[fpc-pascal] Free Pascal console programs on Android are easy

http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm is a new (unpublished) web page.
Feedback appreciated!

silvioprog

2014-03-15 18:57:40 UTC

Post by Paul Breneman
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm is a new (unpublished) web page.
Feedback appreciated!

Nice! Can you compile Brook framework* in your tool checking if it is
compatible with ARM? Thank you!

* - http://silvioprog.github.io/brookframework/

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Sandro Cumerlato

2014-03-15 20:59:04 UTC

Really interesting!

Please fix typo: "chmod 755 ppcaarm" should be "chmod 755 ppcarm".

I hope to see a GUI Hello World soon.

Sandro

Post by Paul Breneman
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm is a new (unpublished) web page.
Feedback appreciated!
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Paul Breneman

2014-03-15 23:33:12 UTC

Post by Sandro Cumerlato
Really interesting!
Please fix typo: "chmod 755 ppcaarm" should be "chmod 755 ppcarm".
I hope to see a GUI Hello World soon.
Sandro

Post by Paul Breneman
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm is a new (unpublished) web page.
Feedback appreciated!

Thanks for the feedback.

My main specialty is communication software (
www.turbocontrol.com/APro.htm ), so right now that is what I'm working
on. I have a USB hub working with a keyboard on my Nexus 7 (via OTG),
but a FTDI USB-serial adapter doesn't show up in /dev so I hope to get
that (and some other Bluetooth and TCP/IP stuff) working next.

But a GUI Hello World would be nice! I did install the "libc-dev"
package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try
www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.

My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for
machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with embedded
Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).

Paul Breneman

2014-03-16 01:24:56 UTC

On 03/15/2014 07:33 PM, Paul Breneman wrote:
...

Post by Paul Breneman
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm is a new (unpublished) web page.
Feedback appreciated!

Thanks for the feedback.
My main specialty is communication software (
www.turbocontrol.com/APro.htm ), so right now that is what I'm working
on. I have a USB hub working with a keyboard on my Nexus 7 (via OTG),
but a FTDI USB-serial adapter doesn't show up in /dev so I hope to get
that (and some other Bluetooth and TCP/IP stuff) working next.
But a GUI Hello World would be nice! I did install the "libc-dev"
package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try
www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.
My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for
machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with embedded
Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).

If someone wants to help, here are some ideas:
- Get the arm linux release from www.CtrlTerm.com and unzip it and use
this to compile other code (below).

To try to get comm code working:
- Get the arm linux console serial release from this page and copy
DlpTempG.pas to the CtrlTerm folder. It compiled and ran for me, but it
didn't find a port.
http://turbocontrol.com/simpleserial.htm

To try to get x11 working:
-) Get the arm linux zip from here and copy to the CtrlTerm folder:
http://turbocontrol.com/simplewindow.htm

Mark Morgan Lloyd

2014-03-16 07:45:42 UTC

I've not got a Nexus but I suggest looking to see whether whoever's made
the adapter (using the FTDI chip) has given it a vid:pid that the OS
doesn't recognise. I think that fiddling with kernel module parameters
or editing the identifier info into a config file are beyond what the
average user can be expected to do.

Post by Paul Breneman
But a GUI Hello World would be nice! I did install the "libc-dev"
package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try
www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.

Some patches for serial.pp were recently applied to 2.7.1. This is for
low-level access and requires that you do the thread handling yourself,
but doesn't require libc etc. It was tested on ARM Linux when written.

Post by Paul Breneman
My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for
machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with embedded
Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).

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Paul Breneman

2014-03-16 13:44:19 UTC

Post by Mark Morgan Lloyd

Post by Paul Breneman
My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program
(for machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with
embedded Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that
is needed).

The USB-serial adapter works everywhere else so I think it is fine. I'm
guessing that GNURoot may prevent any communication? I need to do more
testing.

About 7 years ago seeing you participating was what convinced me that
Free Pascal was worth trying on embedded systems, so thanks for your
help (again) Mark! :)

Mark Morgan Lloyd

2014-03-16 16:27:38 UTC

Post by Paul Breneman
The USB-serial adapter works everywhere else so I think it is fine. I'm
guessing that GNURoot may prevent any communication? I need to do more
testing.

What I was trying to suggest was that the OS might not know about the
vid:pid pair that represented that device.

Post by Paul Breneman
About 7 years ago seeing you participating was what convinced me that
Free Pascal was worth trying on embedded systems, so thanks for your
help (again) Mark! :)

:-)

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Paul Breneman

2014-03-16 17:24:06 UTC

Post by Mark Morgan Lloyd

Post by Paul Breneman
The USB-serial adapter works everywhere else so I think it is fine.
I'm guessing that GNURoot may prevent any communication? I need to do
more testing.

What I was trying to suggest was that the OS might not know about the
vid:pid pair that represented that device.

