Have you looked at ola? (http://openlighting.org)
2015-02-25 23:05 GMT+02:00 Ian Carr-de Avelon <[email protected]>: > I work in a school which has some DMX lights and an AVT DMX511 USB > interface: > http://sklep.avt.pl/konwerter-usb-dmx512.html > I'm trying to figure out a way to make a Python module so pupils can write > programs to control the lights for discos and theatre productions and > possibly also as a strobe for Physics lessons. > So far I've downloaded libftdi1-1.2 on ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a HP laptop and > some of the examples work and some don't. > ian@HP-620:~/BISC/computing/lighting/libftdi1-1.2/build/examples$ sudo > ./find_all > Number of FTDI devices found: 1 > Checking device: 0 > Manufacturer: FTDI, Description: FT232R USB UART > > ian@HP-620:~/BISC/computing/lighting/libftdi1-1.2/build/examples$ sudo > ./simple Initialized libftdi 1.2 (major: 1, minor: 2, micro: 0, snapshot > ver: unknown) > ftdi_read_chipid: 0 > FTDI chipid: 67194FCD > ian@HP-620:~/BISC/computing/lighting/libftdi1-1.2/build/examples$ sudo > ./serial_test > unable to open ftdi device: -3 (device not found) > ian@HP-620:~/BISC/computing/lighting/libftdi1-1.2/build/examples$ sudo > ./stream_test > Can't open ftdi device: device not found > ian@HP-620:~/BISC/computing/lighting/libftdi1-1.2/build/examples$ sudo > ./baud_test > real baudrate used: 9600 > this test should take 10.42 seconds > and took 41.0899 seconds, this is 2434 baud or factor 0.254 > > Do you have any ideas where I should start looking to solve these > problems? I notice that there is a python directory in the source. Does > this mean that some kind of wrapper already exists? > Yours > Ian > > > ------------------------------ > > *libftdi* - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. > To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > -- libftdi - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
