Re: [Playerstage-users] Player 2.1.x on a USB segway RMP-50

[Drew S. <dst...@ma...>]

Found the answer to my own question.  The error message "error (-1) reading
packet on channel 0" is indeed related to the FTDI driver not being able to
find the RMP.  The source of this particular problem was simply access
control.  By executing as root (sudo player foo.cfg), the player server was
able to find and connect to the RMP.

-Drew

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Drew_S <dst...@ma...> wrote:

>
> Any luck resolving this error? (I'm getting the same error)
>
> Based on the Knowledgebase at ftdichip.com, I updated my version of
> canio_rmpusb.cc to list all the connected devices.  Turns out that I have
> no
> devices.
>
> I suspect that this is the root of the "error (-1)" problem that I'm
> having,
> but I'm not sure how to fix it.  My Segway is turned on and connected.  The
> results of "dmesg | grep FTDI" look promising.  After that, I'm not sure
> what else to do to debug the problem...
>
> -Drew
>
> My code is exactly the same as the documentation found on this site:
> http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Knowledgebase/index.html?ft_listdevices.htm
> ListDevices Function Documentation
>
> The results of the dmesg test:
> $ dmesg | grep FTDI
> [  123.146256] USB Serial support registered for FTDI USB Serial Device
> [  123.146325] ftdi_sio 1-6.3:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter
> detected
> [  123.146540] usb 1-6.3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to
> ttyUSB0
> [  123.146559] ftdi_sio: v1.5.0:USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver
>
>
>
> Todd Flyr wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have an RMP 100 that I've been following the instructions for (using
> > ubuntu) and encountered the same issue you mentioned.  I made the changes
> > that you suggested but I'm still not getting the connection completely
> set
> > up.  When attempting to run the joystick.cfg, I'm getting "error (-1)
> > reading packet on channel 0" and "error on write" messages after
> > attempting to send the 0 speed information.  I am not certain if this is
> a
> > canbus error or from player itself, but it is clearly not working.  All
> > other aspects of the instructions seemed to work.  I have the devices
> > connected via USB successfully.  I'm wondering if there's something
> > obvious I've done wrong or if this is something you've encountered or if
> > this might be something specific to using the RMP 100.  I am trying to
> use
> > it in balance mode, which might be making a difference.
> >
> > Any insight would help.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Todd
> >
> >
> >
> > Joshua S wrote:
> >>
> >> I have gotten things working, which required a slightly different setup.
> >> Because I didn't have any Makefile references to -lcanbus I had to
> >> initially modify <player-dir>/server/Makefile line to:
> >> LIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lnsl -lcrypto -lraw1394  -lz -lltdl -ldl -ljpeg
> >> -lGL -lGLU -lftd2xx
> >>
> >> I had problems at runtime because check_device exists in both
> >> player(setpwc_api) and in ftd2xx. I modified the function check_device()
> >> as it is defined in setpwc_api.[c/h] to setpwc_check_device() to keep
> >> ftd2xx from calling the wrong check_device.  Next time I compile I will
> >> try to target the ftd2xx linking with more precision to avoid this
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> Thanks to everyone who worked on getting this together.
> >>
> >> Josh
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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