Today, I plugged BBB to another PC; checking the PC's device manager, I could find a device titled Beaglebone (Black?), something that convinced me there is something wrong with my own PC. The worst scenario I can find online about BBB driver installation is that BBB is recognized as an "Unknown device" under "Other devices" in the device manage window, not that it is not recognized at all, which happens to be my case. The good news is that, using this web page <https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/com-port-is-missing-ports-option-not-available-in/f7d9b7b7-a3bd-454a-b5a7-0a9e29c0bb60?auth=1>, now I have my own "Unknown Device" under Other devices" drop down! :) This, I hope, already means a step forward.
On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 9:16:50 AM UTC+3, Sardar Vayghannezgad wrote: > > Hi all, > I have been struggling for the past ten days, as a brand new user, to get > my Beaglebone Black rec C (element 14) to run Machinekit on my Win 8.1 PC. > To save you the long story, I am totally lost. What I've been able to learn > during > my time playing with all the software and hardware around me from forums, > blogs, sites, personal intuition, etc comes down to: > > - successfully flashing an image on a microSD card and then transfer > them on to the BB-Black, so that it can run without the flash card inside, > - connecting BBB to my PC via puTTY and to the internet (albeit, > apparently Google only, as I cannot have puTTy download any packages) > > Since I am desperately looking for some dummies pointers on the issues I > have, I'm giving all the software/hardware coordinates I think are > important: > > The image I'm using is from here > <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit> > > My Questions are: > > 1. BBB does show up on my PC with the default image > <https://beagleboard.org/latest-images> it comes out with, and I can > go through the instructions available on Beagleboard/getting started > webpage <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, but once I > replace it with another Image > > <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit>, > > it doesn't seem to appear as a drive on my PC nor anywhere on the Device > Manager. However, I can putty it to my PC, and share my PC WiFi with it. > Given that I have installed the required drivers from BBoard Getting > Started <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, Is this > normal?!! If not, What is it that causes this? (I have searched high and > low online, but haven't come up with a concrete conclusion) > 2. I can use my PC WiFi to connect BBB to the Google per online > instructions, yet any attempt, via puTTY, to download Machinekit > Packages > <http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/install-runtime-packages/> > (Just > in case, is the link right for my case?!!) from the related website leads > in the error: > > machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-xenomai > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package machinekit-xenomai > > > or > machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-posix > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package machinekit-posix > > 3. I have downloaded the Machinekit Client on my PC. What > else do I need? I can see online that I need download tightVNC viewer both > on my PC and on the BBB via puTTY. right? Provided that I can do so, do I > need to download a VCP (Visual Control Panel) like QtQuickVcp to use in > conjunction with Machinekit? Should I install this on my PC or BBB or > both?!!! > > 4. My keyboard is misspelling on ThightVNC window. How can I > fix this? > > Any help, however small, would be appreciated. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/2bc93c49-73f2-4a66-97ba-787f43d62d86%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
