BotQueue v0.4 Released

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Hey all,

I'd highly recommend upgrading to the latest version of BotQueue, now in the master branch on git and available on the download site.  There is a blog post up that explains the new changes:  http://www.hoektronics.com/2013/07/04/botqueue-0-4-easy-online-config/

The API should be backwards compatible, but if for some reason it breaks and you start having problems please let me know.  Also, if anything is not clear let me know and we'll either fix the problem or fix the instructions.

Enjoy!

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[graphmastur]

I just tried this. Oh my gosh, it's insane how easy it was to setup. I
absolutely loved it.

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[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Good to hear.  I was wondering if everyone was embarrassed for me about some glaring problem with the radio silence on the release.  :-/

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[Nick Foley]

#install rpi-update to update our firmware
sudo wget http://goo.gl/1BOfJ -O /usr/bin/rpi-update
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/rpi-update
sudo /usr/bin/rpi-update

#install webcam tools
sudo apt-get install fswebcam uvcdynctrl v4l-utils

Those lines are returning errors. sudo /usr/bin/rpi-update errors has an unexpected change of directory? and v4l-utils doesn't exist?

I'm probably screwing something up. Pushing forward anyway...

[Nick Foley]

Wow, think I figured out that last one - it's v4L not v41

Is there a smarter way to do this setup besides typing these manually? 

[Nick Foley]

Ok, sorry, typing errors for all problems. What is the better way to do this?

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Yeah, my suggestion is to get net access up as quickly as possible and then ssh into the pi. Then u can just copy / paste commands. :)

[graphmastur]

Is there any way we can just have one setup script that works across the operating systems we support?

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

I would like that. Rigt now I have it as manual commands because sometimes a command fails and needs to be rerun. 

[graphmastur]

We could just have the script check if something broke and what broke if it did, and just report that to the user.

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[Nick Foley]

What serial port should I have my bot connect to? and what should it be if I add additional bots?

[Nick Foley]

I seem to be getting this error when trying to run botqueue on the pi after accepting it on the web interface:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "bumblebee.py", line 318, in <module>

    bee.main()

  File "bumblebee.py", line 153, in main

    curses.wrapper(self.mainMenu)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper

    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)

  File "bumblebee.py", line 182, in mainMenu

    self.getBots()

  File "bumblebee.py", line 83, in getBots

    self.scanDevices()

  File "bumblebee.py", line 79, in scanDevices

    self.api.sendDeviceScanResults(data, camera_files)

  File "/home/pi/BotQueue/bumblebee/botqueueapi.py", line 265, in sendDeviceScanResults

    return self.apiCall('devicescanresults', {'scan_data' : json.dumps(scan_data)}, filepath=camera_files)

  File "/home/pi/BotQueue/bumblebee/botqueueapi.py", line 118, in apiCall

    self.log.error("%s call failed: bad response: %s" % (call, response.text))

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'response' referenced before assignment

[Nick Foley]

It seems like the bumblebee client is crashing when it tries to detect my webcam. When I disconnect my webcam it appears to boot just fine.

[Nick Foley]

Ok, figure out the issue with the serial ports - it took a while for the web client to autodetect the correct values. Will spend more time trying to get the cameras going shortly...

[Nick Foley]

So on both pi/bot setups I have, if there is a webcam connected when I boot the Pi, bumblebee crashes with the above error on initial startup and any subsequent attempts to restart it. Without any webcams connected, things go smoothly. With the Pi Camera Board connected, things go smoothly as well - but it doesn't get detected

[graphmastur]

The pi camera board works with a different protocol than what we're
currently using. I've been trying to get a camera to test it with, but
haven't had much luck.

[Nick Foley]

If we can get our USB cameras working I could probably send you our pi camera to test. 

[graphmastur]

Awesome. Can you give me the info.log that shows up when you have a camera plugged in? Does the site notify you about the error? I'm assuming you can't select the camera in the config, correct?

[Nick Foley]

Sweet, I'll send this over later today.

[Nick Foley]

Here's the info.log text from two failed bumblebee startup attempts with a camera attached, and then one successful loading with the camera removed:

Try #1:

[2013-07-25 16:22:14,118] INFO: Started up, loading bot list.

[2013-07-25 16:22:14,258] INFO: Device Scan Results: {'bots': {}, 'cameras': [{'device': '/dev/video0', 'id': 'usb-bcm2708_usb-1.3.2', 'name': 'Microsoft\xc2\xae LifeCam HD-6000 for'}]}

[2013-07-25 16:22:14,261] INFO: Webcam Command: exec /usr/bin/fswebcam -q --jpeg 60 -d '/dev/video0' -r 640x480 --title 'None' --set brightness=50% --set contrast=50% 'Microsoft® LifeCam HD-6000 for.jpg'

[2013-07-25 16:22:14,279] INFO: Webcam Capture started.

