You uploaded your first config file in your arduino ? Wants to understand a bit more ? Install “cu” : Debian based :

apt-get install cu

Launch cu to listen to your USB Serial port :

cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600

Now if you hit a portion of your board, or if you use a paper clip on your arduino to join two inputs, some symbols should appear on your screen. That works !

Kill cu from another terminal with :

killall cu

If you want to debug pyDarts and your configuration file, particularly the “SectionKeys”, launch your pydDarts from console :

Delete pyDarts config file and then launch :

pydarts --debuglevel=1

Hit parts of your dart board, and if something appear on your screen, you're done !

With version v0.9 and above :

pydarts --debuglevel=1

or

pydarts --help

Note that there is a file named KNOWN_ISSUES in the pydarts package that summarize all the problems already encountered by any of us.

Please post a message on the 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 !