Beaglebone Black -debian 10.10- starting python code

Hi Omer,

I don't know the answer, but I know how to start troubleshooting this, and possible workarounds.

To start troubleshooting, check the log files (could be /var/log folder or similar) since there may be syslog output there indicating the issue. It could be as simple as you attempting to bind when the network is not up yet (I have no idea).

For workaround, I'd investigate systemd.. I don't know how popular crontab is, but perhaps systemd is a more modern way to do it.

When I had to do this for paid work, I didn't use crontab either, I used /etc/init.d, and then wrote code to handle failure conditions like restarting if things crashed (and cleanup, logging etc). But I'd write some systemd scripts if I had to do it now.

I'm not saying it is better or worse, there are advantages/disadvantages for all methods, just something to consider if you have not already considered it and ruled it in or out for specific reasons.

Thank for reply,

But i learned something new.

I doubted if the code was working and I wrote the uart activation line to test it.

When the beaglebone starts I check my uart pins and I can see that the uart is active. But i have no idea why the following parts are not working.

Also when i run the code manually in command line it works.

Probably the code needs to be edited but I couldn't find how to do it.

When the beaglebone starts;

UART1 Working

UART2 Working

but

UART4 NOT Working

TestServer.bind((host,port)) this part not work

Thanks.

MY CODE:

import Adafruit_BBIO.UART as UART

import socket

import time

host = '192.168.1.80'

port = 8888

UART.setup("UART1")

while True:

        UART.setup("UART2")

        time.sleep(0.5)

        TestServer = socket.socket()

        TestServer.bind((host,port))

        UART.setup("UART4")

        TestServer.listen(10)

        c, addr = TestServer.accept()

        print ('Connection from: ' + str(addr))

        while True:

                data = c.recv(1024)

                if not data:

                        break

                print ("data: " + str(data))

                newdata = "feedback: " + str(data)+ " data received"

                print ("sending feedback")

                newdata=newdata.encode('utf-8')

                #c.sendall(newdata.encode('utf-8')) 

                c.send(newdata)

        c.close()

        time.sleep(0.5)

I think the problem is as you first said.
At boot, the ip starts as 127.0.1.1.
I'm looking into how to change this on boot.

Hi Omer,

Regarding the point:

mraker  wrote:

I'm looking into how to change this on boot.

It's not a change of value or anything, it's more a case of things need time to be brought up, and your job may be running too soon.

I can't help with resolving it, but if you're sure this is the issue, (and you can try logging in your code, or touching a file, etc., to get feedback about what is really the issue, so that it's definite), then you'd need to investigate how to delay running or schedule it to run later. I know nothing about crontab though.

Also, if you look at your code, there's zero error-handling. The code needs designing so that if the network is not up, it pauses and reattempts several times, at the least.For help, you may need to also ask on Linux forums, since it is more related to that, although you may get lucky and find a Linux expert here eventually too - it's not me unfortunately : (

Hello Shabaz,

This time I will ask a different question.

I connect beaglebone black to computer via mini usb.

I am sending a data using hercules. for example '1'. When the beaglebone black receives the data, I want it to send the message "led on" as a feedback.

I am able to do this when I run the code after connecting serially and logging in. but what I want is that when I connect the card to usb, the code will run automatically without doing anything and it will give me feedback when I send the "1" data.

I guess my code doesn't work automatically because I'm not logged in.

How should I continue?

Hello Shabaz,

This time I will ask a different question.

I connect beaglebone black to computer via mini usb.

I am sending a data using hercules. for example '1'. When the beaglebone black receives the data, I want it to send the message "led on" as a feedback.

I am able to do this when I run the code after connecting serially and logging in. but what I want is that when I connect the card to usb, the code will run automatically without doing anything and it will give me feedback when I send the "1" data.

I guess my code doesn't work automatically because I'm not logged in.

How should I continue?