**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon May 04 02:59:57 2020 May 04 04:24:04 @zmatt: I am not sure if I ever followed up w/ you on that old source you handed out for the ServoCape but is this it? May 04 04:24:10 https://pastebin.com/rTmV2K2b May 04 04:24:29 I think I may have gotten it confused that day w/ something else. This is why I am asking. May 04 04:32:51 Just to help you w/ memory, the PCA9685 is the onboard chip in question, the smbus2 library was used, and you started me on how to set up the .py file for starting the small lib. May 04 04:33:17 I think I got the source goofed up or I never got it right. May 04 04:35:19 looks like it was just a small wrapper for the pca9685 yeah (untested of course) May 04 04:35:57 Right. I was testing it for the ServoCape. May 04 04:36:23 Is that paste the same as the source on your end, i.e. if you still have it around? May 04 04:37:29 I do not have it around. this looks fine though May 04 04:38:02 Okay. I will test it some more in the future. I thought I may have copied it incorrectly and I am revising some ideas around the wrapper you made. May 04 04:38:15 (that doesn't mean it necessarily *is* fine, but I don't see any obvious problem at first glance) May 04 04:38:46 Okay. I got what you are saying. I have the Cape and must inevitably make it work. May 04 04:38:55 why? May 04 04:39:07 the cape seemed pretty crap to begin with May 04 04:39:34 I wanted to make it work a while back and I have it. So, I figured I would just make it work b/c I have it. May 04 04:40:30 I also noticed that many people not using the Cape but are using the PCA9685 want things to work. May 04 04:40:58 Since I have found this to be true, I also noticed that there are not too many sources for making it work outside of the kernel module. May 04 04:41:21 yeah normally you'd use the kernel module May 04 04:41:36 Okay. I guess I need to learn more C. Aw. May 04 04:41:45 I think I made this example purely to demonstrate how to use smbus2 May 04 04:41:47 no, why? May 04 04:42:01 I thought the kernel module was written in C. May 04 04:42:19 yes, and? you don't ned to know C to use it any more than you need to understand electronics to use a washing machine May 04 04:42:48 Okay. May 04 04:42:56 what's inside is irrelevant to you as end-user of it May 04 04:43:29 Yea. Oh. B/c I can just call it in a .c file? May 04 04:44:00 it just exposes pwm devices which you can use in any programming language you want May 04 04:44:45 Oh. Okay. May 04 04:45:17 I just figured there was some use of the main kernel source that I needed to understand to use it but that this use had to be in the same language. May 04 04:45:34 I am not good w/ wrappers yet, I guess. May 04 04:45:38 you don't need to concern yourself with the kernel source May 04 04:45:46 Okay. May 04 04:46:10 I just put the new image on my BBBW w/ the ServoCape attached. May 04 04:46:30 I figured I would try it out (again) before I forget it. May 04 04:47:20 So, I guess I should try the wrapper in a .py file, call that class in another file, and try to make use of the PCA9685. May 04 05:01:49 Am I already supposed to be able to read that wrapper and make source from it? May 04 05:02:12 "make source from it" ? May 04 05:02:37 Yea. Make some source on another file to run specific parts to the wrapper for when I want to make the servos move. May 04 05:03:22 I am just saying, "I have not paid much attention to the wrapper in a bit." This has caused me to know nothing about it. May 04 05:03:35 I am just starting out again w/out any prior knowledge basically. May 04 05:03:56 no, but fortunately its use should be pretty self-evident to anyone who knows a tiny bit of python May 04 05:04:19 I learned some but not a lot, i.e. as you know. May 04 05:04:31 and if you don't really know any python then maybe you should prioritize that over getting some silly cape you don't need to work May 04 05:05:10 I have not learned a ton about the, <<, bit shifting or why it is needed for this specific chip (PCA9685). May 04 05:06:02 Anyway, I know this is not your issue. I just thought if anyone knew about it, you might already. May 04 05:36:32 @zmatt: Thank you for the source. I will work w/ it later. For the