Makelangelo on Arduio Uno with AMS2

[hartmut]

Hello all

I am looking for some help with my setup. As follows:
Arduino Uno with AMS2 ; AMSFirmware etc.

The firmware and the software seems to be OK , but there is no interaction between GUI and Plotter. Although logs are looking quite well. On the same hardware i can start and work with a Polargraph type plotter.

(base) hartmut@sda3:~/Makelangelo$ ./'start OSX.command' 
/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/bin/java
found java executable in PATH
Java version 1.8.0_281
version is more than 1.8
launching Makelangelo-7.24.2-with-dependencies.jar ...
log dir=/home/hartmut/Makelangelo/

2021-04-11 14:30:49 PROGRAM START
2021-04-11 14:30:49 ------------------------
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.runtime.name = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.boot.library.path = /home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/amd64
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.version = 25.281-b09
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.vendor = Oracle Corporation
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vendor.url = http://java.oracle.com/
2021-04-11 14:30:49 path.separator = :
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.name = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
2021-04-11 14:30:49 file.encoding.pkg = sun.io
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.country = DE
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.java.launcher = SUN_STANDARD
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.os.patch.level = unknown
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.dir = /home/hartmut/Makelangelo
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.runtime.version = 1.8.0_281-b09
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.awt.graphicsenv = sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.endorsed.dirs = /home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/endorsed
2021-04-11 14:30:49 os.arch = amd64
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.io.tmpdir = /tmp
2021-04-11 14:30:49 line.separator = 

2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
2021-04-11 14:30:49 os.name = Linux
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.jnu.encoding = UTF-8
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.library.path = /usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.class.version = 52.0
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.management.compiler = HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
2021-04-11 14:30:49 os.version = 5.4.0-70-generic
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.home = /home/hartmut
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.timezone = Europe/Berlin
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.awt.printerjob = sun.print.PSPrinterJob
2021-04-11 14:30:49 file.encoding = UTF-8
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.specification.version = 1.8
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.name = hartmut
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.class.path = Makelangelo-7.24.2-with-dependencies.jar
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.specification.version = 1.8
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.arch.data.model = 64
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.home = /home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.java.command = Makelangelo-7.24.2-with-dependencies.jar
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
2021-04-11 14:30:49 user.language = de
2021-04-11 14:30:49 awt.toolkit = sun.awt.X11.XToolkit
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vm.info = mixed mode
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.version = 1.8.0_281
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.ext.dirs = /home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/ext:/usr/java/packages/lib/ext
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.boot.class.path = /home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/resources.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/rt.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/sunrsasign.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/jsse.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/jce.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/charsets.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/lib/jfr.jar:/home/hartmut/jre1.8.0_281/classes
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
2021-04-11 14:30:49 file.separator = /
2021-04-11 14:30:49 java.vendor.url.bug = http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.cpu.endian = little
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.io.unicode.encoding = UnicodeLittle
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.desktop = gnome
2021-04-11 14:30:49 sun.cpu.isalist = 
2021-04-11 14:30:49 ------------------------
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Crash detected on previous run
2021-04-11 14:30:49 starting translator...
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Default language = German
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Looking for translations in jar:file:/home/hartmut/Makelangelo/Makelangelo-7.24.2-with-dependencies.jar!/languages
2021-04-11 14:30:49 rootDir=/home/hartmut/Makelangelo
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Found Jar:languages/piglatin.xml
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Found Jar:languages/german.xml
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Found Jar:languages/english.xml
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Found Jar:languages/dutch.xml
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Found Jar:languages/chinese.xml
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Locale=de_DE
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Headless=N
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Starting preferences...
2021-04-11 14:30:49 makelangelo.version=7.24.2
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Starting robot...
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Starting camera...
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Starting connection manager...
2021-04-11 14:30:49 Creating GUI...
2021-04-11 14:30:50 Create menu bar
2021-04-11 14:30:50   file...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   view...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   help...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   finish...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   adding menu bar...
2021-04-11 14:30:50 create content pane...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   create PreviewPanel...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   get GL capabilities...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   starting animator...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   assign panel to robot...
2021-04-11 14:30:50 Raspistill unavailable.
2021-04-11 14:30:50   vertical split...
2021-04-11 14:30:50 adjust window size...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   make visible...
2021-04-11 14:30:50   adding drag & drop support...
2021-04-11 14:30:50 Checking sharing permissions...

Thx in advance

[Dan]

Makelangelo Software does a number of checks to make sure the machine it is talking to is, in fact, a makelangelo robot that it knows how to converse with. It asks for the hadware type (polargraph) the hardware version (in this case, 2) and the firmware version (10). If any one of these returns the wrong answer it thinks “nope, I’m not even going to try talking to you” and the buttons to draw will remain disabled.

I don’t have an AMS2 on my desk to test with so I can’t confirm which of these is failing.

[hartmut]

Hello Dan

Thx for your reply.
So – do i understand right, that a “polargraph”-type equals to hardware-version 2, and
not “…custom…” ?

And second: Do yoou say that my plotter might work with a firmware-version 10 ? Where can i find this ? Right now i use 7.24.2, which i thought is “correct” for AMS2 boards.

Looking forward to your answers.

Greetings from Germany – hartmut

[Dan]

I just updated github with a possible fix. Please try it out and report back. Thank you!

[hartmut]

Hello Dan

I did a quick test usig the fix you provided. I saw some improvements but no plot action possible until now. Here are – in short form – the things i can see. I would like to test further on if possible.

1.) Can not change the language. Tried it , restarted the GUI ; same language.

2.) The button “Connect” is and was working, but now it connects to the actual machine ID. So there is some response.

3.) Jog Buttons are not working. No movement.

4.) File Dialog ( open / select) a file is OK. File is loaded into plotter canvas.

5.) In use is 7.24.2

6.) The buttons on the ART panel are labeled like e.g.
“Missing:Resize” ; “Missing:Flip” and so the other three.

7.) After pressing “Start” on the panel “Animation”, i got a process indicator showing 1/5 20.00 %

Thx in advance – hartmut

[hartmut]

Hello Dan

Besides my last post from yesterday, i can tell you that the machine is working to a certain degree. I am still trying to get it work, but there is one major issue:
The plots are very small. An A3 plot comes in the size of a stamp.
I guess it has something to do with the nonwritable fields in the configpanel.
Because of that, i can’t complete the setup correctly.
See attached png.

Thank you

[hartmut]

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