Re: [Owfs-developers] 2.8p6 Error

2011-02-27 Thread Norman Elliott
I also have 2.8p6 in both of my laptops and they are both fine. I found that the udev rules syntax changes from time to time and had to edit the rule to this : cat /etc/udev/rules.d/90-ds2490.rules SYSFS{idVendor}=="04fa", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2490", GROUP="ow", MODE="0664" #SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS

[Owfs-developers] Error accessing USB bus

2011-02-01 Thread Norman Elliott
running: /opt/owfs/bin/owfs -C -u -m /home/norman/1-wire --foreground --error_level=9 2>ow.log with ds2490 loaded or not gives the following: norman@norman-laptop:~$ cat ow.log CONNECT: owfs.c:main(123) fuse mount point: /home/norman/1-wire DEBUG: ow_avahi_link.c:OW_Load_avahi_library(75) Avahi

Re: [Owfs-developers] non-root access to DS1921G ibutton

2011-01-27 Thread Norman Elliott
With ds2490 module loaded: [ 829.856053] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 [ 830.018778] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 831.573385] w1_master_driver w1 bus master: Family 81 for 81.002b58fc.ea is not registered. [ 833.118156] w1_master_driver

[Owfs-developers] non-root access to DS1921G ibutton

2011-01-27 Thread Norman Elliott
Hi, I am having real problems accessing my thermocron ( DS1921G ) without being root. /opt/owfs/bin/owfs --foreground --error-level=9 --allow_other -C -u -m /home/norman/1-wire gives : CONNECT: owfs.c:main(123) fuse mount point: /home/norman/1-wire DEBUG: ow_avahi_link.c:OW_Load_avahi_ library(7

Re: [Owfs-developers] HOw to use owdir, owread, etc.?

2010-12-13 Thread Norman Elliott
On 13 December 2010 18:43, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > On Saturday 11 December 2010, Chris G elucidated thus: > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 08:38:37PM +0000, Norman Elliott wrote: > > > #!/usr/bin/python > > > import os > > > > > > basedir = "/

Re: [Owfs-developers] HOw to use owdir, owread, etc.?

2010-12-11 Thread Norman Elliott
Yes, I'd already done that, I was trying to work out what extra the > other things would give me. > > -- > If you look in the /mnt/1-wire/ directory you will see various other directories. I have a DS1921 ibutton which is a thermochron. The data it holds will be in a directory beginning 21xxx

Re: [Owfs-developers] have to run sudo root on 1 pc but not on the other

2010-11-10 Thread Norman Elliott
ds2490, that it works fine on the laptop without it blacklisted. Desktop kernel 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP NOW 32 bit in case it was a problem with 64bit stuff owfs 2.8p3 On 28 October 2010 13:37, Norman Elliott wrote: > ds2490 is not blacklisted on my laptop and this is the one that wo

Re: [Owfs-developers] have to run sudo root on 1 pc but not on the other

2010-10-28 Thread Norman Elliott
: > Is the ds2490.ko module blacklisted on both machines? It would block > libusb from opening the USB device and can only be onloaded by root. > > Paul > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Norman Elliott > wrote: > > On 27 October 2010 23:08, Paul Alfille wrote: >

Re: [Owfs-developers] have to run sudo root on 1 pc but not on the other

2010-10-27 Thread Norman Elliott
On 27 October 2010 23:08, Paul Alfille wrote: > Clearly a permissions issue with the USB bus. The device is set up by > a udev configuration script, which is where I'd look first. > > Paul Alfille > > True but the problem is I have this on both machines: cat /etc/udev/rules.d/46_ds2490.rules BUS

[Owfs-developers] have to run sudo root on 1 pc but not on the other

2010-10-27 Thread Norman Elliott
I have owfs running as a normal user on Ubuntu 10.04 32bit but on Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit I can only launch it sudo. I have myself in the fuse group on both and /etc/fuse.conf is the same on both. Also I am launching owfs with the same syntax on both. On the 64bit system I get the message: /opt/ow

Re: [Owfs-developers] Can't Get OWFS to work

2010-10-18 Thread Norman Elliott
Don't know if you have this working yet but I had a problem with this and it was because owfs needs python 2.4 and Ububtu 10.04 comes with python 2.6. I did this:- First add the following lines to the >>start<< of /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restric

Re: [Owfs-developers] help with DS1923

2010-09-16 Thread Norman Elliott
I do not have one of these buttons but I do have a DS1921G which I have been playing about with. Have a look here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=220436&highlight=ibutton It might help solve your problem. Norman ---