[2013-07-25 16:22:16,152] INFO: Webcam: capture complete.

[2013-07-25 16:22:16,156] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - devicescanresults (999999 tries remaining)

(Crash to command line, with the error I posted several replies earlier)

Try #2:

[2013-07-25 16:22:47,665] INFO: Started up, loading bot list.

[2013-07-25 16:22:47,809] INFO: Device Scan Results: {'bots': {}, 'cameras': [{'device': '/dev/video0', 'id': 'usb-bcm2708_usb-1.3.2', 'name': 'Microsoft\xc2\xae LifeCam HD-6000 for'}]}

[2013-07-25 16:22:47,813] INFO: Webcam Command: exec /usr/bin/fswebcam -q --jpeg 60 -d '/dev/video0' -r 640x480 --title 'None' --set brightness=50% --set contrast=50% 'Microsoft® LifeCam HD-6000 for.jpg'

[2013-07-25 16:22:47,831] INFO: Webcam Capture started.

[2013-07-25 16:22:49,464] INFO: Webcam: capture complete.

[2013-07-25 16:22:49,468] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - devicescanresults (999999 tries remaining)

(Crash to command line, with the error I posted several replies earlier)

Try #3 (Successful, but with no camera connected):

[2013-07-25 16:36:01,442] INFO: Started up, loading bot list.

[2013-07-25 16:36:01,777] INFO: Device Scan Results: {'bots': {}, 'cameras': []}

[2013-07-25 16:36:01,779] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - devicescanresults (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-07-25 16:36:03,002] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-07-25 16:36:03,175] INFO: Creating worker thread for bot Rambutan

[2013-07-25 16:36:03,188] INFO: Loading bot Rambutan

[2013-07-25 16:36:03,212] INFO: Rambutan: Bot startup

[2013-07-25 16:36:06,235] INFO: Shutting down.

[2013-07-25 16:36:06,506] INFO: Rambutan: Shutting down.

[2013-07-25 16:36:06,508] DEBUG: Rambutan: Exiting.

I can see that the camera is working somewhat, because in the bumblebee folder, there is a snapshot from my camera that gets saved every time bumblebee fails to start. The site doesn't know there is an error, apart from the fact that it doesn't think bumblebee is running, because it isn't. And no, no camera views show up on the site to choose from.

 

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Hey Nick,

That error was an error with the error handling code and is masking some other error.  I just pushed some code to the github master branch.  Can you update to the latest and see if that fixes it for you?  Since it was masking another error, it should still give you an error - but that is the direct problem and I'll fix that as soon as I know what it is.

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[Nick Foley]

Sweet, can do. What is the best way to update BTW? Just rename the Botqueue folder and run through that part of the installation again?

[Nick Foley]

Ok, attached is the info.log from trying to run bumblebee after the update. It never left the "Botqueue is starting up. Scanning devices, please be patient". I let it try for 20 minutes or so. Without a camera connected, it still works fine.

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

nope, getting the very latest involves getting the software from github.  any experience with using git?

if so, just check out the master from http://github.com/hoektronics/BotQueue

if not, there is a link to download a zip of all the current files.  its not as ideal (harder to update) but in there you'll find a folder called bumblebee which will be just like the normal bumblebee you download.  use that instead of the zip in the installation instructions.

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[Nick Foley]

Great, I'll dig in to this on Monday morning. Not really any experience with git but I'll figure it out. Thanks!

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

nope, getting the very latest involves getting the software from github.  any experience with using git?

if so, just check out the master from http://github.com/hoektronics/BotQueue

if not, there is a link to download a zip of all the current files.  its not as ideal (harder to update) but in there you'll find a folder called bumblebee which will be just like the normal bumblebee you download.  use that instead of the zip in the installation instructions.

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[Nick Foley]

Ok, finally did this. Took a while because things have been busy and I suck at linux. 

Here's an info.log from trying to start bumblebee with a webcam attached.

[Justin Nesselrotte]

So, basically, the issue stems from the fact that your camera has a weird character in it, hex code 0xc2. The utilities we call can't handle that character since it's a non-ascii character. This is fixable, I'm just trying to decide what's the best way to fix it. We should still be able to keep the hex codes in there, by simply decoding the string as utf-8 first. The problem is, I don't know what else that will mess up. 

