I did check the transceiver.  The RX toggles fine (I have a board that 
generates CAN transactions that is not a Beaglebone);  the TX doesn't 
budge.  So, the transceiver appeears to be working.  Whether that means 
that the RX and TX on the SoC are connected correctly is a different 
question.

The Linux configuration is certainly not automatic, but I followed the 
directions here and they seem to work:
http://www.embedded-things.com/bbb/enable-canbus-on-the-beaglebone-black/

The problem is that lots of things are still linked to berlios.de for a 
subversion repository, and that's all gone with no pointer to where a new 
one would be.


I'm looking primarily at the CAN interface that is directly connected to 
the DCAN1 interface on the ARM SoC.  The *only* thing needed is for the CAN 
transceiver (a very simple chip) TX/RX to be connected to the correct lines 
on the ARM SoC.  I'm trying to stay away from the CAN interfaces that 
require SPI communication to the CAN controller chips from Microchip as 
that's a whole 'nother ball of wax.

I haven't physically traced the lines (yet) since I would have to create a 
"Blinky LED" switcher test since the pin is underneath the SoC, but it 
seems that people have managed to get this working in the past so I would 
be very surprised if those lines moved.  Although, I should probably go 
check the schematics on the Beagleboard or previous Beaglebone to see if 
something actually did... Mr. Murphy is always hanging around ...

I'm more concerned about the fact that the "cansend", "cancontrol", etc. 
commands in the tutorials simply don't reflect anything close to reality on 
the current versions as well as the references to berlios.de.  Something 
major changed, but there is no trace of it.  The fact that nobody has 
created new tutorials means that this stuff may be untested for quite a bit 
of time.  I suspect if I could run *that* down, everything else would 
probably fall into place.



On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 9:51:14 PM UTC-6, lazarman wrote:
>
> I saw similar issues but didnt have a scope. Did you check the inputs to 
> transciever with scope ??. I'd bet the IO is not configured properly for 
> that cape
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Andrew P. Lentvorski <bsd...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> *To:* beagl...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> 
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:12 PM
> *Subject:* [beagleboard] CAN-CAPE TT3201
>  
> Beaglebone black newb here.  I've been fighting with various problems with 
> getting CAN to work and not really getting anywhere.  Does anybody have a 
> detailed set of instructions for the TT3201?
>
> I'm trying to use the onboard Beaglebone Black CAN which is routed 
> directly to a transceiver to avoo
> In addition, it seems like can_utils, can-utils, ceiveror canutils have 
> become a victim of bitrot and berlios.de going down.  Almost all the 
> tutorials have "cansend can0 -i 0x11 0x22" when the cansend command I have 
> supports "cansend can0 FED#DEADBEEF".  In addition, I don't even have a 
> "cancontrol" command.  Clearly, *something* has changed significantly.
>
> I've got my scope connected, and nothing external is toggling.  Do I have 
> to use Angstrom or Debian?  Is there a particular image I need to load to 
> make this work?  Am I doing something completely stupid (almost certainly)?
>
> Any pointers would be useful.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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