Compiling PureData patches for BeagleRT » History » Version 2

Christian Heinrichs, 2015-07-17 10:49 PM

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h1.  Compiling PureData patches for BeagleRT
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h2.  Getting everything up and running
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Follow the following steps to get everything up and running on your Beaglebone Black:
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*1. Download the _heavy-beaglert_ archive from https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/1543/heavy-beaglert_2015-07-17.zip
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* Extract the archive (and remember where you have extracted it to)
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*2. Make sure python is installed:*
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* If you are on windows, you will need a tool that allows you to use ssh and some other basic shell tools. The shell scripts in this project have been tested with *mingw* (http://mingw.org) . You will want to note that in order to paste code on the terminal you have to right click on the terminal's title bar and navigate the menu to edit->paste
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* If not on Windows, type `which python` in a terminal window. If not installed, follow instructions here: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download
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* Install the most up-to-date version of the *requests* python package (version 2.7.0). You can get it from http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/install/
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     or typing the following in a terminal window (make sure it is not currently installed):
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     On Linux/MacOS:
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@curl -OL https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/zipball/master && unzip master && cd kenneth* && sudo python setup.py install@
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     On Windows:
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       @curl -OL https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/zipball/master && unzip master && cd kenneth* && python setup.py install@
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*3. Create an account on enzienaudio.com:*
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* Go to http://www.enzienaudio.com
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* Click *Login* on the top right corner of the page
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* Create a new account
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* Create a new patch and call it **bbb** _(N.B. compiling won't work if you use a different name)_
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*4. Make sure the Beaglebone is plugged in to laptop and open a terminal window:*
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* Navigate to the _sh_ folder inside the heavy_beaglert folder you created earlier @cd /path/to/beaglert_heavy/sh@
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* If on OSX/Linux, run @./setup-ssh.sh@
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* Or on Windows:  @./setup-ssh-windows.sh@
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* when prompted for password enter letter 'a' (no quotation marks)
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* @./send-project.sh@
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*5. Compile your first project!*
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* @./upload-and-compile.sh -f ../pd/hello-world/@
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h2.  Important notes
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* Make sure you aren't using any unsupported objects. For list of objects go to https://enzienaudio.com/docs/pdobjects.html
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* In addition to these objects @[line~]@ and @[env~]@ are currently not supported in BeagleRT _(working on it!)_
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* Pd patch must exist in its own folder and be named *_main.pd*. You can use abstractions if you like.
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* See example pd patches for more information.
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*Have fun!*