Interface Communication Protocol Version DBS 1.10 Originally taken from the X10 web page Dec 25, 1996. Some mistakes corrected. DBS Jan 1, 1997 Updated Jan 24 to match the Jan 6th version of X10’s …
Use pip to install pyserial. First install pip:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
After that install pyserial:
sudo pip install pyserial
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0fcf”, ATTRS{idProduct}==”1008”, RUN+=”/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0fcf product=0x1008”
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0fcf:1008 Dynastream Innovations, Inc.
Couldn’t open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 32
idVendor 0x0fcf Dynastream Innovations, Inc.
idProduct 0x1008
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 3
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 2
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 2
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Make sure you have permission to access the USB device. Add a text file with one of the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/99-garmin.rules.
On Ubuntu 10.04 (or other other older distros):
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fcf", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1008", MODE="666"
On Ubuntu 12.04 (or other distros running newer udev):
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0fcf", ATTR{idProduct}=="1008", MODE="666"
I’ve gone around the houses a couple of times trying to get this up and running, using various options including /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and /etc/wpa.config as advised on various sites. I was really looking for a quick-and-dirty way of getting the WiFi dongle checked out. In the end it was very simple.
$ sudo nano /etc/network.interfaces
auto lo
auto wlan0
iface lo
inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid “LocalNetworkSSID”
wpa-psk “MySecretPassord”
iface default inet dhcp
and that was it! I know it’s not the most secure, but just to check out wlan0 it was enough.
mosquitto has been installed with a default configuration file.
You can make changes to the configuration by editing
/usr/local/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
Python client bindings can be installed from the Python Package Index
pip install mosquitto
Javascript client is available at
To have launchd start mosquitto at login:
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mosquitto/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load mosquitto now:
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mosquitto.plist
Or, if you don’t want/need launchctl, you can just run:
mosquitto -c /usr/local/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
Warning: /usr/local/sbin is not in your PATH
You can amend this by altering your ~/.bashrc file
