hannbusann / mixcell

Program used to configure Dynamixel protocol 1.0 servos on Linux

Mixcell - The Dynamixel Configuration Tool for linux!

This program is used to identify dynamixels on your network and configure dynamixel parameters

Features

• NETWORK SEARCH - Search through the selected baudrates and IDs, identifying the connected servos parameters and models.
• FACTORY RESET -Resets an specified servo to the factory config
• PARAMETERS CONFIG -Configures the following parameters:

- ID
- Baudrate
- Torque Max
- Mode 	(Wheel/Joint/Multi Turn)
- CW angle limit / CCW angle limit
- P/I/D Gains
- Drive mode (Reverse/Slave)

Installation

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/clebercoutof/mixcell

Run the shell script to install the Dynamixel SDK, case there is an error follow the instructions in the prerequisites.

Go to the installation folder and run install.sh

$ cd mixcell/install/

$ ./install.sh

It's necessary to give your user permanent permissions do access the usb port, so

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER 

And restart your computer to add your user to the group.

To run mixcell, just open the terminal and type:

$ mixcell

Case you have a non-working mixcell version on your computer because of SDK problems, run the reinstall.sh file

$ cd mixcell/install/

$ ./reinstall.sh

Prerequisites

It's necessary to install the linux64 C library of Dynamixel SDK Version 3.5.4 and the PyQT4.

You can find the complete installation guide for the SDK here

Download the file and extract in the desired folder

$ cd ~/foo/DynamixelSDK-3.4.3/c/build/linux64

• Build the library

$ make

• Case there is an error

$ make clean

• And

$ make

• Install the library

$ sudo make install

• Case there is an error

$ sudo make reinstall

In order to install PyQT4

$ apt-cache search pyqt

$ sudo apt-get install python-qt4

Code documentation

You can find the complete code documentation at http://mixcell.bitballoon.com

Built With

• Wing - The python IDE
• QT Designer - QT IDE
• Sphinx - Used to generate the documentation

Authors

• Cleber Couto Filho - Initial work - clebercoutof

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

References

• Dynamixel SDK Code examples
• Python Programming QT tutorials.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Pedro Xavier for full time support and Henrique Poleselo for the documentation support.