How to troubleshoot Idrive controller?

[BoostedGS300]

Okay so as seen in previous posts, I had some confusion about the controller service. I got that done and saved but things are not working. I also did an IFconfig and I do see the CAN0 appears "up" and according to another post that means the can devices are present, correct? I am using an E60 idrive controller that has more than four wires. Much searching gives me Pin 1 - +12, Pin 2&3 - Ground, Pin 4 - can hi, Pin 5 Can Low. I have all these wires connected to the carpihat accordingly. I also tried pin 2 or pin 3 for the ground.

Now, since things are not working how do I go about troubleshooting? Can I look for can traffic? IFconfig by can0 shows 0 for everything so I assume there isn't any.

I'm not sure where to go from here so any help is appreciated.

[oliverisss]

Okay so as seen in previous posts, I had some confusion about the controller service. I got that done and saved but things are not working. I also did an IFconfig and I do see the CAN0 appears "up" and according to another post that means the can devices are present, correct? I am using an E60 idrive controller that has more than four wires. Much searching gives me Pin 1 - +12, Pin 2&3 - Ground, Pin 4 - can hi, Pin 5 Can Low. I have all these wires connected to the carpihat accordingly. I also tried pin 2 or pin 3 for the ground.

Now, since things are not working how do I go about troubleshooting? Can I look for can traffic? IFconfig by can0 shows 0 for everything so I assume there isn't any.

I'm not sure where to go from here so any help is appreciated.

You can try these commands:

sudo /sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

and

ifconfig

that should show if can0 works correctly.

[BoostedGS300]

You can try these commands:

sudo /sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

and

ifconfig

that should show if can0 works correctly.

Thanks, please see the attached images for the results.

[oliverisss]

You can try these commands:

sudo /sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

and

ifconfig

that should show if can0 works correctly.

Thanks, please see the attached images for the results.

I'm not an expert on this. I'm just going through Gecko messages how to troubleshoot this as I had the same problem in very beginning when I bought CarPiHat. 

That's on of gecko messages:

   
Add the following to the bottom of your “/boot/config.txt”

dtparam=spi=on

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=8000000,interrupt=23

dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay

And then add the following to “/etc/rc.local”

/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

After ensuring those are correct, could you please reboot your Pi (with the controller disconnected), and send the the output of the following command:
(Exit Openauto, and then open the “terminal”. Type these commands, hit enter, and send a screenshot / pastebin / photo of the output)

ifconfig

and

dmesg | grep -iC 3 “MCP2515”

[BoostedGS300]

You can try these commands:

sudo /sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

and

ifconfig

that should show if can0 works correctly.

Thanks, please see the attached images for the results.

I'm not an expert on this. I'm just going through Gecko messages how to troubleshoot this as I had the same problem in very beginning when I bought CarPiHat. 

That's on of gecko messages:

   
Add the following to the bottom of your “/boot/config.txt”

dtparam=spi=on

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=8000000,interrupt=23

dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay

And then add the following to “/etc/rc.local”

/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

After ensuring those are correct, could you please reboot your Pi (with the controller disconnected), and send the the output of the following command:
(Exit Openauto, and then open the “terminal”. Type these commands, hit enter, and send a screenshot / pastebin / photo of the output)

ifconfig

and

dmesg | grep -iC 3 “MCP2515”

Thanks for you help. I know Gecko is not available. I do have those commands installed and the below information is with the idrive control unplugged. Please see my files at the end to see if I made a mistake. I am not getting any results for the MCP2515 command so I assume thats related to my problems. 

Ifconfig;

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ifconfig
can0: flags=193  mtu 16
        unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  txqueuelen 10  (UNSPEC)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth0: flags=4099  mtu 1500
        ether e4:5f:01:1a:48:4b  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.17  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::6561:d677:8487:8c3b  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20         ether e4:5f:01:1a:48:4c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 845  bytes 346771 (338.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 1028  bytes 156019 (152.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 

dmesg | grep -iC 3 “MCP2515”

I have no results for this command. I assume this is a problem. 


Here is the end of my bootconfig.txt file

[pi3]
gpu_mem=256
max_framebuffers=1

[pi3+]
gpu_mem=256
max_framebuffers=1

[pi4]
max_framebuffers=2

#Canbusinterface
dtparam=spi=on

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=8000000,interrupt=23

dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay



Here is my rc.local 

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

# Print the IP address
_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
if [ "$_IP" ]; then
  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
fi

/usr/local/bin/rpi4pci.sh

/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device

sudo hwclock -s

date




exit 0

[oliverisss]

You can try these commands:

sudo /sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

and

ifconfig

that should show if can0 works correctly.

Thanks, please see the attached images for the results.

I'm not an expert on this. I'm just going through Gecko messages how to troubleshoot this as I had the same problem in very beginning when I bought CarPiHat. 

That's on of gecko messages:

   
Add the following to the bottom of your “/boot/config.txt”

dtparam=spi=on

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=8000000,interrupt=23

dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay

And then add the following to “/etc/rc.local”

/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

After ensuring those are correct, could you please reboot your Pi (with the controller disconnected), and send the the output of the following command:
(Exit Openauto, and then open the “terminal”. Type these commands, hit enter, and send a screenshot / pastebin / photo of the output)

ifconfig

and

dmesg | grep -iC 3 “MCP2515”

Thanks for you help. I know Gecko is not available. I do have those commands installed and the below information is with the idrive control unplugged. Please see my files at the end to see if I made a mistake. I am not getting any results for the MCP2515 command so I assume thats related to my problems. 

Ifconfig;

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ifconfig
can0: flags=193  mtu 16
        unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  txqueuelen 10  (UNSPEC)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

eth0: flags=4099  mtu 1500
        ether e4:5f:01:1a:48:4b  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.17  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::6561:d677:8487:8c3b  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20         ether e4:5f:01:1a:48:4c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 845  bytes 346771 (338.6 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 1028  bytes 156019 (152.3 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 

dmesg | grep -iC 3 “MCP2515”

I have no results for this command. I assume this is a problem. 


Here is the end of my bootconfig.txt file

[pi3]
gpu_mem=256
max_framebuffers=1

[pi3+]
gpu_mem=256
max_framebuffers=1

[pi4]
max_framebuffers=2

#Canbusinterface
dtparam=spi=on

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0,oscillator=8000000,interrupt=23

dtoverlay=spi-bcm2835-overlay



Here is my rc.local 

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

# Print the IP address
_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
if [ "$_IP" ]; then
  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
fi

/usr/local/bin/rpi4pci.sh

/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 100000

echo ds1307 0x68 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device

sudo hwclock -s

date




exit 0


try this: dmesg | grep -i MCP2515

[BoostedGS300]

That command worked, thank you!

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep -i MCP2515
[ 6.174965] mcp251x spi0.0 can0: MCP2515 successfully initialized.

[oliverisss]

That command worked, thank you!

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep -i MCP2515
[    6.174965] mcp251x spi0.0 can0: MCP2515 successfully initialized.

You mean idrive working now?

[BoostedGS300]

That command worked, thank you!

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep -i MCP2515
[    6.174965] mcp251x spi0.0 can0: MCP2515 successfully initialized.

You mean idrive working now?

Sorry I wasn't clear. No it's not working yet.

Thank you

[BoostedGS300]

That command worked, thank you!

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep -i MCP2515
[    6.174965] mcp251x spi0.0 can0: MCP2515 successfully initialized.

You mean idrive working now?

What are your results when you run the commands you requested on your system? If you can provide that maybe I can figure out what is different about mine. 

Thanks