(NOW WORKING) 'DS9490R 1wire usb adapter' working!

[wooly]

Problem with the DS9490R with LMCE.  Take a look at:

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php/topic,11328.150.html

And my chat with Techstyle: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php/topic,13040.msg94271.html#msg94271

I know RULE#1......12 months+?
Should I just bin it in parts bin and buy something else?

Regards
Wooly

[tschak909]

I do not have a 1-wire setup here, however, if somebody would send me a 9490R, and a couple of sensors, I could do the necessary work to debug the implementation.

-Thom

[mkbrown69]

Thom,

Actually, if you're able to make the C++ 1-wire device template more flexible, to accommodate more of the OWFS supported devices, that may solve the problem.  Right now it's hard-coded to expect a serial type device, which rules out all the network, i2c, and other types of OWFS bus masters <http://owfs.org/index.php?page=bus-masters>

In my case, I'd like to be able to use my Raspberry Pi as a networked OWFS control node.  I have some quick and dirty bash scripts running that do owreads into a variable, and then do a messagesend to a manually created device on the core.  Works well enough for proof-of-concept, and I can see the little Thermometer icon on the floor plans.

Just a thought...

Thanks!

/Mike

[hari]

Adding other adapter types is straightforward. The OneWire DCE device uses the OWCAPI (the C API from the OWFS project). The initialisation is done with the ow_init() call described here: http://owfs.org/uploads/owcapi.1.html#sect8
As you can see it takes the same device options as owfs(5), so besides serial devices it is also possible to specify a tcp connection to an owserver instance or usb devices (e.g. "usb"). ow_init() is called here: http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/browser/branches/LinuxMCE-1004/src/OneWire/OneWire.cpp#L78

Code:

72         string port = TranslateSerialUSB(DATA_Get_COM_Port_on_PC());
[…]
78         if (OW_init(port.c_str())==0) {
[…]

the "port" string would need to be assigned with other owfs device options to achieve the wanted behaviour. So one could probably add a device parameter for a specific owfs init string. If that is set it would take precedence over COM_Port_on_PC.

A quick hack in the database to test if I'm right could look like this:
update Device_DeviceData set IK_DeviceData='usb'  where FK_DeviceData=37 and FK_Device=<id of your OneWire device>;

[hari]

Another option would be to just set the port string to "usb" when the DATA_Get_COM_Port_on_PC() is empty (because no serial port was set in the web admin):

Code:

72         string port = TranslateSerialUSB(DATA_Get_COM_Port_on_PC());
73             if (port == "") port = "usb";

That would not allow people to use tcp or other connection methods, but it would at least fail back to USB when no serial port is set..

[hari]

this is untested but could work: http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/27136

[wooly]

Hari,
How do I test/get this? sqlCVS update and or apt-get update?
Sorry newbie question's
Also I may have broke the 1wire template 2161, By making changes to device data section!
Is there a way to get it back to original?

Many thanks for your help

Wooly

[hari]

you can revert the local changes in the sqlcvs section of the web admin

[wooly]

I can now report success (adapter registered)
THANK YOU Hari
I did need to make changes to my device template 2161 though to get it to work:
Comm Method was saying 'RS232' so changed to 'Please select'
Under Device data - 37 com port on pc (string) - Default value - was still saying 'dev/ttyS0' so just deleted value and saved template then reload.....Thats it, it just worked

Sorry Thom was nearly ready to put DS9490R in post to you!

Wish I could code, tried programing a pic chip once in C+ gave up after 2weeks & used pic basic instead took 1day.

Respect,

Wooly

[posde]

wooly,

why don't you put that DS9490R into the post to TSCHAK as a thank you for his work anyhow? Or visit http://www.linuxmce.org, and donate...

Just a thought

[wooly]

posde,

Was thinking I would make a donation as I don't have to buy a new 1wire adapter, although I am destitute at the moment that may change in the next few weeks, so watch this space...

As far as I know it was Hari that fixed 1wire....Thom just offered to if he got a DS9490R, so please read full topic thread.

Respect to all dev team.

Wooly

[posde]

I read the whole thread. hari and tschak both deserve as much "Thank you"s as you can offer. Without them, there would be no LinuxMCE.

[hari]

he said thank you :-)

[Techstyle]

I can now report success Grin (adapter registered)

did any sensors show up?

[wooly]

Techstyle,
Yes just plug sensor in on parasitic reboot and there it was/is as child of 1wire