Yes, I understood that, but as the OS is Debian 7.4 I doubt that is the
problem (so I didn't yet check further). Since wget works in the
GNURoot terminal it seems that (some) communication should work. I also
tested the Free Vision testapp example, so it still looks hopeful to do
non-root apps on Android for machine control. :)

Paul Breneman

2014-03-24 16:08:30 UTC

On 03/15/2014 07:33 PM, Paul Breneman wrote:
...

Post by Paul Breneman
My main specialty is communication software (
www.turbocontrol.com/APro.htm ), so right now that is what I'm working
on. I have a USB hub working with a keyboard on my Nexus 7 (via OTG),
but a FTDI USB-serial adapter doesn't show up in /dev so I hope to get
that (and some other Bluetooth and TCP/IP stuff) working next.
But a GUI Hello World would be nice! I did install the "libc-dev"
package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try
www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.
My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for
machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with embedded
Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).

Well, maybe I can wait on doing more with Free Vision and use fpGUI
instead! :)

GNURoot has been updated! See this text: "WheezyX rootfs type added -
it has Xterms working. After launching it, use a vncviewer on your
Android device or you PC to connect to it." Now I hope to get Control
Terminal working (first for WiFi and Bluetooth, then with USB OTG for
Ethernet and Serial)!

http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm

Paul Breneman

2014-05-09 23:06:06 UTC

Well, maybe I can wait on doing more with Free Vision and use fpGUI
instead! :)
GNURoot has been updated! See this text: "WheezyX rootfs type added -
it has Xterms working. After launching it, use a vncviewer on your
Android device or you PC to connect to it." Now I hope to get Control
Terminal working (first for WiFi and Bluetooth, then with USB OTG for
Ethernet and Serial)!
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm

I just updated the above web page with a Control Terminal console
program that uses Synapse to get the header of a web page. Nice to see
what can be done with a 2 MB zip and Free Pascal and Synapse. Thanks
for the great tools!

Paul Breneman

2017-06-04 12:00:59 UTC

Well, maybe I can wait on doing more with Free Vision and use fpGUI
instead! :)
GNURoot has been updated! See this text: "WheezyX rootfs type added -
it has Xterms working. After launching it, use a vncviewer on your
Android device or you PC to connect to it." Now I hope to get Control
Terminal working (first for WiFi and Bluetooth, then with USB OTG for
Ethernet and Serial)!
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm

Can I reply to a 3 year old message? I could use some help and feedback
with this *simple* topic!

GNUroot (with new Android versions) no longer works with Free Pascal so
I made this new page that has a link to a new wiki page:
http://controlpascal.com/self-hosted.htm

Regards,
Paul
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Paul Breneman

2018-06-20 16:01:36 UTC

Well, maybe I can wait on doing more with Free Vision and use fpGUI
instead! :)
GNURoot has been updated! See this text: "WheezyX rootfs type added -
it has Xterms working. After launching it, use a vncviewer on your
Android device or you PC to connect to it." Now I hope to get Control
Terminal working (first for WiFi and Bluetooth, then with USB OTG for
Ethernet and Serial)!
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm

I just updated the above web page with a Control Terminal console
program that uses Synapse to get the header of a web page. Nice to
see what can be done with a 2 MB zip and Free Pascal and Synapse.
Thanks for the great tools!

Can I reply to a 3 year old message? I could use some help and feedback
with this *simple* topic!
GNUroot (with new Android versions) no longer works with Free Pascal so
http://controlpascal.com/self-hosted.htm

There is a *new* Android program *UserLAnd* that replaces GNUroot so
hopefully we'll soon have Free Pascal working again on Debian on
Android: www.turbocontrol.com/userland.htm

Yes, I know that Free Pascal works on straight Debian (and Raspbian)...
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Paul Breneman

2018-06-22 00:52:52 UTC

Well, maybe I can wait on doing more with Free Vision and use fpGUI
instead! :)
GNURoot has been updated! See this text: "WheezyX rootfs type added -
it has Xterms working. After launching it, use a vncviewer on your
Android device or you PC to connect to it." Now I hope to get Control
Terminal working (first for WiFi and Bluetooth, then with USB OTG for
Ethernet and Serial)!
http://turbocontrol.com/gnuroot.htm

I just updated the above web page with a Control Terminal console
program that uses Synapse to get the header of a web page. Nice to
see what can be done with a 2 MB zip and Free Pascal and Synapse.
Thanks for the great tools!

Can I reply to a 3 year old message? I could use some help and
feedback with this *simple* topic!
GNUroot (with new Android versions) no longer works with Free Pascal
http://controlpascal.com/self-hosted.htm

It works and looks *easy* again. Web page updated a little as I go
celebrate!
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Paul Breneman

2018-07-05 11:57:53 UTC