Oct.22 Back to project progress blogging

Daily progress will go in blog

... now summary information is being collected in the portable wiki not in blog entries.

Environment changes:

Virtual Boxs (Win7, Ubuntu) and portable Wiki  on different USB devices

Want 4diac/forte also on a fast USB.

(so can document when waiting on VB to start) 

Built hg versions

4diac hg:

1. hg clone
2. import into Galileo (modelling tools) Eclipse 
3. syncronise, test, export to build 4diac-ide
4. copy into the built 4diac directory:
• hg template directory
• typelibrary directory which will be used for default 
• know where an fbdk is for 4diac-ide preferences

Forte hg on:

1. laptop C: and H: drives
2. Alex's PC C: and Q: drives

• lms set_up shell
• make all 
• need to edit make file so only FBs needed are included
• Lab Nov. 8 Di. Blinky (Flip-Flop) 45 Minutes''' - need tutorial
• Problems: 
• cygwin errors when on USB
• Spaces in directory or filename cause cygwin problems
• cd to pwd will be removed from lms shell script

Flashed LMS with SAM-BA by downloading Lego Firmware and sending it to Lego

• VT1 (win98) saw it was an ecos device although no drivers installed
• Plugged lms into laptop with ecos - had no idea any device was attached.
• Plugged into laptop (WinVista) nothing!
• Plugged into Alex's PC (Win98) and nothing at first. Powered on with reset button pushed. Then Sam-ba recognized it.

Noted links in wiki to:
cmake (easier to have makefile configuration per application) - coming to 4diac in Nov. (I hope)
and hg to set up a repository and branches for lms fb palette.


in Virtual Box: Win7

Can LMS be used with standard LMS SW and downloaded from a Virtual Box (VB)?
1.  Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0 Software is installed in VB (not on host= laptop)

     Goal to program LMS and download program

Did Program the LMS provided RoboCenter >Machines>Color Sorter example

Connected the LMS to the laptop:

• Host (Vista) reaction:
• Installed unknown device
• Couldn't find in device list, but when turned off device list refreshed
• VB reaction:
• crashed  
• when tried to switch back to it in full screen mode. 
• first a message about needing more memory
• would not restart - gave error
• restart of vista system ok
• after restart: Win7 VB started in safe mode
• after Win7 restart - able to program again.
• Finish program - save after every step
• Just like it did 2 years ago when I first used LMS - the UI is very, very slow and you can see everything. In this case the motor blocks at the end. 
• Finished - but not tested
• Will want to compare to what event driven program would look like.

Snapshot of VB

• Connected LMS to VB (check under USB devices)
• It kept going on and off
• Finally managed to start download while it was detectect
• And ColorSorter.rbt downloaded from VB on to the LMS!!!
• (details: lms ACIN = USB Devices> unknown device 0694:002)