time being, until another day. May 04 07:59:18 Hi all, I have a question about static IP setting. May I ask, please?? May 04 16:42:14 I recently adopted a dog from a rescue an the last month has not been easy since getting him. Before getting him I had asked if he had any medical problem or just problems in general and they said nope hes a great dog. Dont get me wrong this dog is very loving calm and sweet but he has some big issues we were not expecting. First being his May 04 16:42:14 excessive peeing problem, we take him out then 20-30 min later he peeing in the house and we do take him out often. Next being his sever separation anxiety, we're trying to deal with this and hes getting a little better i think but thats up in the air sometimes. when we have to put him in a cage he tries to escape, bites at the cage, and throws up. May 04 16:42:15 Next being that he has a breathing problem and coughing problem. When hes sitting laying or sleeping you can hear him struggling to breath plus when he sleeps he literally sounds like an 80 year old man whos been smoking since the age of 9. Again when asked if anything was wrong with him they said no. I am taking him to the vet for the breathing May 04 16:42:15 issue but for everything else i dont know what to do anymore and it becoming really stressful for us. I dont want to be part of the stigma of adopting and giving them back im so against it but i lost here on what to do anymore. Is this common in beagles? Any recommendation on what i should try out? May 04 16:48:31 Guest25958, i fear this isnt a dog channel but a channel about the https://beagelboard.org devices May 04 16:49:03 err ... http://beagleboard.org May 04 16:49:17 (geez, no https:// ?) May 04 16:49:56 (bah ... there is https ... if i only could type ...) May 04 18:09:12 this channel has unofficially gone to the dogs. May 04 18:16:58 gone?! lol :P May 04 19:04:52 needing help with the output of the PinMux tool, and getting those to be mapped appropriately with the BBA!, using the TI SDK 6.03.0.106, and the Arago build associated wtih that SDK May 04 19:05:11 Just cannot find how to get from the output files, to a dts to a dtb May 04 19:05:30 and what the heck is important in the dts, what can I change, what can I not changes, etc. May 04 20:32:17 e May 04 21:48:28 e2u May 05 00:58:04 https://pastebin.com/SwsqTmLA is my source to start w/ on the wrapper for the ServoCape. Is anyone else using this Cape w/ smbus2, Python3, and classes? May 05 00:58:05 ... May 05 00:58:34 Just for reference, I have been reading from here to learn more about classes: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html. May 05 01:00:52 https://pastebin.com/E1rMcxKy is the error out of the gate no matter what I do. It stops at me calling the class into the new file that will be used to run the motor. May 05 01:17:45 If you might know why, please do not hesitate to reply. May 05 02:26:54 Hello...X-P May 05 02:27:00 X-P X-P May 05 02:40:11 question for the gallary May 05 02:40:40 if my application needs to synchronize events do I need a special kernel or something May 05 02:41:17 I remember reading that since BBB does not retain a clock May 05 02:41:49 or something along those lines time sensitive applications will be a challenge May 05 02:42:58 You have no internet access? May 05 02:46:39 What do you get with: timedatectl status May 05 02:47:12 i have internet access May 05 02:47:53 i am worried about the BBB controlling two separate HW components May 05 02:47:58 and syncing events May 05 02:49:02 As long as your BBB has internet access the clock should sync. May 05 02:51:00 What do you get with: timedatectl status May 05 02:51:33 ?? NTP service: active May 05 02:57:30 dont have my board connected May 05 02:57:36 was going to work on it tomorrow May 05 02:57:41 tonight is video games May 05 02:57:49 =p May 05 02:58:15 I am interested in seeing if I can make a portable steam machine with the beaglebone AI May 05 02:58:23 seems more powerful May 05 02:58:46 obviously not to run anything crazy but there are a bunch of pixel graphics stuff I woudl like to play May 05 02:58:54 pipe dream probably **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue May 05 02:59:57 2020