> several months later. > > I have let this sit for too long. I don't remember all the steps taken to > get the robot running. > using the i/o direct from the beaglebone green input/output seems to fry > the board randomly. i had bought some optoisolators but never used them.. > too large. The beagel bone io is problematic many cannot be used or mapped > correctly. > Starting over. > > 1) update and upgrade apt get. > > # apt-get update > # apt-get upgrade > > > 2) found a copy of the robot python files not sure what version they are. > copied zip file into cloud 9 directory. (see attached) > > # apt-get install unzip > # apt-get install zip > # unzip example.zip > The main program is app.py (i think) First run says flask-socket i/o not installed. 3) install flask socket io get the latest pip version # pip install --upgrade pip install socketio (fast install)
# pip install flask-socketio Second run attempt askes for gevent 4) install gevent # pip install gevent (takes several minutes) > third run needs v4l2capture > 5) install v4l2capture installing v4l2capture # git clone https://github.com/philips/libv4l # cd libv4l # make #make install install v4l2capture git clone https://github.com/gebart/python-v4l2capture <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgebart%2Fpython-v4l2capture&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH_8JtC1AEeiP14mizcM21CX2VjJw> python-v4l2capture uses distutils. To build: ./setup.py build To build and install: ./setup.py install Now it runs... not sure if everything works, but the camera is sending video. > > > > > > > On Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 4:09:06 PM UTC-6, Chris M wrote: >> >> Some thoughts and findings as I begin to learn the BBG (Beaglebone Green) >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/dbcacdb1-fc3d-4c3f-8d67-b820dfa40016%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
