Hi James and Ryan
I tried sudo pip install spead and I get the following
Requirment already satisfied (use --upgrade): spead in
usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
cleaning up....
Any ideas?
I am a bit lost to be honest.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
> Hello Heystek,
>
> I vaguely recall installing spead from pip as well, as Ryan has done here.
> Give that a whirl.
>
> Regards,
> James
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Ryan Monroe <ryan.m.mon...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> rmonroe@rmonroe-ThinkPad-P50:~$ sudo pip install spead
>> [sudo] password for rmonroe:
>> The directory '/home/rmonroe/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is
>> not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check
>> the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo,
>> you may want sudo's -H flag.
>> The directory '/home/rmonroe/.cache/pip' or its parent directory is not
>> owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the
>> permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you
>> may want sudo's -H flag.
>> Collecting spead
>> Downloading spead-0.5.1.tar.gz (61kB)
>> 100% |████████████████████████████████| 71kB 1.5MB/s
>> Installing collected packages: spead
>> Running setup.py install for spead ... done
>> Successfully installed spead-0.5.1
>> rmonroe@rmonroe-ThinkPad-P50:~$ ipython
>> Python 2.7.12 (default, Jul 1 2016, 15:12:24)
>> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>
>> IPython 2.4.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
>> ? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
>> %quickref -> Quick reference.
>> help -> Python's own help system.
>> object? -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.
>>
>> In [1]: import spead
>>
>> In [2]:
>>
>>
>> On 10/07/2016 02:04 AM, Heystek Grobler wrote:
>>
>> Hi James
>>
>> I installed the PySpead package but I get the following error when I run
>> the tut3.py script:
>>
>> ImportError: No mode named spead
>>
>> Do you perhaps have any ideas on how to solve it?
>>
>> Thank you!!
>>
>> Heystek
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Heystek,
>>>
>>> If you're still in the Python environment, then PySpead is the one you
>>> want.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Heystek Grobler <
>>> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good Day
>>>>
>>>> After a while of troubleshooting I determined the connection with
>>>> TCP/IP into the board was correct. I updated the file system and kernel of
>>>> the ROACH2 and now I can program it.
>>>>
>>>> I only need to install a package called spead in order to use the .bof
>>>> file with tutorial 3 of CASPER.
>>>>
>>>> Where can a download the spead package from? I can only find PySpead
>>>> and Spead2.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for everyones help
>>>>
>>>> Heystek!
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Adam Isaacson <aisaac...@ska.ac.za>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Heystek,
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to telnet, which is another way of configuring your board,
>>>>> then you need to state the port. Are you doing the following from the
>>>>> terminal:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1)Telnet to port 7147: "telnet <ip> 7147".
>>>>>
>>>>> 2)?progremote fpgfile.fpg
>>>>>
>>>>> You say you can ping your board, so you should be able to connect via
>>>>> casperfpga, as you mentioned above. Did you do what James suggested i.e.
>>>>> try running fpga.is_connected()? if it reports "True" then you are
>>>>> connected and if false then you will need to debug further. Are you sure
>>>>> that the IP you are pinging is your roach2 - may sound like a silly
>>>>> question, but I don't know your setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Heystek Grobler <
>>>>> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi James
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will try it. Through the terminal I can ping the board, but I cant
>>>>>> open a Telnet connection.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I open a ttyUSB connection to the Roach en monitor it, and try
>>>>>> to upload the fga file, the Roach gives the same error "progremote"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thats why I'm confused
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really appreciate it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heystek
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, 30 September 2016, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Heystek,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Before you program the ROACH2, I'd suggest trying
>>>>>>> fpga.is_connected() and fpga.est_clk_frequency() to check whether
>>>>>>> you can actually communicate with the ROACH2. It might be a network
>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>> that's been unplugged by accident - that's where I've seen those errors
>>>>>>> before. The fpga=casperfpga.katcp_fpga.KatcpFpga('roachname or
>>>>>>> ip_address') doesn't actually throw an error if it can't connect to
>>>>>>> the ROACH2. This information would at least help you narrow down the
>>>>>>> possibilities as to what's wrong (i.e. whether it's the kernel on the
>>>>>>> ROACH2).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Disclaimer: I work only on ROACH, but I'm fairly certain the
>>>>>>> procedure would be the same.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Heystek Grobler <
>>>>>>> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good day everyone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am having difficulties programming the ROACH 2 board. I am
>>>>>>>> following the instructions of CASPER tutorial one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I Have compiled the fpg file and is using the following steps from
>>>>>>>> the tutorial.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. I entered ipython into the terminal
>>>>>>>> 2. import casperfpga
>>>>>>>> 3. fpga=casperfpga.katcp_fpga.KatcpFpga('roachname or ip_address')
>>>>>>>> with the ip address of my roach
>>>>>>>> 4. fpga.upload_to_ram_and_program('your_fpgfile.fpg') with the
>>>>>>>> location of the .fpga file
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but at point 4 I get the following error:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> RuntimeError Traceback (most recent
>>>>>>>> call last)
>>>>>>>> <ipython-input-6-bdb3ff92f6c0> in <module>()
>>>>>>>> ----> 1 fpga.upload_to_ram_and_program
>>>>>>>> ('/home/heystek/simulink/ai_t1/bit_files/ai_t1_2016_Sep_14_2
>>>>>>>> 052.fpg')
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/casperfpga/katcp_fpga.pyc
>>>>>>>> in upload_to_ram_and_program(self, filename, port, timeout,
>>>>>>>> wait_complete)
>>>>>>>> 442 if request_result != '':
>>>>>>>> 443 raise RuntimeError('progremote request(%s) on
>>>>>>>> host %s failed' %
>>>>>>>> --> 444 (request_result, self.host))
>>>>>>>> 445
>>>>>>>> 446 # start the upload thread and join
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> RuntimeError: progremote request(Request to client 192.168.33.4
>>>>>>>> failed.) on host 192.168.33.4 failed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I looked at the mail archives and it sugested that I update the
>>>>>>>> kernel of the roach. Is this perhaps the problem? Or am I doing
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> wrong?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have a wonderful day.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Heystek
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam Isaacson
>>>>>
>>>>> DBE: FPGA Engineer
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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