We have just purchased kitronik arcade and was hoping to use them as a fun activity - but because our school has blocked USB ports we are unable to send code to the microbit -
I can use the standard makecode to transfer programs but for some reason the arcade version comes up saying we are read only. We cannot even use the bluetooth setting - anyone able to give advice we would be very grateful
First of all why did your school ban USB Ports
Second of all how is that even possible
If they did then it’s impossible to transfer the files
Many schools ban USB ports to prevent students from bypassing administrative restrictions.
You could try however using a personal computer and downloading all of their projects onto that to put into the kitronik.
If you are a teacher then you should be able to contact admin to get this ability unblocked. Since the micro:bit version works fine, this suggests that arcade specifically has been blocked (or vice versa, micro:bit unblocked) and therefore likely can be unblocked by admin. You just need to contact whoever manages the school devices.
Thanks our Network Manager was the one suggesting putting comment here to see if anyone knows why it is happening - I guess we’ll keep looking as there must be a fix for it - we cannot be the only school experiencing this!
This might be helpful.