May I see the code you used to detect the state of your Ipod. Even if it is
not commented I can save much time just looking at it.

2009/12/13 The Seven <these...@gmx.net>

> Stefan Krastanov schrieb:
> > Questions about
> > http://l4n.clustur.com/index.php/Nanotron_3000#Testing_for_freeze
> >
> > For the kernel log you are using dmesg, right? Why not clearing it before
> > every note with "sudo dmesg -c"?
> As dmesg -c will also return the dmesg ring buffer contents before
> clearing it, it's probably the best way to do it, unless you maybe want
> to also be able to look at it manually...
> >
> > The usb cable is connected _all_ the time, right?
> Yes
> >
> > May I see the shell code that you are using on the PC?
> AFAIK tucenaber built his nanotron software based on cmwslws. However,
> both the arduino controller and the detection code was done by himself,
> and I haven't seen him on IRC in a long time.
> >
> > I still don't understand very well how are you determining the state of
> the
> > Ipod. As far as I understand it is like this: if there is that nice
> message
> > in the kernel log you keep the note for future testing, if the message is
> > not there you are going to the next note?
> We're basically looking for the ipod to either connect and immediately
> disconnect again (crash), or to connect but stop responding to commands
> after some time (freeze), or to connect and fully enumerate (works).
>
> > Why then is someone using a light sensor to check for the backlight of
> the
> > Ipod?
> My nanotron contained a light sensor because I thought that we might
> need it back when building the hardware, but then found a way to do the
> whole detection via USB (even though I was using the platform
> independent approach to detect its state, by just checking whether we
> can access the ipods drive some seconds after it should have finished
> booting, and holding the disk mode combo during that time to catch it in
> disk mode (recognized via timing) if it crashes). I don't think anyone
> has ever actually used a light sensor for the state detection :-)
> >
> > Do you have those timing specs for the 3g nano?
> Tucenaber probably has them, but I don't think he put them into the wiki.
> >
> > Regards
> > Stefan
>
>
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