I forgot to give an update! I did manage to get it working with the suggested adapter Edimax 150. It turned out that the adapter we were using was faulty somehow. We changed the female adapter and everything started working. Not sure what happened but everything working. Thanks for your help!
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 3:00:47 PM UTC-4, devona...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks for the update! I ordered some of the suggested adapters and will > update this thread if i have success! > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 6:19:07 AM UTC-4, Daniel Kulp wrote: >> >> >> >> On Oct 31, 2018, at 12:01 AM, devona...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> What wifi adapter were you successfully using? i have tried them all that >> i have and none of them work. :/ I will hopefully end up getting the one >> you go to work and try that. >> >> >> In general, non of the “dual band” wifi adapters will work very well, if >> at all. There are drivers for a couple of them, but most don’t work at >> all. >> >> For the most part, we recommend the Edimax 150MBit adapters. They seem >> to work the most reliably. I personally use the EDUP 300Mbit adapters, >> but I cannot find them anymore. :( For the most part, if you go to >> Amazon and search for “Raspberry Pi Wifi”, what comes up should work. >> >> >> I tried the linux driver option and none of them came up with wlan0. I >> also tried lsusb and none of them showed up as a device. >> >> Is there a way to install the drivers/ enable them on falcon?? >> >> >> Yea, if you can find drivers. The script that we use to install drivers >> on the image is at: >> https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/blob/master/SD/FPP-Wifi-Drivers.sh >> >> So you can likely use that as a starting point to see what you need to >> do. As I said, though, the issue is actually finding drivers for the >> appropriate chipset. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 9:06:29 AM UTC-4, Daniel Kulp wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 29, 2018, at 10:16 PM, devona...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Thanks for sending me those projects! I will take a look over those >>> tomorrow during class! >>> >>> The project i am doing is a graduation cap led matrix for a class I am >>> in. More info here: >>> https://elinux.org/ECE497_Project_-_LED_Matrix_Graduation_Cap. The page >>> isn't complete yet but has a link of what we are trying to do. Feel free to >>> follow our progress if you want. >>> >>> The adapter is Realtek RTL8188CUS i think. How do i see what drivers are >>> installed and how to install them if i need to? >>> >>> >>> rtl8188cus is not one of them. :( >>> >>> Two options: >>> 1) Use a different adapter if you have one available. >>> >>> 2) Flip to the kernel adapters and hope it works for your use case. >>> With FPP 2.0/2.1 images, the setting was on the FPP Setting page. With 2.2 >>> and 2.3, the setting is on the Network settings page. >>> >>> >>> I will try the Linux drivers option tomorrow. Where on the network page >>> can i find the network name/ password? Is that under the tether? >>> >>> >>> No. Once you get it to recognize the wlan0 device, you would select it >>> from the list box of devices and then the SSID and password fields will >>> appear. Your need to get wlan0 found first though. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I was looking for explanation of these options but was unsuccessful in >>> finding them. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Devon >>> >>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 9:56:57 PM UTC-4, Daniel Kulp wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 29, 2018, at 9:15 PM, devona...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> The board is being powered off the micro USB port from my computer at >>>> the moment. >>>> >>>> The voltage from VI is 5 Volts and VB is 0 Volts. ID is about .8 Volts. >>>> I do have 5 Volts on the USB. >>>> >>>> I would be interested in seeing those KiCad projects if possible! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> PocketScroller: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6xks5tl5l4vr8cm/AAD10ftxImjgVQZbDLvcBRhMa?dl=0 >>>> >>>> F8-PB: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/evuux5o7ogv2j50/AABsyxNA2QenPpanllb5lZ5Ha?dl=0 >>>> >>>> >>>> Just recently updated them to KiCad 5 so hopefully they work. Not >>>> sure I got all the components re-mapped. >>>> >>>> Couple more questions: >>>> What WIFI adapter? By default, FPP blacklists the kernel drivers as >>>> they, in general, suck for our use. I have a bunch of the various >>>> Realtek >>>> blob drivers installed, but by no means all of them. On the network >>>> page, >>>> you could try flipping to using the Kernel drivers and see if that helps. >>>> >>>> >>>> BTW: can I ask what you are trying to do? What kind of thing are you >>>> trying to design? >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Falcon doesn't seem to be seeing the adapter. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Devon >>>> >>>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 2:26:13 PM UTC-4, devona...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Everyone! >>>>> >>>>> I am currently working on a project with Falcon Christmas on the >>>>> Pocket Beagle. I have a USB WIFI dongle to add WIFI to the pocket beagle. >>>>> >>>>> I was following this guide to add the USB type A to it: >>>>> https://www.teachmemicro.com/pocketbeagle-wifi/. >>>>> >>>>> I am sure that it is wired properly but it doesn't show up on Falcon >>>>> as a device when i do "ifconfig". >>>>> The USB however doesn't seem to be on because the LED on the dongle >>>>> isn't lighting up even though there is 5 volts to the USB. >>>>> >>>>> I have made sure that the USB pins are not being used by Falcon >>>>> through the web interface. >>>>> >>>>> The last thing i have tried was going through "connmanctl" but I get >>>>> this error when i try to enable WIFI. >>>>> "Error wifi: Method "SetProperty" with signature "sv" on interface >>>>> "net.connman.Technology" doesn't exist" >>>>> >>>>> Are there any suggestions as to what to try or where to debug this >>>>> issue? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your help! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/U9AFVUM5G4U/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/96dd2698-fb12-486b-9e52-76cb4abe76d6%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/96dd2698-fb12-486b-9e52-76cb4abe76d6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Daniel Kulp >>>> d...@kulp.com - http://dankulp.com/blog >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/U9AFVUM5G4U/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/709b1e02-2fb7-4d51-8633-599f43a15fb0%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/709b1e02-2fb7-4d51-8633-599f43a15fb0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Daniel Kulp >>> d...@kulp.com - http://dankulp.com/blog >>> >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/U9AFVUM5G4U/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1595af56-b383-481d-8689-9b13b33c21ee%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1595af56-b383-481d-8689-9b13b33c21ee%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Daniel Kulp >> d...@kulp.com - http://dankulp.com/blog >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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