Re: Installation problems with Comedi

On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 11:39 -0500, Thomas Netter wrote:
> Harold,
> 
> Did you do the commands of section 2.11 on page 10 of the RTAI-Lab
> tutorial?
> Namely:
> 1. cd /usr/src/rtai/rtai-lab/scilab/macros
> 2. Adjust Scilab version and installation directory in Makefile, e.g.:
>    SCILAB VERSION = 4.0
> 3. make install

Thomas,

I did perform this step, however the resulting files were somewhat
different from those you quote below.  In particular, I had no CVS/
directory (I was installing directly from the tar file) and there were
no rtai4_* files.  Most of the rest of the files were as you listed, but
to make certain of what I got, I have included a list below of the
contents of my /usr/local/scilab-4.0/macros/RTAI/ directory.  Here it
is:

RT_templates/
C_RTAI_BLK.bin
C_RTAI_BLK.sci
genlib
lib
Makefile
names
RTAICodGen_.bin
RTAICodeGen_.sci
rtai_comedi_datain.bin
rtai_comedi_datain.sci
rtai_comedi_dataout.bin
rtai_comedi_dataout.sci
rtai_comedi_dioin.bin
rtai_comedi_dioin.sci
rtai_comedi_dioout.bin
rtai_comedi_dioout.sci
rtai_extdata.bin
rtai_extdata.sci
rtai_fifo.bin
rtai_fifo.sci
rtai_generic_inp.bin
rtai_generic_inp.sci
rtai_generic_out.bin
rtai_generic_out.sci
rtai_led.bin
rtai_let.sci
RTAI-Lib.cosf
rtai_mbx_ovrwr_send.bin
rtai_mbx_ovrwr_send.sci
rtai_mbx_rcb.bin
rtai_mbx_Rcv_if.bin
rtai_mbx_rcv_if.sci
rtai_mbx_rcv.sci
rtai_mbx_send_if.bin
rtai_mbx_send_if.sci
rtai_meter.bin
rtai_meter.sci
rtai_scope.bin
rtai_scope.sci
rtai_sem_signal.bin
rtai_sem_signal.sci
rtai_sem_wait.bin
rtai_sem_wait.sci
rtai_sinus.bin
rtai_sinus.sci
rtai_square.bin
rtai_square.sci
rtai_step.bin
rtai_step.sci
SetTarget_.bin
SetTarget_.sci
tmp_Bin
tmp_Macros

At this point I'm trying to understand the details of the
compile/link/execute steps in scicos.  I'm still missing an RTAI menu
tab on my scicos window, however RTAI-Lab is listed (in the edit->
Palette window, I believe).  It appears I can draw block diagram OK, but
I seem to be missing the "Set target" menu described in sub-section
3.4.2.  As a consequence, I haven't yet been able to edit "Target", and
"Ode function" as described in that sub-section.  I'm still uncertain
regarding the results of my compile step.

Hope this information helps you.

	Harold Skank

> 
> This should install the RTAI-Lab files in the Scilab directory:
> /usr/local/scilab-4.0/macros/RTAI/
> 
> C_RTAI_BLK.bin            rtai4_scope.bin          rtai_led.sci
> C_RTAI_BLK.sci            rtai4_scope.sci          RTAI-Lib.cosf
> CVS/                      rtai4_sem_signal.bin
> rtai_mbx_ovrwr_send.bin
> genlib                    rtai4_sem_signal.sci
> rtai_mbx_ovrwr_send.sci
> lib                       rtai4_sem_wait.bin       rtai_mbx_rcv.bin
> Makefile                  rtai4_sem_wait.sci       rtai_mbx_rcv_if.bin
> names                     rtai4_sinus.bin          rtai_mbx_rcv_if.sci
> rtai4_comedi_datain.bin   rtai4_sinus.sci          rtai_mbx_rcv.sci
> rtai4_comedi_datain.sci   rtai4_square.bin         rtai_mbx_send_if.bin
> rtai4_comedi_dataout.bin  rtai4_square.sci         rtai_mbx_send_if.sci
> rtai4_comedi_dataout.sci  rtai4_step.bin           rtai_meter.bin
> rtai4_comedi_dioin.bin    rtai4_step.sci           rtai_meter.sci
> rtai4_comedi_dioin.sci    RTAICodeGen_.bin         rtai_scope.bin
> rtai4_comedi_dioout.bin   RTAICodeGen_.sci         rtai_scope.sci
> rtai4_comedi_dioout.sci   rtai_comedi_datain.bin   rtai_sem_signal.bin
> rtai4_extdata.bin         rtai_comedi_datain.sci   rtai_sem_signal.sci
> rtai4_extdata.sci         rtai_comedi_dataout.bin  rtai_sem_wait.bin
> rtai4_fifo.bin            rtai_comedi_dataout.sci  rtai_sem_wait.sci
> rtai4_fifo.sci            rtai_comedi_dioin.bin    rtai_sinus.bin
> rtai4_led.bin             rtai_comedi_dioin.sci    rtai_sinus.sci
> rtai4_led.sci             rtai_comedi_dioout.bin   rtai_square.bin
> rtai4_mbx_ovrwr_send.bin  rtai_comedi_dioout.sci   rtai_square.sci
> rtai4_mbx_ovrwr_send.sci  rtai_extdata.bin         rtai_step.bin
> rtai4_mbx_rcv.bin         rtai_extdata.sci         rtai_step.sci
> rtai4_mbx_rcv_if.bin      rtai_fifo.bin            RT_templates/
> rtai4_mbx_rcv_if.sci      rtai_fifo.sci            SetTarget_.bin
> rtai4_mbx_rcv.sci         rtai_generic_inp.bin     SetTarget_.sci
> rtai4_mbx_send_if.bin     rtai_generic_inp.sci     tmp_Bin
> rtai4_mbx_send_if.sci     rtai_generic_out.bin     tmp_Macros
> rtai4_meter.bin           rtai_generic_out.sci
> rtai4_meter.sci           rtai_led.bin
> 
> Thanks for your feedback. I'm using your comments to improve some of
> the 
> sections in the tutorial. Keep me posted for further questions
> regarding 
> the tutorial.
> 
> -Thomas
> 
> 

Received on 2006-08-25Z16:03:05