[Owfs-developers] Frequency [Solved with a hack ]

2010-08-26 Thread Norman Elliott
I have had a look at ow_1921.c in the code I downloaded for owfs-2.8p1 and altered : {"mission/frequency", PROPERTY_LENGTH_YESNO, NON_AGGREGATE, ft_yesno, fc_volatile, FS_r_samplerate, FS_w_samplerate, VISIBLE, NO_FILETYPE_DATA,}, to : {"mission/frequency", PROPERTY_LENGTH_UNSIGNED, NON_AGGREG

[Owfs-developers] frequency

2010-08-25 Thread Norman Elliott
I have had a look at ow_1921.c in the code I downloaded for owfs-2.8p1 and altered : {"mission/frequency", PROPERTY_LENGTH_YESNO, NON_AGGREGATE, ft_yesno, fc_volatile, FS_r_samplerate, FS_w_samplerate, VISIBLE, NO_FILETYPE_DATA,}, to : {"mission/frequency", PROPERTY_LENGTH_UNSIGNED, NON_AGGREG

Re: [Owfs-developers] pyowfs - is is possible to close Connection? my previous post was sent incomplete by accident, sorry.

2010-08-24 Thread Norman Elliott
I have a couple of DS1921G's They only generate a new reading every minute as a minimum and can be told to take readings every 1 to 255 minutes. So you cannot get a shorter interval between output however often you read the value. On 24 August 2010 20:46, Mick Sulley wrote: > I am confused!

Re: [Owfs-developers] frequency

2010-08-24 Thread Norman Elliott
21A},}, I suspect it should be an unsigned int. Although I am usually wrong and probably am this time! On 22 August 2010 15:39, Norman Elliott wrote: > Well now I am really confused! I thought I should alter the frequency of > sampling by altering the value stored in mission/freque

Re: [Owfs-developers] frequency

2010-08-22 Thread Norman Elliott
:46, Norman Elliott wrote: > Has the ability to alter the sampling frequency been added to owfs for > ds1921 ibuttons? > > If not are there any prospects of getting access please? > > -- > Norman. > > It's Linux for me and has been since 1993. > > -- N

Re: [Owfs-developers] Ubuntu/Debian packages, ...

2010-08-21 Thread Norman Elliott
Please also include python support. On 21 August 2010 12:44, Iztok Jeras wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on an Ubuntu/Debian package for owfs. For now I compiled > 2.8p0 as a package for Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), but I have a contact in > the Debian electronics team and I will ask them to include the

[Owfs-developers] frequency

2010-08-20 Thread Norman Elliott
Has the ability to alter the sampling frequency been added to owfs for ds1921 ibuttons? If not are there any prospects of getting access please? -- Norman. It's Linux for me and has been since 1993. -- This SF.net email

[Owfs-developers] Re; ow

2010-08-16 Thread Norman Elliott
All done again and now no complaint about ow but I get: ./temperature.py u DEFAULT: ow_ds9490.c:DS9490_detect(268) Unclear what <> means in USB specification, will use first adapter. DEFAULT: ow_usb_msg.c:DS9490_open(263) Opened USB DS9490 bus master at 7:2. DEFAULT: ow_usb_cycle.c:DS9490_ID_this_

Re: [Owfs-developers] ow

2010-08-16 Thread Norman Elliott
I think I will remove owfs, swig etc. download it all again but install swig before owfs and see what happens. Thank goodness for checkinstall. On 16 August 2010 22:59, Gregg Levine wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Norman Elliott > wrote: > > Hi Gregg, > > If you loo

Re: [Owfs-developers] ow

2010-08-16 Thread Norman Elliott
Hi Gregg, If you look you will see the swig module is enabled so I am just as puzzled still. On 16 August 2010 22:39, Gregg Levine wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Norman Elliott > wrote: > > I ran ./configure first in the root directory of the download and at the >

Re: [Owfs-developers] ow

2010-08-16 Thread Norman Elliott
device as i want to set up missions for it. On 16 August 2010 21:35, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > On Monday 16 August 2010, Norman Elliott elucidated thus: > > with a simple python script which just reads the value stored in the > > 1-wire/21.B5FB2200/temperature file. > >

[Owfs-developers] ow

2010-08-16 Thread Norman Elliott
Hi, I have just started to experiment with ibuttons using owfs. I am having trouble for a number of reasons. I have used owfs and fuse and can read the current temperature with a simple python script which just reads the value stored in the 1-wire/21.B5FB2200/temperature file. I want to set