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1. stef007
   

   Hi JC,

   I've been playing around with JeeMon. In my quest to get it to run on my Synology DS209 NAS I encountered several challenges;-) Here's a small summary of my adventure.

   1. none of the prebuilt JeeMon kits was supported on my DS209. Ok bad luck for me;-) Then I just downloaded the source version of JeeMon and tried from there

   2. Luckily there are some people out there that make several standard prebuilt linux packages available for installation on my DS209 via ipkg. So I installed tcl which was available. When trying to run some of JeeMons rig scripts I encountered several errors concerning "{}" and "chan read". Hmmm time to buy a Tcl/Tk book and figure out what's happening (I'm familiar with lots of programming and script languages but not to Tcl). Seems that my problem was an old tcl version namely 8.4.

   3. ok then I downloaded 8.5.. After getting it to compile on my NAS and solving some problems there I finally got my brand new shiny 8.5 tclshell:-) Tried your scripts again. Bummer, you seemed to be using some kind of OO support in your scipts. Checked my book but nothing to be found... Then checked the tcl version you were running by issueing the command "info patchlevel" in the console. Aha, version 8.6! (my book only went to 8.5;-))

   4. ok so repeated the exercise for 8.6 and tried it again on your scripts. Ooops again: you seem to be using the -mode param on "channel configure" which my tcl version doesn't support. I check the versions again... aha! You are using 8.6b1.1 and my tcl version was 8.6b1.

   5. Hmmm... no tgz available for that version. Ok, CVS it is then. Downloaded the latest version via CVS, built it and ran "info patchlevel". Ah now I even have a newer version 8.6b1.2. Tried it again: oops still unknown "-mode".

   Could you solve the mystery on this "-mode" parameter? Are you using some kind of patched tcl version, not available via tcl's CVS?

   Thanks

   Posted 20/06/2010 11:24:20

2. jcw
   

   Impressive perseverance. And of course it shouldn't be that way. The build of JeeMon is a fairly complex process, because I'm trying to hide a lot of complexity from people wanting to use it as a turnkey app.

   You do indeed need Tcl 8.6b1 or newer. You also need a few more pieces than just Tcl.

   The "-mode" is specific to serial ports (but it's not a really new feature in Tcl). See

   If you want to get a JeeMon built on DS209, then the magic incantation is to use "kbs" (the Kitgen Build System) - see http://wiki.tcl.tk/18146

   The steps should be simple:

   - get kbs.tcl and make it executable - launch it as "./kbs.tcl -r -mk install kbskit8.6" - wait, as it goes through quite a few steps - in the end, you should have a BuildLinux/bin directory with some files in it - you may get some errors due to X11 requirements, but we can work around that for a Tcl-only build

   We'll need to work together on this, as the whole build process is not yet a run-out-of-the-box for all platforms. Please email and I'll try to help as much as I can. The goal is to create a "Tclkit", which is single-file packaged executable with Tcl (and optionally Tk) and some more bits and pieces. I can then process that file here to turn it into a "JeeMon" executable.

   Just want to state for the record that I will help with building JeeMon on any platform. Earlier versions of this technology have been compiled for dozens (yes, plural) of platform variations. And that's exactly what I need for JeeMon: to be available wherever you want it.

   Posted 20/06/2010 12:02:48

3. stef007
   

   I've been communicating via email with JC about building jeemon on my DS209. Just adding this info here for future readers: apparently my DS209 type is compatible with the jeemon version for the Sheevaplug. I thought I tested all jeemon versions on my DS209. I must have messed up my test...

   So now I can begin playing with JeeMon:-)

   Posted 21/06/2010 11:08:58

4. jcw
   

   Heh, if only all platform builds were that easy :) - I added note on the JeeMon page.

   Posted 21/06/2010 11:51:49