Re: Getting data out of 'CurrentCosts' with on a Mac.

[Quinten Uijldert <yahoogroups2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, I forgot to add, you'll probably need the Device::SerialPort perl
module installed...  That's going to complicate things a bit :/

2009/2/19 Quinten Uijldert <yahoogroups2@xxxxxxx>:
> Seems like a "Dummies" guide to the command line would be
helpful ;)
>
> If I'm not mistaken, you'll have perl installed by default, right?
> Have a look at the following post on my blog:
> http://awooga.nl/current-cost-classic-vs-cc128
and amend the line
>
> $port = "/dev/currentcost";
>
> to read
>
> $port = "/dev/tty.usbserial";
>
> and run it as follows:
>
> $ perl <scriptname.pl>
>
> Should give you a starting point at least :)
>
> Q.
>
> 2009/2/19 Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxx>:
>> AHA!! What looks like xml data! every 6ish seconds!
>>
>> right - now to try and find a way to do something productive with
>> it!!! :-O
>>
>> Interestingly - this was without the drivers off of the web, looks
>> like the mac knows about it 'out of the box' - thinking about it,
I've
>> got an 'Art Lebedev Mini3' that I set up the other day and I think
>> they use the Prolific usb chips... so maybe it had the drivers
from
>> that. (I've just plugged the mini 3 in and get a tty.usbserial5 as
an
>> extra dev)
>>
>> Anyways - I've just found that the apple has a scripting language
>> built in that may be able to do something with the usb.....
>>
>> Off to google a bit more...
>>
>>
>> (dropped to 939 - dish washer has stopped!)
>> Cheers all!
>> Wayne.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19 Feb 2009, at 21:01, Alex Monaghan wrote:
>>
>>> Mine reads at 57600 if that's any help
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Wayne
>>> Sent: 19 February 2009 20:27
>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ukha_d] Getting data out of 'CurrentCosts' with on a
Mac.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm jumping in at the deep end here and having a pop at trying
to get
>>> data out of my brand new 'current costs' unit and to make
things a
>>> little more of a challenge, I'm doing on me (borrowed) mac!
>>>
>>> So far, from what I've read on google, a 'quick' method seems
to be to
>>> use the 'screen' command at a terminal screen, 'screen /dev/
>>> tty.usbserial 9600' but thats erroring out and not displaying
>>> anything.
>>>
>>> I've guessed at a few baud rates but each come back with the
same
>>> error 'could not find a pty' ;-o -
>>>
>>>
>>> ok maybe a bit too tech for the general list - but the short
version,
>>> has anyone got any code snippets they dont mind sharing (if
its mac
>>> based all the better :))
>>>
>>> I'll shut up now :)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Wayne.
>>> (Currently on 2.89 kwatt!! - (no pun intended!))
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