Connecting with App-based VEXcode V5 - Windows – VEX Library

It takes just a few steps to connect a VEX V5 Brain to app-based VEXcode V5 on a Windows device.

To Connect a VEX V5 Brain

V5 Brain is shown with its Power button highlighted.

Be sure the V5 Battery is charged and is connected to the V5 Brain.

Turn on the Brain by pressing the Power button on the Brain.

VEXcode V5 application icon.

Launch app-based VEXcode V5.

Brain connected to a laptop computer using a Micro-USB cable.

Connect the V5 Brain to your Windows device, using the Micro-USB cable.

VEXcode V5 Toolbar with a green Brain icon highlighted in a red box with the adjacent Download, Run, and Stop icons.

Your V5 Brain will then connect to app-based VEXcode V5. The Brain icon in the Toolbar will show green to indicate the Brain is connected, and the 'Download', 'Run', and 'Stop' buttons will be available.

You must keep the Brain plugged into your device to maintain the connection, in order to do things like download a project to the Brain.

To Disconnect a VEX V5 Brain

Brain now disconnected from the laptop computer's Micro-USB cable.

To disconnect your device from an V5 Brain, unplug the USB cable from your Windows device or the V5 Brain.

V5 Brain with its Power button highlighted.

You can also disconnect an V5 Brain from app-based VEXcode V5 by turning the Brain off.

Turn the Brain off by holding the Power button until the screen on the Brain goes black.

VEXcode V5 Toolbar with the Brain icon highlighted in a red box with the adjacent Download, Run, and Stop icons. The Brain icon is white and the other three icons are grayed out.

Upon disconnecting, the Brain icon in the Toolbar will show as white, and the 'Download', 'Run', and 'Stop' buttons will be unavailable.