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Submitted by Greg Nuspel on Sat, 04/03/2010 - 15:40
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I have everything installed so now I have a few questions and note I am new to Linux.
Can I connect with openmoco-slim to the engine through the USB?
I know the port is ttyUSB0 would this be what I connect to?
I know this uses NewSoftSerial can I jumper the pins 1&4 to 2&3 to allow communication from the USB?

Sorry if this is all stupid, but I'm trying to get it all together. My reason for trying Linux is I have a Mini2440 that I would like to use in the future if possible.

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Hi Greg, You can use

Submitted by shutterdrone on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 00:31.

Hi Greg,

You can use /dev/ttyUSB0 as your port, e.g.:

[1]> port /dev/ttyUSB0

You don't need to connect 2&3 to 1&2, the use of NewSoftSerial was to allow two serial connections -- the USB port is a USB to serial adapter, so no need to modify anything, it should work just fine for you that way.

The latest dev versions don't use NewSoftSerial, and have a lot of bug fixes/features added. Once you get up and running w/ the released version, I suggest upgrading everything to the latest from SVN on sourceforge (look for the 'Engine 0.82...' thread on here, the matching versions of TimeLapse.pm is 0.03, and Slim is 0.12, I believe.)

The Mini2440 looks like a good option - if you get a chance, check and see if processing works on there, then can it can use the GUI when its ready.

!c

Thanks I have it moving now.

Submitted by Greg Nuspel on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 17:25.

Thanks I have it moving now. Now I will try to upgrade the TimeLapse and Slim and see what I can do with that.