Ruby
jamod control of Ifos successful
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 01:21 — peterI am finally able to demonstrate direct jamod control of Ifos.
Snow Leopard and ruby-serialport
Sun, 09/06/2009 - 20:37 — peterAs soon as I upgraded to Snow Leopard, my mastery of the hardware serial port looked decidedly unhealthy:
peter@McMullen ~/Documents/saphum $ irb -r ifos/ifos.rb
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle: dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find: (LoadError)
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle: no matching architecture in universal wrapper - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.rb:1
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from ../modbus/modbus.rb:25
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from ./ifos.rb:19
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:253:in `load_modules'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:251:in `each'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:251:in `load_modules'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start'
from /usr/bin/irb:13
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle: dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle, 9): no suitable image found. Did find: (LoadError)
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle: no matching architecture in universal wrapper - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.bundle
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-serialport-0.7.0/lib/serialport.rb:1
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from ../modbus/modbus.rb:25
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from ./ifos.rb:19
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:253:in `load_modules'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:251:in `each'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:251:in `load_modules'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start'
from /usr/bin/irb:13
Controlling Ifos from Mac OS X
Sun, 08/16/2009 - 22:11 — peterMore progress on my Mac development path migration: I can now control Ifos slaves from my iMac. This is the culmination of a few related successes, and means
- The Mac sees and can use my USB-to-Serial cable
- ruby-serialport is installed and working
- My tiny Modbus master in Ruby is working
- The Ifos slave still works (you never know with these "invention"-type thing-a-bobs)
Related, but not specifically required for basic Ifos control via Modbus/Ruby:
- javax.comm is installed and working
Tiny Modbus Master in Ruby
Fri, 02/08/2008 - 02:46 — peterHere's a tiny Modbus master in Ruby that supports ASCII and RTU modes for all function (and subfunction) codes defined in the MODBUS Application Protocol Specification V1.1b. (Joachim Wuttke has published a similar version that handles TCP.) Serial port handling in Ruby is provided by Guillaume Pierronnet's Ruby/SerialPort code.
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