[Nick Foley]

Ok, very, very sweet. Would love to get this fixed. Let me know if there is anything I can help with, or a manual way I can rename this camera in the firmware as a temporary workaround. Also, if you still have a need, email me your address and I can send you the pi camera we have and are definitely not using...

[Nick Foley]

Alright, so I tracked down a different webcam, but it still isn't working. A .jpg is showing up in the bumblebee folder, but nothing is showing up online to be picked when editing a bot. Info.log has a new set of errors:

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,749] INFO: Started up, loading bot list.

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,949] INFO: Device Scan Results: {'bots': {'printcoredriver': [('/dev/ttyACM0', 'ttyACM0', 'USB VID:PID=2341:0042 SNR=A4139363831351E0A1B1')]}, 'cameras': [{'device': '/dev/video0', 'id': 'usb-bcm2708_usb-1.3.4', 'name': 'UVC Camera (046d:081b)'}]}

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,951] INFO: Webcam Command: exec /usr/bin/fswebcam -q --jpeg 60 -d '/dev/video0' -r 640x480 --title 'None' --set brightness=50% --set contrast=50% 'UVC Camera (046d:081b).jpg'

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,968] INFO: Webcam Capture started.

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,563] ERROR: Webcam: Corrupt JPEG data: 2 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd1

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,565] INFO: Webcam: capture complete.

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,567] ERROR: Errors detected.  Bailing.

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,569] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - devicescanresults (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:27,704] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:27,998] INFO: Creating worker thread for bot Lychee

[2013-09-10 00:11:28,004] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:11:28,006] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:28,016] INFO: Loading bot Lychee

[2013-09-10 00:11:28,036] INFO: Lychee: Bot startup

[2013-09-10 00:11:38,307] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:39,472] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:11:39,490] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:49,908] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:11:50,947] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:11:50,949] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:01,212] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:02,338] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:12:02,340] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:12,613] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:13,770] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:12:13,772] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:24,080] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - getmybots (1 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:25,136] INFO: Bot Lychee looking for new job.

[2013-09-10 00:12:25,138] DEBUG: Calling https://www.botqueue.com/api/v1/endpoint - findnewjob (999999 tries remaining)

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,048] INFO: Webcam Command: exec /usr/bin/fswebcam -q --jpeg 60 -d '007' -r 640x480 --title 'Lychee :: BotQueue.com' --set brightness=50% --set contrast=50% 'bot-252.jpg'

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,069] INFO: Webcam Capture started.

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,593] ERROR: Webcam: [31mstat: No such file or directory

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,596] ERROR: Webcam: [0m

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,597] INFO: Webcam: capture complete.

[2013-09-10 00:12:29,599] ERROR: Errors detected.  Bailing.

Any suggestions?

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

2 problems here:

1. the first time it tries to scan your webcam, it errors out:

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,951] INFO: Webcam Command: exec /usr/bin/fswebcam -q --jpeg 60 -d '/dev/video0' -r 640x480 --title 'None' --set brightness=50% --set contrast=50% 'UVC Camera (046d:081b).jpg'

[2013-09-10 00:11:23,968] INFO: Webcam Capture started.

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,563] ERROR: Webcam: Corrupt JPEG data: 2 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd1

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,565] INFO: Webcam: capture complete.

[2013-09-10 00:11:26,567] ERROR: Errors detected.  Bailing.

2. you may not have updated your config, it is attempting to pull an image from device '007' which doesn't even make sense on linux.  it should be something like /dev/video#.  you need to click on the appropriate image in the webcam list on the bot config.

it may just be that this webcam has poor support as well.  try getting a webcam from one of the raspberry pi sites that lists compatible webcams.

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[graphmastur]

I also feel that if we switched the webcam names to utf8, this problem would go away, at least with their old camera.

[Nick Foley]

Yeah, the second webcam I tried is definitely old. Can someone recommend a cheap camera they are using successfully? I need to get these bots back on webcams in the next week or two; just booked a trip to Shenzhen (w00t!) to visit factories and I want to watch the bots while I'm away...

[Philip Booysen]

After trying a few webcams I've settled since May on the Logitech C310. Been running 24/7 on a Raspberry Pi and this webcam. No camera issues.

P

[Nick Foley]

Hah, that definitely means I'm messing something up then, because that's the one I'm currently unable to get going correctly. I'll try to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Anyway, on a sort of unrelated note... is anyone else getting a big red warning in chrome that Botqueue.com's SSL certificate has expired?

[graphmastur]

Yes, BotQueue's ssl certificate has expired. That could be problematic.

