God no, after assembly it's the easiest thing in the world to use! I just don't like Adobe Air, and it's poorly supported in Linux.
This thread is all about me being picky. OpenPCR is awesome and very user friendly. Well worth paying and waiting for! :)
Petfixer71 <afrishman71@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I plan on ordering an OpenPCR device in the next week or two. I have
>heard rumors that there is a 4-6 week lag time after placing the order
>and
>receiving the unit?? My only other reluctance is the setup and how
>"user
>friendly" the unit is?? After reading this thread I am a bit
>intimidated?
> Do I need to be a computer programer to get this up and running?\
>
>Need feedback?
>
>On Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:46:39 PM UTC-4, Cathal wrote:
>>
>> So, I just tested quickly whether python works well. The following
>> worked just fine after plugging in and turning on my OpenPCR. NB:
>There
>> was no "CONTROL.TXT" file initially, because the OpenPCR hadn't been
>> sent one yet.
>>
>> 1) I cd'd to /media/OPENPCR
>> 2) I opened python3 from terminal
>> 3) I typed the following code, which worked nicely:
>> controlfile = open("CONTROL.TXT", "wt")
>> controlfile.write("s=ACGTC&c=start&t=50&d=55709&l=96&n=IndieBB
>MCS
>> Check&p=(1[75|95|Initial
>> Step])(40[20|95|Step][10|60|Step][32|70|Step])(1[120|70|Final
>> Step][0|4|Final Hold])")
>> controlfile.close()
>>
>> The OpenPCR started running my program right away. :)
>>
>> So, now I just need to hack up a set of scripts for sending the
>program
>> to the OpenPCR, and for making the program using friendly user input.
>> Can later bake a GUI on top of that stuff.
>>
>> On 22/03/12 13:10, Cathal Garvey wrote:
>> > Hey all,
>> > Of those who own and love their OpenPCR, has anyone tried using
>Terminal
>> > to send programs over the wire, or to get real-time output from the
>
>> machine?
>> >
>> > I'm running Ubuntu, and I'm wondering if I can use echo and/or cat
>with
>> > piping to send commands directly to the device (which is currently
>> > /dev/sde, mounted as /media/OPENPCR).
>> >
>> > The end goal would be to translate this totally manual approach
>into a
>> > python script, perhaps with a GUI to match eventually, as a way to
>> > replace the Adobe Air interface. Although I got the Air interface
>> > working with Tito and Josh's help, really the problem isn't going
>away;
>> > shortly before release of the OpenPCR, Adobe cut support for Air in
>
>> Linux.
>> >
>> > Would be nice to have an Open Source language working for my Open
>Source
>> > PCR machine. :)
>> >
>>
>>
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