OK....I had some free time. I ran the ThumbTest.exe program on Windows 7 and the device passed. It's back to Ubuntu.... John, NX2I

Thank you very much John, I really appreciate your help. No need to rush, I'm not going anywhere. Colin Colin G. MacArthur B.A., LL.B.

OK, I will run the windows test tomorrow. I just ran the same tests (with the same results) on a different Linux machine running Linux Mint 19.3 (Ubuntu bionic). John S

Yes, if this is a brand new ThumbDV™ from the website, then it should be the 460800 version. Each unit is tested before shipping. -- John D. Hays Kingston, WA K7VE

If you have a Windows machine, there is a test program in the files section of this group. It shouldn't hurt :) -- John D. Hays Kingston, WA K7VE

Those are very good results. It looks like a permission problem, as I stated in another thread. As I stated, I don't have access to a PiDV™ at the moment (packed away during an extended house

Yes, the LED blinks when AMBEtest3 runs. when I run AMBEserver -s 460800 -p 2460 -i /dev/ttyUSB0 I see the LED blink 1 time. dropping the speed to 230400 doesn't change anything. The thumbDV just

Hi John, I followed your instructions word for word. Results below. sudo python AMBEtest3.py -i /dev/ttyS0 pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo python AMBEtest3.py -i /dev/ttyS0 AMBEtest3.py -s <serial

How old is that ThumbDV? Is it possible that it requires the lower baud rate of 230400 rather than 460800? Just a thought... Mike, WB4TTZ

Are the LEDs blinking during the test? It actually looks like it is not talking. Has this ThumbDV™ worked before? Other computer or OS? If it won't respond, then contact sales@...

Greetings John from Central FL! I confirmed that the thumbDV is at /dev/ttyUSB0. Here's the dmesg output: 225.880433] usb 1-2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 I ran the test

Hi John, This looks like a permissions problem. Try running the python script to test the ThumbDV™ directly (no AMBEserver running). If that works, then run AMBEserver in the foreground (no

I am working on installing a thumbDV on a current release Ubuntu machine. I have followed the instructions John provided "Quick Build on Linux" but I have run into problem(s). The download and

No need to delete. They used to have a Yahoo! Group, but I am not sure they still do... As I recall you need at least two AMBE streams (like two ThumbDV™s plugged in to get a channel. -- John D.

Hi John. Where do i find the ambed group you mentioned and i will delete this thread and ask there ?

Do you have multiple AMBE devices plugged in? BTW, this is a software question that should be directed to the software group behind ambed. -- John D. Hays Kingston, WA K7VE

Just tried that with the same result, then i changed my ip address in the run file to my actual home network ip still showing Zero ?

Hello, What I did to my servers, if I get this result is, I unplug the ambe and plug it back, then ./run. Try that.

I have installed AMBEd on my Raspberry Pi3 but whenever i ./run i get "Codec interfaces initialized successfully : 0 channels available" so what am i doing wrong ? 73 John Mi0AAZ.

I verified that AMBEserver will build on Buster Raspbian, I don't have a PiDV to test with at the moment.-- John D. Hays Kingston, WA K7VE