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Comment on RNDIS Modem & Linux by Kyle Gordon

Kyle Gordon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:35 +0000

Excellent! Well done that man, the one-liner works a treat!

Cheers

Comment on AC Fuel Flow Summary by Gordonjcp

Gordonjcp — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:37:32 +0000

Hah, sounds like the terrible problems I had for about a year with the CX. It would intermittently not run properly but only if it was driven up hills or above 50mph. I stripped and cleaned the carb about a dozen times, only to find a tiny crumb of rubber from a disintegrating fuel hose blocking the needle valve. Whenever I took the top off the carb, the crumb fell away and hid in what was left of the banjo filter…

Comment on USB Problems by Kyle Gordon

Kyle Gordon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:27:03 +0000

Well, it didn’t turn out to be a mini USB. The plug is about the same size as the socket, and slightly different inside. I’ve put up some pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylegordon/sets/72157623168052562/ – the new mini at the bottom, the original in the middle, and the board at the top.

I downloaded the USB specifications from http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/usb_20_122909-2.zip and discovered in Micro-USB_1_01.pdf that the micro-A plug is 6.85mm by 1.8mm, and the micro-B is 6.85mm by 1.8mm, with chamfered edges. This damned thing is 5mm by 3mm.

I couldn’t find the designs specs for the mini-USB plugs, but from all the photos and the many that I have here, the mini-USB plugs are much larger, and all have chamfered edges.

Sod it, I’ll just solder the cable on

Comment on Wedding by Joe Anderson

Joe Anderson — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:09:45 +0000

It would appear that everything is in place, or is it? Weddings organized well in advance usually overlook an important feature. Good luck for the day.

Comment on Sure/Smartie LCDProc by Kyle Gordon

Kyle Gordon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:56:52 +0000

Hi,

That looks suspiciously like the kernel having issues rather than LCDproc – hence the change from “LCDd” to “kernel” in the 4th column. The Smartie just presents itself as a serial to USB device, just like the PL2303 chips on other devices.

Firstly I would check to make sure that your kernel is up to date, as you say it takes out your entire USB subsystem instead of just the display. With the kernel up to date, it should also update the cp210x module as well.

Failing all that, I would suggest asking the LCDproc mailing list, cos I’m all out of ideas

Kyle

Comment on Sure/Smartie LCDProc by davidea

davidea — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:13:25 +0000

unfortunatly, it’s all ok, befoare i connect a client!!!!
when i connect a client, it’s stop working, and stop working usb too!!!

here a piece of /var/log/messages (i hope you may arrange in code box!!!!)
please note that i tried to kill the pid, for this reason i’ve a :”Server shutting down on SIGTERM”

Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: LCDd version 0.5dev starting
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Built on Jan 2 2010, protocol version 0.3, API version 0.5
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Using Configuration File: /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Set report level to 5, output to syslog
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Server forking to background
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: parent = 2542
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Listening for queries on 127.0.0.1:13666
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: child = 2543
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec driver: init(0×24294e0)
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec: using Device /dev/ttyUSB0
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec: screen size 20 x 4.
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec: Contrast (in config) is ‘500′
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec: Brightness (in config) is ‘600′
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec_init: OffBrightness (in config) is ‘100′
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Driver [SureElec] loaded
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Key “Escape” is now reserved exclusively by client [-1]
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Key “Enter” is now reserved shared by client [-1]
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Key “Up” is now reserved shared by client [-1]
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: Key “Down” is now reserved shared by client [-1]
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: child_ok_func(signal=10)
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: screenlist_switch: switched to screen [_server_screen]
Jan 2 15:04:56 phenom LCDd: SureElec: BL turned on
Jan 2 15:06:12 phenom LCDd: Server shutting down on SIGTERM
Jan 2 15:06:19 phenom kernel: [ 154.628622] usb 4-4: USB disconnect, address 2
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930117] khubd D 0000000000000000 0 40 2 0×00000000
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930125] ffff88006d5a5be0 0000000000000046 ffff88005b5b38a0 0000000000015880
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930132] ffff88006d59b110 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 0000000000015880
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930137] 0000000000015880 ffff88006d59b110 0000000000015880 0000000000015880
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930143] Call Trace:
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930155] [] usb_kill_urb+0×85/0xc0
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930164] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0×0/0×40
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930170] [] ? usb_get_urb+0×16/0×20
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930175] [] usb_hcd_flush_endpoint+0×123/0×130
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930181] [] usb_disable_endpoint+0×5a/0xa0
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930186] [] usb_disable_device+0×30/0×130
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930191] [] usb_disconnect+0xca/0×140
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930195] [] hub_port_connect_change+0×8a/0×960
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930200] [] hub_events+0×3a2/0×590
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930206] [] ? thread_return+0×48/0×37f
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930211] [] ? hub_thread+0×0/0×190
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930215] [] hub_thread+0×3a/0×190
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930219] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0×0/0×40
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930224] [] ? hub_thread+0×0/0×190
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930228] [] kthread+0xa6/0xb0
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930233] [] child_rip+0xa/0×20
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930238] [] ? kthread+0×0/0xb0
Jan 2 15:09:46 phenom kernel: [ 360.930241] [] ? child_rip+0×0/0×20

Comment on USB Problems by kyle

kyle — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:38:07 +0000

I thought it might be a micro, but the micro is a lot slimmer than this one. Standards… I love the variety of them :-/

Comment on USB Problems by mrben

mrben — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:03:39 +0000

Looks like a micro-B to me, looking at the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_connector#Connector_types

Comment on USB Problems by kyle

kyle — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:20:58 +0000

mgdm gave the game away when he linked to http://www.cypressindustries.com/mini_usb_4p_connector.html It would seem to be a mini USB 4P variant. Same name, different form factor. Clever stuff… :-/

A cable is only 3 quid on ebay, so I’ll head down that route. It’s to be connected to a computer by USB instead of a microcontroller, so I have to stick with having a plug on the other end. Hardwiring a cable onto it was going to be the last solution

Comment on USB Problems by Gordonjcp

Gordonjcp — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:05:45 +0000

Too many pins for mini-B.

Why not just do away with the silly proprietary connector and hardwire a cable on? Do you even need the USB bit if you’re connecting it to a microcontroller?