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--- solving_an_issue_using_pydarts [2017/05/05 12:27] – re poilou
+++ solving_an_issue_using_pydarts [2024/01/01 16:31] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-Hi folks. You are here maybe because you are very close to the goal... but you experience problem.
+**Hi folks**. You are here maybe because you are very close to the goal... but you are experiencing problems.
-Do not give up ! Here are some help to debug your configuration.
+**Do not give up!** Here is some help to debug your configuration.
+====== I want to request some help ! ======
+:!: always use the latest development version when requesting help on the forum. To get it, please check using pyDarts from source for [[pydarts_on_gnu-linux|on linux]] or [[pydarts_on_microsoft_windows|Windows]].
+Take a look at the common issues downyard.
+Please post a message on the [[https://sourceforge.net/p/pydarts/discussion/|sourceforge]] discussion channel. Please give minimal information to help the community debugging
+  * your exact pyDarts version (displayed when you launch the software, or when when you downloaded it)
+  * the output of the terminal running pyDarts with option "--debuglevel=1"
+  * your configuration (Arduino type, Raspberry if relevant, etc)
+  * a good description of your issue
-Sorry for Windows users, debugging is only available for Linux users for now. Install GNU/Linux, it's free as in free beer ;), and you'll be free as in freedom !
 ====== Debugging Arduino ======
-You uploaded your first configuration file in your Arduino controler ? Wants to test your wirings and your soldering  ?
+You uploaded your configuration file to your Arduino controller? Want to test your wiring and your soldering?
 Open the Arduino software. Click on "**Tools**" > "**Serial Monitor**" like the following picture :\\
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-====== Debugging your pydarts config file ======
+====== pyDarts first run ======
-If you want to debug pyDarts and your configuration file, particularly the "SectionKeys", launch your pydDarts from console :
+It's possible that pyDarts cannot detect your com port and that calibration fails. Please have a look to the special page [[pydarts_first_run|pyDarts first run]]
-Delete pyDarts config file and then launch :
+====== Debugging your pydarts software ======
+Delete pyDarts [[pydarts_config_file|config file]] and then launch from a terminal ("cmd" in MS windows) :
 <code>pydarts --debuglevel=1</code>
-Hit parts of your dart board, and if something appear on your screen, you're done !
+When the "board calibration" screen appears, hit a segment, and see what outputs on the terminal.
-====== Debugging pydarts software ======
+Note: There is a file named KNOWN_ISSUES in the pydarts package that summarize all the problems already encountered by any of us.
-With version v0.9 and above :
+====== pyDarts won't run ======
-<code>pydarts --debuglevel=1</code>
-or
+If your pyDarts software won't start, that's probably because you use a x32 system (processor with a 32 bits architecture). pyDarts binary can only run on a x64 architecture. If you really need to use a x32 system, like on a Raspberry Pi, please use pyDarts from source code.
-<code>pydarts --help</code>
-Note that there is a file named KNOWN_ISSUES in the pydarts package that summarize all the problems already encountered by any of us.
-====== My issue is still there ! ======
-Please post a message on the [[https://sourceforge.net/p/pydarts/discussion/|sourceforge]] discussion channel. Please give minimal information to help the community debugging :
-  * your pyDarts version (displayed when you launch the soft, or when when you downloaded it)
-  * the output of pydarts with option "--debuglevel=1"
-  * your configuration (Arduino type, Raspberry if relevant, etc)
-  * a good description of your issue
 Enjoy !