Commit 7f8a750e authored by Brendan Erwin's avatar Brendan Erwin

more markdown updates

parent a7a75b55
......@@ -33,25 +33,24 @@ The tools will run just fine in 64bit on Lion, you don't need to mess
with any of the 32bit settings
## Mac OS X (pre Lion)
Download and install:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.0-universal-py2.6.dmg
Grab the source for pyserial from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz
Unzip pyserial to a folder. Then, in a terminal, change to the folder you unzipped to, then type in:
defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes
sudo python setup.py install
1. Download and install http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.0-universal-py2.6.dmg
2. Grab the source for pyserial from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz
3. Unzip pyserial to a folder. Then, in a terminal, change to the folder you unzipped to, then type in:
`defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes`
`sudo python setup.py install`
Alternatively, you can run python in 32 bit mode by setting the following environment variable before running the setup.py command:
export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
`export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes`
Then repeat the same with http://launchpad.net/pyreadline/trunk/1.7/+download/pyreadline-1.7.zip
# USING PRONTERFACE
To use pronterface, you need:
python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian),
pyreadline (not needed on Linux) and
wxPython
* python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
* pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian),
* pyreadline (not needed on Linux) and
* wxPython
Download and install the above, and start pronterface.py
Select the port name you are using from the first drop-down, select your baud rate, and hit connect.
......@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ The "skeinforge" folder must be in the same folder as pronterface.py
# USING PRONSOLE
To use pronsole, you need:
python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian) and
pyreadline (not needed on Linux)
* python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
* pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian) and
* pyreadline (not needed on Linux)
Start pronsole and you will be greeted with a command prompt. Type help to view the available commands.
All commands have internal help, which you can access by typing "help commandname", for example "help connect"
......@@ -81,11 +80,11 @@ To use printcore you need python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x) and pyserial (or pytho
See pronsole for an example of a full-featured host, the bottom of printcore.py for a simple command-line
sender, or the following code example:
p=printcore('/dev/ttyUSB0',115200)
p.startprint(data) # data is an array of gcode lines
p.send_now("M105") # sends M105 as soon as possible
p.pause()
p.resume()
p.disconnect()
p=printcore('/dev/ttyUSB0',115200)
p.startprint(data) # data is an array of gcode lines
p.send_now("M105") # sends M105 as soon as possible
p.pause()
p.resume()
p.disconnect()
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