Hello, Okay. So, I think this may have bit more than I can chew on at the moment. Thank you for ideas. I need to get them understood before I take research steps in the right direction.
... So, "protocol" is something I think I can use to research ideas. Seth On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 10:56:47 AM UTC-5 Dennis Bieber wrote: > On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:47:51 -0700 (PDT), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user set_ > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >I mean, I can test UART connections b/t the two boards. This is not my > >concern. I am trying to use one script to control both boards. I mean, I > >can break them up and try that setup too. > > > >I would rather have _________ work to make one script compiled > communicate > >my interests to the boards at my disposal. > > > > I believe you are going to have to define some sort of distributed > communication protocol, and run some sort of command interpreter on the > second board. The first board would then have to format and send commands > over the link to the second board for execution. The command definitions > will have to cover all operation categories you want to perform on the > second board (set motor speed, or whatever it is supposed to do), and > probably include return values too. > > Depending upon how you create this protocol library, it may be possible > to, say, run the command processor on each board using TCP/IP and listening > on "commandport", and your master script would open sockets to > "localhost:commandport" and "otherhost:commandport". This way, you use the > same command sequences for both boards (and can expand if needed -- > "anotherhost:commandport"). > > Your top-level control script only needs to know the IP/port for each > controller board. You run the same processor code as a server on each > board. > > > > -- > Dennis L Bieber > > -- 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/cd4bfadd-1936-4be0-a73f-727c6bbf1b69n%40googlegroups.com.
