I saw on another thread (this one) a discussion of being able to test the Mac / PC software, and @RogueM recommended asking once people had their kits.
My kit arrived yesterday, so this is me asking - any chance of previewing the Mac software?
Thanks,
Adam
I am also interested in testing the software for Mac
yup, feel free to check where itās at by downloading the āpreā(release) from:
Itās been tested on 10.9 to 10.11 but I reckon it should work on 10.7 and 10.8 (so basically almost anything you could throw at an Intel Mac).
Donāt forget to upgrade your dock firmware, instructions are included in the repo. Any problem post here. If all work please post here too. Basically, share your experience, good or bad!
Fantastic - thanks very much. Firmware updated (ādfu-programmer: no device present.ā errors but updated fine) and Iām happily tinkering with Rockpool (on 10.11.2).
Will give more feedback as I have it! :)
The script may state the firmware has been flashed, but if you received a note saying no device was present then it may not have performed the firmware update at all (the script could admittedly be more informative when that happens).
The current firmware is version 1.1, which should be stated at the start of the log window. To be safe you may want to flash it again, itās safe.
Hereās an outline of the procedure required:
Essentially you need the catch the device when it is initializing, when the lights are flashing on and off. Once they are steady it is too late and dfu-programmer will state āno device presentā.
Ah OK, how do I check firmware version / what should I be expecting if the firmware didnāt update successfully? Iām connecting to it fine via Rockpool and at Iāve just had a little play with the rainbow componentā¦
Screenshot of terminal:
EDIT: successfully updated by catching it in the initialisation state. Thanks for the tip! :)
Updated flotilla-pre today and I canāt get rockpool to work properly now. Iāv updated to the latest firmware and I can connect to the hub as rockpool starts getting this info.
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition ā/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osaxā cannot be used with the current OS because it has no OSAXHandlers entry in its Info.plist.
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Flotilla startingā¦
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Discovery Service Enabled
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Discovered IPV4 address: 192.168.1.10
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Baud rate: 115200
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] WS Port: 9395
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Flotilla ready to set sail
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Dock Connected
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Version: 1.12
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Serial: 15001f0035573132313503
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] User: Unnamed
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Name: Unnamed
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Enumerating Dock
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Dock 0, Ch 6 Found: rainbow
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] Dock 0, Ch 7 Found: matrix
[2016/02/18 16:10:50] IPV4 Address 192.168.1.10 registered successfully
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Opened
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Opened
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Client Saying Hello!
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Sending Ident: # Dock: 1.12,15001f0035573132313503,Unnamed,Unnamed,0
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Client Saying Hello!
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Sending Ident: # Dock: 1.12,15001f0035573132313503,Unnamed,Unnamed,0
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Opened
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Closed
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Closed
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Client Saying Hello!
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Sending Ident: # Dock: 1.12,15001f0035573132313503,Unnamed,Unnamed,0
[2016/02/18 16:10:51] Connection Closed
[2016/02/18 16:11:13] Connection Opened
[2016/02/18 16:11:13] Client Ready
[2016/02/18 16:11:13] Sending Ident: # Dock: 1.12,15001f0035573132313503,Unnamed,Unnamed,0
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Feb/2016 16:11:13] āGET /css/images/icon-empty.png HTTP/1.1ā 200 -
However the browser doesnāt see any modules plugged in.
I know these are working OK because I also use the flotilla hub with Sniff and I can talk to the hub and run programs utilising all the modules with this, running at 115200 baud. Any ideas?
The browser might be caching the old version of rockpoolā¦ refresh the page a number of times and see if that helps.
You can also try to access the dock using:
https://flotil.la/shipshape
btw, what Mac OS X version is this on?
Just installed OS X Rockpool and canāt seem to update the firmware - I downloaded all the files and when I run the shell script it says it has updated the firmware, but I donāt think it has - I get an error message beforehand saying āsudo: ./firmware/dfu-programmer: command not foundā - the dfu-programmer file IS in the firmware directory, though. Any ideas?
Iām working on 10.11.3 (El Capitan).
I flushed out Rockpool completely, reinstalled from the latest flotilla.pre and it is now working with that.
It doesnāt however work with flotil.la/shipshape When I connect with this there are no inputs or
putputs showing.
Pictures ot the different connect screen for Rockpool local and for flotil.la/shipshape shown below.
Using local Rockpool
Using flotil.la/shipshape
yes, looks like flotil.la/shipshape is outdated, which I expected to be the case, but thought would still be OKā¦ there is no reason to use it if you got it working with the local version.
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Sounds like your OS does not consider the firmware updater as a valid executable binaryā¦ why? I canāt tell without details about your system (hardware details and OSX version).
hum, when you say ādownload all the filesā, what do you meanā¦ from where? Could it be you are using the dfu-programmer compiled for a different platform?
Iām using Yosemite 10.10.4 (14E46) on a MacBook Air. I downloaded the files from https://github.com/pimoroni/flotilla-pre - could it be that I just need to chmod the updater to make it executable?
yes, itās definitely worth a try.