[IAEP] Arduino and XO-1

Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ardito at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 00:51:06 EDT 2012


Alan,

When I plug and unplug the board, I noticed changes to the list of stuff in
/dev.
When the Arduino is plugged in, I see /dev/ttyACHO (or ttyACMO). Does this
make sense?

Thanks.
Gerald

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
<gerald.ardito at gmail.com>wrote:

> When I do the grep, I get nothing returned.
> When I go into the /dev directory, there is nothing ttyUSBn.
>
> What do I do now?
> Gerald
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <
> alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If he have the latest version, the plugin makes a list of the ttyUSB
>> availables and
>> try get the first that works.
>>
>> The header of the Arduino Plugin says:
>>
>>         self._dev = '/dev/ttyUSB0'
>>         self._baud = 57600
>>         self._arduino = None
>>
>>         status,output = commands.getstatusoutput("ls /dev/ | grep ttyUSB")
>>         output = output.split('\n')
>>         for i in output:
>>         status,aux=commands.getstatusoutput("udevinfo -a -p /class/tty/%s
>> | grep ftdi_sio > /dev/null" % i)
>>         if (not status):
>>         self._dev='/dev/%s' % i
>>         break
>>
>> I'm not sure if the "udevinfo" commands exist in the XO.
>> In my Ubuntu 12.10 I not have it, only the "udevadm"
>>
>> Which sugar version you have?
>>
>> In the Terminal Activity:
>>
>> check for the N of the arduino:
>>
>> ls /dev/ | grep ttyUSB
>>
>> After, check if exist the udevinfo:
>>
>> See the n, and replace the * in this line:
>>
>> udevinfo -a -p /class/ttyUSB* | grep ftdi_sio
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:14:08 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Re: [IAEP] Arduino and XO-1
>> To: forster at ozonline.com.au
>> CC: alanjas at hotmail.com; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>>
>>
>> Tony,
>>
>> Thanks.  I'll check it out.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:09 AM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> Maybe the baud rate or the device name do not match.
>>
>> Somewhere in the Arduino plugin code it searches for ttyusbn where
>> n=1,2,3 ...
>>
>> Your Arduino board could be ttyusbn or ttyacmn where n increments each
>> time you replug the Arduino. Somewhere, I think /dev , you can see what
>> your Arduino is.
>>
>> Somewhere in the Firmata listing the baud rate is set, check its the same
>> in the plugin code.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> > Alan,
>> >
>> > I have uploaded the newest version of Firmata to the Arduino board, and
>> > still get the first error in your list.
>> > Any thoughts about what I should do next?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Gerald
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <
>> > alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > The Arduino plugin have some checks. This checks are:
>> > >
>> > > 'ERROR: Check the Arduino and the number of port.'
>> > > 'ERROR: Value must be a number from 0 to 255.'
>> > > 'ERROR: Value must be either HIGH or LOW.'
>> > > 'ERROR: The mode must be either INPUT, OUTPUT, PWM or SERVO.'
>> > >
>> > > The Arduino board needs have the Firmata firmware [1].
>> > >
>> > > The checks are catched with try/excepts that not allows see what is
>> wrong.
>> > > I can make a version without it to test..
>> > >
>> > > Regards!
>> > >
>> > > Alan
>> > >
>> > > [1] http://firmata.org/wiki/Download
>> > >
>> > > ------------------------------
>> > > From: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
>> > > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 23:09:03 -0400
>> > > To: forster at ozonline.com.au; support-gang at laptop.org;
>> > > iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> > > Subject: [IAEP] Arduino and XO-1
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Tony,
>> > >
>> > > I have been trying to get the Arduino to work with the XO-1 laptops.
>> > > (Thanks to your great blog posts) I have successfully installed the
>> > > Arduino IDE on the laptop, and it works great.
>> > > Tonight, I installed the Arduino plugin for Turtle Art and (once again
>> > > using your blog posts), created my first project. When I click
>> "Start," I
>> > > get an error: "Check the Arduino and the number of port."
>> > >
>> > > How do I do this with TurtleArt/outside the IDE?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks so much.
>> > > Gerald
>> > >
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>> > Alan,<div><br></div><div>I have uploaded the newest version of Firmata
>> to the Arduino board, and still get the first error in your
>> list.</div><div>Any thoughts about what I should do
>> next?<br><br>Thanks.<br>Gerald<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <span
>> dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanjas at hotmail.com" target="_blank">
>> alanjas at hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote
>> class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
>> solid;padding-left:1ex">
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <div><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>The Arduino plugin have some
>> checks. This checks are:</div><div><br></div><div><div>'ERROR: Check the
>> Arduino and the number of port.'</div><div>'ERROR: Value must be a number
>> from 0 to 255.'</div>
>> >
>> > <div>'ERROR: Value must be either HIGH or LOW.'</div><div>'ERROR: The
>> mode must be either INPUT, OUTPUT, PWM or
>> SERVO.'</div><div><br></div><div>The Arduino board needs have the Firmata
>> firmware [1].</div>
>> >
>> > <div><br></div><div>The checks are catched with try/excepts that not
>> allows see what is wrong.</div><div>I can make a version without it to
>> test..</div><div><br></div><div>Regards!</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div><div>
>> >
>> > <br></div><div>[1]�<a href="http://firmata.org/wiki/Download"
>> style="font-size:12pt" target="_blank">http://firmata.org/wiki/Download</a></div><br><div><div></div><hr>From:
>> <a href="mailto:gerald.ardito at gmail.com" target="_blank">
>> gerald.ardito at gmail.com</a><br>
>> >
>> > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 23:09:03 -0400<br>To: <a href="mailto:
>> forster at ozonline.com.au" target="_blank">forster at ozonline.com.au</a>; <a
>> href="mailto:support-gang at laptop.org" target="_blank">
>> support-gang at laptop.org</a>; <a href="mailto:iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org"
>> target="_blank">iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>> >
>> > Subject: [IAEP] Arduino and XO-1<div><div
>> class="h5"><br><br>Tony,<div><br></div><div>I have been trying to get the
>> Arduino to work with the XO-1 laptops.</div><div>(Thanks to your great blog
>> posts) I have successfully installed the Arduino IDE on the laptop, and it
>> works great.</div>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <div>Tonight, I installed the Arduino plugin for Turtle Art and (once
>> again using your blog posts), created my first project. When I click
>> "Start," I get an error: "Check the Arduino and the number of port."<br>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <br>How do I do this with TurtleArt/outside the IDE?<br><br>Thanks so
>> much.<br></div><div>Gerald</div>
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