H Berkinet
I know I'm a little ahead here but after talking to Brian at Phidgets who informed me the SBC4 has 21 libraries installed and usb phidgets were compatible with those libraries, so I thought I give it a try . No worries here my expectations were low. for my new project.
So here is what i tried,
1. Connected a phidget interface 8/8/8 with 6 ports to a SBC4 by USB.
2 Set up the SBC 4 in my LAN network with with static Ip
3. MacOS Phidget control panel was used to connect and all ports were available as well as t VNT.
4. Made a new Phidgets Plug Device in Indigo and I used SBC2 as my selection, the only logical one to use ,, right ?
5 Since there was no real built in interface except VNT , I used the serial number of the USB attached and IP number of the SBC4.
6. The new device was online !
The not so good news
Heres the take home message, The ReafIfConfig did not open any ports, and on the MacOs phidgets control panel, when I selected any port on the 8/8/8 interface connected too SBC4 , I got the the following error message :
Network device: <1010/1018/1019 (PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8) v904 S/N:594364> on Server: <ABCphidgetsbc> open failed. Error details from server: Local device: <1010/1018/1019 (PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8) v904 S/N:594364> open failed because device is in use. Check that the Phidget is not already open in another program, such as the Phidget Control Panel, or another program you are developing.v
I guess I was developing, no worries, I just turned off comm for the new device and toggled Phidget plug in on then off and the control panel was back to normal.
So for for my a loaded question ..Is it a lot to create code for SBC4 dealing with just phidgets connected to the usb and ignoring built in VNT for now ?
For now I'll look for a used SBC3 for my next project.
I hope some of the this info was helpful and again no worries, obviously i was not following protocol here;
