Re: [mh] CM15A.pm - update

[Neil C. <nc...@li...>]

Tom wrote:
> Neil Cherry wrote:
>> Tom wrote:
>>   
>>> I was having trouble with John's code when I simply added the cm15a
>>> device info in mh.private.ini and copied his files.
>>>
>>> After working with him last night we got it working by making some
>>> modifications but we aren't sure why it worked for him without the mods.
>>>
>>> Here are the steps I followed and which files had to be modified.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> I added the following to mh.private.ini
>>> --
>>> cm15a_device=/dev/usb/cm15a
>>> x10_interface=cm15a
>>> debug=X10
>>> x10_errata=4
>>> --
>>> and copied over John's files and started up MH
>>>
>>> MH gave the following:
>>>
>>>   - creating generic device cm15a on /dev/usb/cm15a
>>> ...
>>> ERROR: CM15A didn't come up
>>> ...
>>> ...
>>> CM15A data=165 hex=a5
>>>
>>> CM15A power fail detected.Undefined subroutine
>>> &ControlX10::CM15A::setClock called at
>>> /usr/local/mh/bin/../lib/site/ControlX10/CM15A.pm line 619, <GEN24> line 1.
>>>
>>> -----------MH crashes and dies-------------
>>>
>>> I then added "sub setClock {}"  before "sub send_cm15a"
>>> lib/site/ControlX10/CM15A.pm
>>>
>>> it now starts but I get:
>>> ---
>>> CM15A data=165 hex=a5
>>>
>>> CM15A power fail detected.mh CM15a
>>> data=¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥
>>> data_d=165
>>> ---
>>> This repeats over and over.
>>> -----------MH works (showing the power fail errors but I can send X10
>>> commands from the CM15A)---------------
>>>
>>> Next, in bin/mh.. at line 1826, After the line:  "sub
>>> check_for_cm15a_data {" I add:
>>> "return;"
>>> -----------MH works (and the "CM15A power fail detected" lines are
>>> gone..they seem to be suppressed)---------------
>>>
>>> It ran over night without crashing so it seems to be closer to working
>>> at least with sending X10.
>>>
>>> I did notice that dmesg shows the following:
>>>
>>> interrupt_in_callback: read_buffer overflow, 1 bytes dropped (511/512)
>>> this repeats until I stop MH, and starts up again a few seconds after MH
>>> is started.
>>>
>>> ERROR: CM15A didn't come up   --- also is shown at startup throughout
>>> the process.
>>>
>>> anyone have any ideas?
>>>     
>> What version of the cm15a driver are you using? If it's the latest
>> then use /dev/cm15a0 instead. If not we need the output from
>>
>> dmesg
>> lsmod
> I removed the module:   rmmod cm15a and started again..
> I'm using the one you linked to in your last email   iplc-20071006.tgz  
> and am now pointing to /dev/cm15a0
> 
> at this point dmesg shows:
> /install/cm15a/iplc/driver/linux-2.6/cm15a.d/cm15a.c: cm15a USB #254 now 
> attached to major 180 minor 254
> usbcore: registered new driver cm15a
> /install/cm15a/iplc/driver/linux-2.6/cm15a.d/cm15a.c: X10 CM15A USB 
> Driver v0.02
> 
> and lsmod shows:
> cm15a                  17424  0
> 
> I still need to make the modifications to get it working
> and it seems to act the same.

I'm not sure what modifications. I'll give this a try tomorrow
night with the new code. Is it the code that's now in the repository?

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