[chiplotle-discuss] Fwd: dpx-2000 help

[Jeffrey Trevino]

Hey y'all,

I'm setting up a DPX-2000 to work with chiplotle. I've run the plotter's
test mode, and the thing works fine. I've got a decent usb->9-bin adapter
and a plotter cable that takes me from 9-pin to 24-pin, as it says in the
FAQ, so the connection looks fine - but I can't get chiplotle to detect the
plotter.

I get a couple errors that someone might be familiar with. First, when I
have the serial_port_to_plotter_map variable in the config file set to
"None," it just tells me that there's no plotter, but that it
"
Found ports:
  /dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
  /dev/tty.KeySerial1
"

Then, when I make a dictionary to assign the serial port to the plotter -
so the above variable looks like

serial_port_to_plotter_map = {'/dev/tty.KeySerial1' : 'DPX-2000'}

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/tools/plottertools/instantiate_plotters.py",
line 17, in instantiate_plotters
    p = _instantiate_plotter(k, v)
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/tools/plottertools/_instantiate_plotter.py",
line 19, in _instantiate_plotter
    plotter = instantiate_plotter_from_id(ser, id)
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/tools/plottertools/instantiate_plotter_from_id.py",
line 15, in instantiate_plotter_from_id
    plotter = getattr(plotters, plt_str)(serial)
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/plotters/dpx2000.py",
line 16, in __init__
    _DrawingPlotter.__init__(self, ser, **kwargs)
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/plotters/baseplotter.py",
line 31, in __init__
    self.buffer_size = self._buffer_space
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/plotters/baseplotter.py",
line 176, in _buffer_space
    bs = self._read_port()
  File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.6.egg/chiplotle/plotters/baseplotter.py",
line 161, in _read_port
    return self._serial_port.readline(eol='\r')
TypeError: readline() got an unexpected keyword argument 'eol'

which seems to mean that it just can't read anything from the port. I'm
using a Tripp-Lite Keyspan USB->9-pin serial adapter, and I have the
drivers appropriate for my operating system (Mac OS 10.6.8).

Any hints?

thanks for your attention,
Jeff

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Jeff Treviño
PhD Candidate in Music Composition
@ the University of California, San Diego
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Skype: jeffreytrevino
E-mail: jeffrey.trevino at gmail.com
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La Jolla, CA 92037
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 <http://www.jeffreytrevino.com/>



-- 
《〠》】〶【〖〠〗〶〛〷〚
Jeff Treviño
PhD Candidate in Music Composition
@ the University of California, San Diego
〖〠〗〶〛〷〚《〠》】〶
Skype: jeffreytrevino
E-mail: jeffrey.trevino at gmail.com
〚《〠》】〶【〖〠〗〶〛〷
9310H Redwood Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA
〖〠〗〶〛〷〚《〠》】〶【
<http://www.jeffreytrevino.com/>
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