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[Blade]

This is a weird one

01/05/2017 08:01:04:071 PM : v2.0.122.0 - Homeseer_Started_Check(): russoundComPort --> /dev/ttyUSB0
01/05/2017 08:01:04:074 PM : v2.0.122.0 - Homeseer_Started_Check(): ERROR - Caught this exception - Could not resolve type with token 0100006a

I print the com port and then I get the error. This makes no sense. It has not even tried to open the port yet. Do you have vbnc installed as well

vbnc -version

I have not seen this before. I wonder if anyone else is using BLRussound on a PI

[bje]

Yes I see I do have vbnc (must have been installed with mono?):

Visual Basic.Net Compiler version 0.0.0.5943 (Mono 4.4 - master/8a804fd)
Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Rolf Bjarne Kvinge. All rights reserved.

[zwolfpack]

From the dmesg:

[    6.377707] usb 1-1.2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[    6.388819] usb 1-1.3.4: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB1

Looks like there are two USB converters attached? Which one is connected to the Russsound?

Perhaps verify the USB serial devices are present:

ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*

'pl2303' indicates the chip the converter is based on - http://prolificusa.com/portfolio/pl2...ge-controller/

[bje]

Yes there were two connected when I ran that. I disconnected the one just to be sure. Here is output with just the Russound connection:

[ 0.001520] console [tty1] enabled
[ 0.093187] 3f201000.uart: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x3f201000 (irq = 87, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[ 3.505734] systemd[1]: Starting system-getty.slice.
[ 3.513260] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice.
[ 6.257754] usb 1-1.5: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

[zwolfpack]

And does the /devttyUSB0 device appear like this?

pi@rpi:~ $ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jan  6 14:16 /dev/ttyUSB0

[zwolfpack]

Possibly a permissions issue? Check this out (at the bottom): https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/v...ic.php?p=90223

[zwolfpack]

The user running the process needs to have rights to the character device (/dev/ttyUSB0). Easy way to do this is to add them to the 'dialout' group.

Check what groups user is member of:

$ id -a
uid=1001(homeseer) gid=1001(homeseer) groups=1001(homeseer)

Add user homeseer to group dialout:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout homeseer

[bje]

yes:
$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jan 5 19:43 /dev/ttyUSB0

[bje]

I am running this as me (bje01) not homeseer.
I did do the usermod command, but with bje01 rather than homeseer.

[zwolfpack]

I found while experimenting that the extra permissions didn't appear right away; seemed that they were cached in the shell. I had to log out & back in before I could write to the device.