[TiLP-devel] TI-89t with DirectLink USB doesn't work with 0.13?

[Mike M. <ak...@gm...>]

Hello,

I noticed that you folks had announced preliminary support for the new
DirectLink USB cable that ships with the newer TI-89s.  I just
purchased one today and was hoping to get it up and running.  It
appears, however, that there are still some kinks somewhere along the
line.

I installed tilp-2 from here:
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/374/37480.html
and the libraries it depends on from here:
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/374/37479.html

I started tilp-2 from the command line, but it didn't detect that
anything was available.  I confirmed that the TI-89 was connected to a
USB port and that it was on.  I then opened the man-page and saw that
the calc can be explicitly specified:

tilp-2 --calc=ti89t --cable=DirectLink

The manpage didn't mention DirectLink, but I assumed that it could be
specified just like the other cables.  I didn' tknow what port to
specify, so I just left it blank.

I added myself to group usb and ensured that I had write access to the
appropriate devices in /proc/bus/usb/*.  Interestingly:

TiLP - Version 0.13, (C) 1999-2006 Romain Lievin
THIS PROGRAM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS
built on Jun 19 2006 22:40:39
tilp-INFO: setlocale: <C>
tilp-INFO: bindtextdomain: <\locale>
tilp-INFO: textdomain: <tilp2>
ticables-INFO: cables library version 0.0.9
ticables-INFO: setlocale: <C>
ticables-INFO: bindtextdomain: </usr/local/share/locale>
ticables-INFO: textdomain: <libticables2>
tifiles-INFO: tifiles library version 0.1.4
tifiles-INFO: setlocale: <C>
tifiles-INFO: bindtextdomain: </usr/local/share/locale>
tifiles-INFO: textdomain: <libtifiles2>
ticalcs-INFO: ticalcs library version 0.1.3
ticalcs-INFO: setlocale: <C>
ticalcs-INFO: bindtextdomain: </usr/local/share/locale>
ticalcs-INFO: textdomain: <libticalcs2>
ticables-INFO: Check for lib-usb usability:
ticables-INFO:     usb filesystem (/proc/bus/usb): mounted
ticables-INFO:     node /proc/bus/usb/devices: exists
ticables-INFO:     permissions/user/group: -rw-rw-r-- root usb
ticables-INFO:     is user can r/w on device: no
ticables-INFO:     are others can r/w on device: no
ticables-INFO:     is the user 'mohr' in the group 'usb': yes
ticables-INFO: found <TI89 Titanium>.
tilp-INFO: Msg: illegal operation or argument.
Cause: the program which uses this library is buggy. Fire-up the developer!
System: Inappropriate ioctl for device (errno = 25)

The device is definitely plugged in:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046e:52c4 Behavior Tech. Computer Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd
Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 029: ID 0451:e004 Texas Instruments, Inc. TI-89
Titanium Calculator
Bus 001 Device 024: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter
Bus 001 Device 019: ID 050d:0234 Belkin Components F5U234 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0930:651e Toshiba Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

The only thing different here is that the calc is plugged into a
powered usb hub along with an external hard disk.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

TIA

Mike