Up and running

[Zap]

Hi all,
have a BeagleBone Black up and running with Ubuntu 13.04  apache2, php, mysql.
It is really  surprising how fast this board is and had no problems getting things up and running.
Have  RossW's newmodbus installed and have been able to use the command prompt to get info from the Classic
How comes the hard part (for Me), setting up  to monitor the Classic as I don't know anything
about writing code or doing web pages.

zoneblue: I had a look at your website and even downloaded your code to play with,  will try and figure  it out.

[TomW]

Zap;

I can pass on some bits n pieces. I use crond to run my collection scripts and would be happy to share "how" I get what I want from the 2 Classics here.

I use awk and sed to massage the info and gnuplot to make graphs. PM me and I will see if I can help get you started logging which is the first step. There are more than one way to do this and I use just one method that works for me.

You may need to install some things (easy)

Tom

[boB]

This is great, Zap !   can't wait to hear how it all works after some more experience.

Thanks for sharing that info !

boB

[Halfcrazy]

for some reason my Beagle Board black will not boot. it pops up the little BeagleBoard logo for a sec and then goes away. I need to do more digging

Ryan

[TomW]

for some reason my Beagle Board black will not boot. it pops up the little BeagleBoard logo for a sec and then goes away. I need to do more digging

Ryan

So many new toys, too bad I went whole hog on rPi before these other boards came to my attention. They all seem to have their niche and uses.

Good luck with it.

Tom

[zoneblue]

Ross and i have been talking and a vague plan  is forming around starting a google code project to house all our various code tidbits, and maybe make some kind of plan to build something modular, that can grow over time and talk to more devices. I should have something in writing in a week or so.

[zoneblue]

BTW which version of newmodbus are you using?

[mtdoc]

Ross and i have been talking and a vague plan  is forming around starting a google code project to house all our various code tidbits, and maybe make some kind of plan to build something modular, that can grow over time and talk to more devices. I should have something in writing in a week or so.

Hey,

I just wanted to thank you guys. I'm sure there's probably many others like me who are monitoring junkies but without the coding skills to do what you guys are doing.  Looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!

[TomW]

BTW which version of newmodbus are you using?

Blue;

ROSS/newmodbus -p solar
SOLAR Display Panel 1.0.18, RossW
State FloatMppt
Firmware 1401

[zoneblue]

Tom, i was wondering whether he was using the rPi 'version' (that you compiled on the pi) on the beagle. That version...

[Zap]

The Ubuntu install info I used was from here: http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=Ubuntu_On_BeagleBone_Black
ZoneBlue:  using:  newmodbus 1.0.18 PC  Classic firmware 1401

[TomW]

Tom, i was wondering whether he was using the rPi 'version' (that you compiled on the pi) on the beagle. That version...

I doubt he was using 1.0.18 of any version I compiled. I only got them compiled a couple days ago due to my internet being down for a week and then up and down for several days after that.

I haven't passed on any binaries of 1.0.18 yet. I only got the source a couple days ago.

Ross had an OS-X version he compiled and posted, I think.

Hoping to find a stable internet access option here soon before what I have dies for good.

Tom

[Tons001]

I was able to get Ubuntu 12.04 up and running on the BBB from the sd but I am having trouble getting the full Ubuntu desktop up and going. Gonna putz around with it more today. I don't really want to flash over Argstorm till I know I like Ubuntu.

[Zap]

Tom, i was wondering whether he was using the rPi 'version' (that you compiled on the pi) on the beagle. That version...

I doubt he was using 1.0.18 of any version I compiled.

Tom is right didn’t get it from him, got it from Rossw’s site : newmodbus.1.0.18-PC    02-Jul-2013 06:52    25K

[RossW]

Tom, i was wondering whether he was using the rPi 'version' (that you compiled on the pi) on the beagle. That version...

I doubt he was using 1.0.18 of any version I compiled.

Tom is right didn’t get it from him, got it from Rossw’s site : newmodbus.1.0.18-PC    02-Jul-2013 06:52    25K

Ahh, the irony!

Ross doesn't have an rPi.
But Tom has been intimately involved with my code since day one... the -PI and -PC versions of code on my site are actually compiled by TomW and sent back to me.

So in reality you ARE running a version compiled by Tom, just that it came via me