next instructions.

##OSX Installation Installation for the OSX platform consists of downloading the newest version of tgFX and then double clicking the tgz file. This will extract a tgFX program. From here you are welcome to place this in your Applications directory or run it from where you extracted it at. Once you execute the application you are ready to move on to the next instructions.

##Linux Installation Currently linux binaries are not supported. However, running Netbean (the development program) from linux does launch tgFX.

#Connecting tgFX As mentioned above you will need a type A-B usb cable. Otherwise known as a USB printer cable. The TinyG wiki already has the documentation on how to connect your TinyG to your computer so we will not go over it here. You can read how to connect your TinyG to your computer here. From here we will assume that your computer is connected to your TinyG, your TinyG is powered and your FTDI serial port drivers are installed for your platform (the g2 port of TinyG does not require FTDI drivers).