> On Oct 31, 2018, at 12:01 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> What wifi adapter were you successfully using? i have tried them all that i 
> have and none of them work. :/ I will hopefully end up getting the one you go 
> to work and try that.

In general, non of the “dual band” wifi adapters will work very well, if at 
all.  There are drivers for a couple of them, but most don’t work at all. 

For the most part, we recommend the Edimax 150MBit adapters.   They seem to 
work the most reliably.   I personally use the EDUP 300Mbit adapters, but I 
cannot find them anymore.  :(    For the most part, if you go to Amazon and 
search for “Raspberry Pi Wifi”, what comes up should work.


> I tried the linux driver option and none of them came up with wlan0. I also 
> tried lsusb and none of them showed up as a device.
> 
> Is there a way to install the drivers/ enable them on falcon??

Yea, if you can find drivers.  The script that we use to install drivers on the 
image is at:
https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/blob/master/SD/FPP-Wifi-Drivers.sh 
<https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/blob/master/SD/FPP-Wifi-Drivers.sh>

So you can likely use that as a starting point to see what you need to do.   As 
I said, though, the issue is actually finding drivers for the appropriate 
chipset.  

Dan


> 
> 
> On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 9:06:29 AM UTC-4, Daniel Kulp wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2018, at 10:16 PM, [email protected] <> wrote:
>> Thanks for sending me those projects! I will take a look over those tomorrow 
>> during class!
>> 
>> The project i am doing is a graduation cap led matrix for a class I am in. 
>> More info here: 
>> https://elinux.org/ECE497_Project_-_LED_Matrix_Graduation_Cap 
>> <https://elinux.org/ECE497_Project_-_LED_Matrix_Graduation_Cap>. The page 
>> isn't complete yet but has a link of what we are trying to do. Feel free to 
>> follow our progress if you want.
>> 
>> The adapter is Realtek RTL8188CUS i think. How do i see what drivers are 
>> installed and how to install them if i need to? 
> 
> rtl8188cus is not one of them.  :( 
> 
> Two options:
> 1) Use a different adapter if you have one available.
> 
> 2) Flip to the kernel adapters and hope it works for your use case.   With 
> FPP 2.0/2.1 images, the setting was on the FPP Setting page.  With 2.2 and 
> 2.3, the setting is on the Network settings page.  
> 
> 
>> I will try the Linux drivers option tomorrow. Where on the network page can 
>> i find the network name/ password? Is that under the tether? 
> 
> No.  Once you get it to recognize the wlan0 device, you would select it from 
> the list box of devices and then the SSID and password fields will appear.   
> Your need to get wlan0 found first though.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> I was looking for explanation of these options but was unsuccessful in 
>> finding them.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Devon
>> 
>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 9:56:57 PM UTC-4, Daniel Kulp wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 29, 2018, at 9:15 PM, [email protected] <> wrote:
>>> The board is being powered off the micro USB port from my computer at the 
>>> moment. 
>>> 
>>> The voltage from VI is 5 Volts and VB is 0 Volts. ID is about .8 Volts. I 
>>> do have 5 Volts on the USB.
>>> 
>>> I would be interested in seeing those KiCad projects if possible!
>> 
>> 
>> PocketScroller:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6xks5tl5l4vr8cm/AAD10ftxImjgVQZbDLvcBRhMa?dl=0 
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6xks5tl5l4vr8cm/AAD10ftxImjgVQZbDLvcBRhMa?dl=0>
>> 
>> F8-PB:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/evuux5o7ogv2j50/AABsyxNA2QenPpanllb5lZ5Ha?dl=0 
>> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/evuux5o7ogv2j50/AABsyxNA2QenPpanllb5lZ5Ha?dl=0>
>> 
>> 
>> Just recently updated them to KiCad 5 so hopefully they work.   Not sure I 
>> got all the components re-mapped.
>> 
>> Couple more questions:
>> What WIFI adapter?  By default, FPP blacklists the kernel drivers as they, 
>> in general, suck for our use.   I have a bunch of the various Realtek blob 
>> drivers installed, but by no means all of them.   On the network page, you 
>> could try flipping to using the Kernel drivers and see if that helps.   
>> 
>> BTW:  can I ask what you are trying to do?  What kind of thing are you 
>> trying to design?  
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Falcon doesn't seem to be seeing the adapter.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Devon
>>> 
>>> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 2:26:13 PM UTC-4, [email protected] 
>>> <http://gmail.com/> wrote:
>>> Hello Everyone!
>>> 
>>> I am currently working on a project with Falcon Christmas on the Pocket 
>>> Beagle. I have a USB WIFI dongle to add WIFI to the pocket beagle.
>>> 
>>> I was following this guide to add the USB type A to it: 
>>> https://www.teachmemicro.com/pocketbeagle-wifi/ 
>>> <https://www.teachmemicro.com/pocketbeagle-wifi/>.
>>> 
>>> I am sure that it is wired properly but it doesn't show up on Falcon as a 
>>> device when i do "ifconfig". 
>>> The USB however doesn't seem to be on because the LED on the dongle isn't 
>>> lighting up even though there is 5 volts to the USB.
>>> 
>>> I have made sure that the USB pins are not being used by Falcon through the 
>>> web interface. 
>>> 
>>> The last thing i have tried was going through "connmanctl" but I get this 
>>> error when i try to enable WIFI.
>>> "Error wifi: Method "SetProperty" with signature "sv" on interface 
>>> "net.connman.Technology" doesn't exist"
>>> 
>>> Are there any suggestions as to what to try or where to debug this issue?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>> 
>>> 
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