Grabserial - Revision history

Mysli: /* pyserial (required python library) */ BB and version updated

2012-01-08T22:55:57Z

‎pyserial (required python library): BB and version updated

2011-12-28T17:11:06Z

fixing versioning of grabserial

2011-12-20T21:27:31Z

removing .txt from grabserial

2011-12-20T21:26:20Z

removed txt from grabserial

2011-12-20T20:47:57Z

rearrange page and remove relative timing info (is included in 1.5.0)

2011-12-20T20:46:34Z

‎Usage Examples

2011-12-20T20:09:37Z

‎Sample Output

2011-12-20T19:44:07Z

‎Download and Installation

2011-12-20T19:43:37Z

‎Download and Installation

2011-12-20T19:38:58Z

‎Download and Installation: change download section

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 most distributions of python by default.  On some recent distributions of Linux
 pyserial is available as a package.  For example, to install it on Fedora 12,
-do this (as root): 'yum -y install pyserial'
+do this (as root): 'yum -y install pyserial'. The [[BeagleBoard]] with Angstrom needs a 'opkg install python-pyserial'.
 Here's a copy you can install if you don't have it.
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 The latest Pyserial can be obtained from: [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial]
-The current version as of November 2008 is 2.4, which is newer than what I've
+The current version as of November 2011 is 2.6, which is newer than what I've
 got here.

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 == Download and Installation ==
-Current version (1.5.0) is available here: [[Media:grabserial]]
+Current version (1.5.0) is available here: [[Media:grabserial-1.5.0]]
 Right click on the link and select "Save Link as" to download.

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 == Download and Installation ==
-Current version (1.5.0) is available here: [[Media:grabserial.txt]]
+Current version (1.5.0) is available here: [[Media:grabserial]]
 Right click on the link and select "Save Link as" to download.

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 Right click on the link and select "Save Link as" to download.
-(See [[File:grabserial.txt]] for file information)
+(See [[File:grabserial]] for file information)
 Also available here: http://makelinux.com/emb/grabserial

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 * Use one bootloader command to delay a few seconds and boot.  For u-boot this is done with something like: "sleep 5; bootm 0x80000000".
 * Immediately exit minicom and run grabserial.  After the delay expires, grabserial measures boot output.
 == Sample Output ==

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 Also available here: http://makelinux.com/emb/grabserial
-''Note: Due to MediaWiki stupidity, this file downloads with a leading upper-case letter.  Please rename to lowercase on download (e.g. "mv Grabserial grabserial")''
+''Note: Due to MediaWiki stupidity, this file downloads with a leading upper-case letter, and a txt extension.  Please rename to lowercase on download (e.g. "mv Grabserial.txt grabserial")''
 Also, you may need to change the file permissions in order to execute this.  On Linux, try this:

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 == Download and Installation ==
-Download latest grabserial with time delta here: http://makelinux.com/emb/grabserial
+Current version (1.5.0) is available here: [[Media:grabserial]]
-Previous version is [[Media:grabserial]]
+Right click on the link and select "Save Link as" to download.
 ''Note: Due to MediaWiki stupidity, this file downloads with a leading upper-case letter.  Please rename to lowercase on download (e.g. "mv Grabserial grabserial")''
-To install, merely place 'grabserial' on the path.  This would work:
+Also, you may need to change the file permissions in order to execute this.  On Linux, try this:
-  su root ; mv grabserial /usr/local/bin
+  sudo chmod a+x grabserial
 grabserial requires the python "serial" module.  This module is not shipped with
 most distributions of python by default.  On some recent distributions of Linux
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 do this (as root): 'yum -y install pyserial'
-Here's a copy you can install
+Here's a copy you can install if you don't have it.
-if you don't have it.  (You can check if you already have it by typing:
+(You can check if you already have it by typing:
 'python', then "import serial" in the interactive python interpreter.
 [[Media:pyserial-2.2.zip]]