Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Re: trouble getting started...

[Thomas Wuensche]

Hi James,

without knowing the hardware in detail I would say that if

- other devices are registered on USB in your setup
- connecting the USB adapter for paparazzi is not registered

then you have to search for problems with the USB adapter,
not the autopilot. You should see the results of connecting
any USB device by following the system message log with

tail -f /var/log/messages

typically.

As I guess the picoblade is a USB-serial converter, this
should be registered on USB independent of what you connect
on the other side.

Regards, Thomas

James Spezeski wrote:
> Thanks for the link.  I tried that a couple days ago and I just tried
> reinstalling it right now, but I still have the same problem... none of
> the computers or OSes recognize that anything is in the USB port.
> 
> What does the flashing LED on the TWOG mean?  It seems like the only two
> possibilities that haven't ruled out yet are a damaged/defective TWOG or
> a bad USB-Picoblade adapter.
> 
> And yes, I've been stuck on this for a very long time...
> 
> James
> 
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Eric Parsonage <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     James
> 
>     I noticed you have had trouble for some time now. we are working on
>     something that might help. it should be finished in a couple of
>     days http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/InstallationMacOSX
>     You can certainly try it now if you want but the install process
>     will get easier in the next day or two.
> 
>     Eric
> 
> 
>     On 19/01/2011, at 10:40 AM, James Spezeski wrote:
> 
>>     Thanks for all the replies.
>>
>>     I didn't have any luck with VMWare, so I set up a machine to just
>>     boot into Ubuntu, but that didn't work either.
>>
>>     I connected the TWOG to my computer by USB and then powered up the
>>     TWOG. The LED flashes but the computer doesn't recognize any
>>     device.  I tried with two different USB cables but the output from
>>     dmesg didn't even mention USB at all.
>>
>>     If the LED is flashing, does that definitely mean that bootloader
>>     is loaded properly?  I'm almost ready to just buy a new TWOG...
>>
>>     James
>>
>>     On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:40 PM, James Spezeski
>>     <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi everyone, I'm trying to use Paparazzi for a University
>>         design project, but I'm having serious problems getting
>>         started.  I'm using an OSX host machine with a Ubuntu virtual
>>         machine. 
>>
>>         For the Tiny 0.99, I used a USB <-> Serial converter and an
>>         LPC programmer which was plugged into the serial port.  I
>>         tried programming it in USB mode and serial mode and they both
>>         failed (no USB device found).  I did manage to program it by
>>         connecting the the converter and creating a socket on the host
>>         machine, then using that socket as a serial port on the guest
>>         machine and programming it in serial mode, but I'm not sure
>>         why this worked and the other approach didn't.
>>
>>         I also tried programming the TWOG with a cable I bought on
>>         PPZUAV, but the host and guest machines both failed to even
>>         recognize that something was plugged in.  I believe the
>>         bootloader is already installed, and the LED flashes when I
>>         connect power.  I even tried booting from the live CD and I
>>         had the same problem.
>>
>>         I've been stuck here for a couple months, so I would really
>>         appreciate any help.
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>           James
>>
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