On Sep 11, 2013 8:51 PM, "Nick Foley" <ni...@socialbicycles.com> wrote:

Hah, that definitely means I'm messing something up then, because that's the one I'm currently unable to get going correctly. I'll try to figure out what I'm doing wrong.


Anyway, on a sort of unrelated note... is anyone else getting a big red warning in chrome that Botqueue.com's SSL certificate has expired?

[Philip Booysen]

Keep this in mind though. I'm running bumblebee on a RasPi, Raspbian from Feb 2013, last "apt-get updated" in May. My bumblebee code is also ancient, from 26 May.

I then upgraded to latest bumblebee a week ago and eversince then my Raspberry Pi experienced freezing up or a crashing, so often and consistent (within 1 hour while printing or not), that I had to revert to 26 May code until I can make time to debug and submit bug reports. I'm running a headless setup with no easy way to connect an LCD to see what is really up but, I did establish that the "crash" only happens when I have my 3D Printer and/or Webcam connected. When they are disconnected, RasPi keeps on running with no freezing up. However, crashing happens without printing actively.

I'm locked on using Botqueue and my Raspberry Pi :) ... what an awesome way to manage my 3D printing.

I will make time as soon as possible to debug the problem but I had to be able to print and had to revert to previous very old code for the time being.

Will keep all in the loop as soon as I can make time to debug and submit bug reports.

P

On Sep 12, 2013 3:51 AM, "Nick Foley" <ni...@socialbicycles.com> wrote:

Hah, that definitely means I'm messing something up then, because that's the one I'm currently unable to get going correctly. I'll try to figure out what I'm doing wrong.


Anyway, on a sort of unrelated note... is anyone else getting a big red warning in chrome that Botqueue.com's SSL certificate has expired?

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Shit, I'll throw the new ssl cert up today.  Sorry!

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[graphmastur]

Day 147: no signs of a secure BotQueue to be found. Must find ssl certificate....

Does this mess up normal bot operation?

[Philip Booysen]

For me it does mess it up. Bumblebee client unable to status into online idle mode. Botqueue telling me welcome I can add a printer. Resorting to ancient methods to print tonight ;)

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

I loaded up the new certificate - is it not showing up?

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[graphmastur]

Nope. Still invalid.

[Nick Foley]

Yeah, the cert is still expired for me too. Seems to be preventing botqueue from working. 

[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Sorry it took so long to fix it.  It is working now for me and should be working for you guys as well I hope.

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On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Nick Foley <ni...@socialbicycles.com> wrote:

Yeah, the cert is still expired for me too. Seems to be preventing botqueue from working. 

[graph...@gmail.com]

Works for me, thanks.

[Nick Foley]

Working for me.

It feels so good to be living in the future again...

[Philip Booysen]

+1

All working and I can print "normally" again ... I'll echo Nick with ... "Welcome to the future!".

P

On Sep 14, 2013 8:52 PM, "Nick Foley" <ni...@socialbicycles.com> wrote:

Working for me.

It feels so good to be living in the future again...

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[Zach 'Hoeken' Smith]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'll try and get v0.5 out the door once things calm down in my life a bit more. Got a trip to the states these next 2 weeks. 

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[graphmastur]

Oh? You should come visit me if you can.

[Nick Foley]

Nice! Maker Faire? 

On Saturday, September 14, 2013 11:21:59 PM UTC-4, Zach Smith wrote:

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'll try and get v0.5 out the door once things calm down in my life a bit more. Got a trip to the states these next 2 weeks. 

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Philip Booysen wrote:

+1

All working and I can print "normally" again ... I'll echo Nick with ... "Welcome to the future!".

P

On Sep 14, 2013 8:52 PM, "Nick Foley" <ni...@socialbicycles.com> wrote:

Working for me.

It feels so good to be living in the future again...

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[Jos Scheepers]

Philip, did you do something special, because the C310 does not seem to be working for me.


Op woensdag 11 september 2013 23:39:30 UTC+2 schreef Philip Booysen:

[Philip Booysen]

Hi Jos,

I did not do anything special. Only thing I could think might be different is the fact that I'm running a bumblebee version from June on this C310 USB Camera.

Other than that, we don't know what you have tried so far and what the logs have been saying about your camera. So many things that could influence it all, if it is a Raspberry Pi then you could be running out of USB power if too many USB devices are connected (think WiFi dongle etc) without a powered USB hub.

Are you new to Botqueue, or new to running it on a Raspberry Pi. Let us know and if possible supply log files etc

As taken from the bottom of the Botqueue webpage :

If you run into any problems, please report a bug. Make sure to include the bumblebee/info.log file if it is client-related.

P