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Forcing Serial device to use the same Serial port

EDIT: Note, that this caused an error that I'm currently trying to work out. I'll remove this once I've figured it out. Basically, it doesn't treat the second device as a serial port. Note, that I'm currently writing this to use on my Raspberry Pi to make it work better with BotQueue's client software, bumblebee. When you unplug a usb serial device, and plug it back in, the serial port changes.  So, if you have it as /dev/ttyACM0, unplug it and plug it back in, you'll see it's now at /dev/ttyACM1. Throughout this tutorial, I'm going to use /dev/ttyACM0 since that's the current port of the device I'm trying to get to stay.  Note, that this is a device rename, not a symlink. I'll be using /dev/ttyJasmine for the new port since Jasmine is the name of my printer. First up, let's find some info about the device: udevadm info -q property -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/ttyACM0) It should spit out some info. The line that we need

Run Bumblebee on Raspberry Pi boot

In my last post , I showed you how to set up a raspberry pi with BotQueue. This time, I want to show you how to start it on boot. First, let's create an executable script to run bumblebee with a single command. I'm doing this so that if I ever change the directory BotQueue is in, I only have to change one file. So to edit the new executable, run the following command (replacing nano with your text editor of choice. I use vim personally): sudo nano /usr/bin/bumblebee You should be presented with a blank file. Add the following lines to it, before saving and exiting (replacing /home/pi/BotQueue/bumblebee/ with wherever you put bumblebee. Note that you should not use ~, but instead /home/pi/): cd /home/pi/BotQueue/bumblebee/ python bumblebee.py After that's saved, you need to allow people to execute it. Type this to get the desired effect: sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/bumblebee  Of course, you should run "bumblebee" now to see if it worked. Next up, we need to

Raspberrry pi reprap controller with BotQueue

I've recently been interested in making my 3d printer more compact. But first, a small introduction to my printer.  My printer is a reprap prusa mendel based printer. It uses a RAMPS 1.4 board and a budaschnozzle  extruder. Her name is Jasmine, which stands for "Just Another Sexy Machine, Is Notably Expensive" at the suggestion of a friend. So, now that that's over, let's get started.  For this, I bought a PNY premium 8GB SD card for $10.  Make sure it's more than 2Gb. I did 8 just to be more on the safe side. I've installed images directly to the card before, but I wanted to try the Raspbian Installer  to see how well it worked. I tried it, and it didn't install everything I wanted. Or I should say this system is probably more designed to be run as root and I didn't want that. So, download Raspbian "Wheezy" from  here . Install it to the sd card using some method described on  this page . It shouldn't be too painful to install. N

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