Lynxmotion Tech Support

I know it can sound pretty basic but i'm new to linux (couple of months or so) and i have and android tablet in which i suceed to install a light Debian distro.

Since it's really light, i doesn't come with FTDI chip USB/Serial chip drivers which i need to use my SD84 servo controller in linux trough a pretty simple python script.

I've tested it in my computer using Ubuntu and it is recognized, in fact it appears as /dev/ttyUSB0 and i'm able to control it. BUT when i plug my servo controller on the tablet running linux it doesn't do anything appart from turnig on the power LED. So i think "drivers" are missing (i don't know if the term is correct in linux) i've downloaded them from FTDI webpage but i receive four files and i don't know what to do with them.

So how can i install them? Please remember i'm new to linux and whith very basic skills in python.

PD: sorry for my english, it isn't my native language, but i'm also trying to improve it.

You should be able to load the drivers using the package manager. Generally all FTDI devices are native on 99% of normal Linux distros. In fact, I believe even Android natively supports the FTDI VCP devices...

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Devon Simmons, Former Programmer for Lynxmotion.
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okay, you mean the synaptics, apt... i'll try. I think it's not native because i opened the terminal and wrote 'dmesg' (without'') and it doesn't say anything about FTDI... on /dev/ttyUSB0 or something like that nor in android teminal emulator running in Froyo 2.2, haven't tried in gingerrbred yet.

Thank You

The drivers should be already installed, they come with pretty much every distro as mentioned before. is a/dev/ttyUSB0 element created when you plug the adapter in?

What distro are you using? Is this strictly for Android?

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Carlos Asmat
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It is a sort of debian but very light to be able to run in 256mb of ram and a light graphic enviroment. In the terminal i can't se a /dev/ttyUSB0 with the command dmesg so i think it isn't created. the other option is to run my script under android i don't matter but i want to be able to control the servos from the tablet, thats what matters.

You should do "ls -l /dev/ttyU* " (without the quotes). This will show you for sure if your device is recognized and whether the device file is created. I have never seen a distribution kernel that did not have the FTDI drivers already included.

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Dale,

Are you doing anything with ROS?
Which Linux?

Alan KM6VV

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I am waiting for the 32-bit binaries for Ubuntu 12.10 now. I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed for my BeagleBoard-xM now. I very much want to work with ROS, and maybe write some interface code for the SSC-32 and some other Lynxmotion products. I want to experiment with ROS on W.A.L.T.E.R.

I think it would be a great thing to be able to use Lynxmotion stuff with ROS. I'm also looking into building ROS natively on my BeagleBoard, or cross compiling it.

8-Dale

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Maybe someone will write a node for the SSC-32.
The ros_arduino_bridge code could possibly be modified.

There IS a ROS package to drive a LM tilt/pan with ROS via an Arduino:

http://pharos.ece.utexas.edu/wiki/index ... y_from_ROS

It doesn't drive an SSC-32. But it's a start. Just expand it! I need a tilt/pan for my HexaTraxx Moose 'bot, which uses Ubuntu and ROS.

Got any good books on Ubuntu 10.04?

A friend of mine has a new book out on ROS:
ros_by_example___volume_1

Available as either a PDF or a paperback.

Alan KM6VV

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Alan,

I think it's time to split this off into a "Robot Operating System (ROS)" topic under the Linux forum.


This needs to be expanded to fully support the BotBoarduino.


That is so yesterday! Get updated to 12.10 asap - it's what I will be working with on my laptop and BeagleBoard.


OK, I need to get this book and a BotBoarduino now. I'm off to search Amazon for the book.

BTW, I finished the first ROS tutorial on my laptop tonight.

8-Dale

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