Hello,
I have been trying to find an easy to use USB API, and pyUSB seems pretty
straight forward, except for getting the dependencies correct.
I am running Python 2.6 on an Angstrom for the Beaglboard XM:
root@beagleboard:~# uname -a
Linux beagleboard 2.6.32 #3 PREEMPT Tue Jul 26 10:56:56 CEST 2011 armv7l
GNU/Linux
I have used OPKG to load the following:
libusb-0.1-4 - 1:0.1.3-r0.6 - libusb-0 compatibility library using libusb-1
libusb-1.0-0 - 1.0.8-r0.6 - library to provide userspace access to USB devices
libusbpp-0.1-4 - 0.1.12-r3.5 - libusb is a library to provide userspace access to USB devices.
python-core - 2.6.6-ml12.2.6 - Python Interpreter and core modules (needed!)
python-ctypes - 2.6.6-ml12.2.6 - Python C Types Support
python-setuptools - 0.6c9-ml0.3 - Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
I have used the setup.py command to install pyusb-1.0.0a2
When I run my script without specifying the backend, I get this error:
File "./pyServo.py", line 18, in <module>
dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x1208, idProduct=0x0815)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/usb/core.py", line 846, in find
raise ValueError('No backend available')
ValueError: No backend available
When I run my script specifying the backend, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./pyServo.py", line 17, in <module>
dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x1208, idProduct=0x0815,
backend=libusb.get_backend() )
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/usb/core.py", line 854, in find
return _interop._next(device_iter(k, v))
File "*/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/usb/*_interop.py", line 60, in
_next
return next(iter)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/usb/core.py", line 821, in
device_iter
for dev in backend.enumerate_devices():
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/usb/backend/libusb01.py", line
390, in enumerate_devices
_check(_lib.usb_find_busses())
File "*/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/*__init__.py", line 366, in __getattr__
func = self.__getitem__(name)
File "*/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/*__init__.py", line 371, in __getitem__
func = self._FuncPtr((name_or_ordinal, self))
AttributeError: python: undefined symbol: usb_find_busses
Here is the simply script that I am using:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import usb.core
import usb.util
import usb.backend.libusb01 as libusb
PYUSB_DEBUG_LEVEL = 'debug'
# find our device
# Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1208:0815
# idVendor 0x1208
# idProduct 0x0815
# dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0xfffe, idProduct=0x0001)
# iManufacturer 1 TOROBOT.com
#dev = usb.core.find(iManufacturer='TOROBOT.com')
dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x1208, idProduct=0x0815, backend=libusb.get_backend() )
What am I doing wrong, and what do I need to do to make this work?
Thank you!
-CF