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Hi,

Just got my grovepi today and after i installed depencies i tried to read temp/hum sensor from analog pin and all i get is error.

Script is very simple, I just try to read analog 1 and print it out:

import smbus
import time
import grovepi
bus = smbus.SMBus(0)

i=grovepi.analogRead(1)
print i

And all I get is IOError…

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “temp2.py”, line 13, in <module>
i=grovepi.analogRead(1)
File “/home/pi/work/GrovePi/Software/Python/grovepi.py”, line 39, in analogRead
bus.write_i2c_block_data(address,1,aRead_cmd+[pin,0,0])
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Any ideas?

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Can you run i2cdetect -y 0 and i2cdetect -y 1 with the GrovePi attached and post the results.

Thanks,
Karan

3

I did that and connection seemed ok if i understood documentation right.

i2cdetect -y 0

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00: – 04 – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- –
10: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
20: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
30: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
40: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
50: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
60: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
70: – -- – -- – -- – --

i2cdetect -y 1

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00: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- –
10: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
20: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
30: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – UU – -- – --
40: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
50: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
60: – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – -- – --
70: – -- – -- – -- – --

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Hi,
Can you do one try one thing. Open grovipi.py in the editor and change bus = smbus.SMBus(1) at line 5 to bus = smbus.SMBus(0).

Hope that this helps and sorry for the inconvenience.

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Hi,

Did that earlier yesterday, but that didn’t help either…

Gives same IOError in every combination while trying to read or write any pin(s)

IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

6

Sorry, misread your post. I didn’t change that from grovepi.py file before, now when i did it seems to work!

Thank You so much! :slight_smile:

7

Great to hear that your problem is solved.

We are working on a firmware and software update and will release it in the coming days. It should solve all these problems and add some new features too.

8

Hello,

Same problem here using Grove Pi with a new brand Raspberry Pi B+ card. Most of the time showing IOError, sometimes (e.g. buzzer python example) shows the expected ‘start/stop’ words and IOError and not sound at all.

BTW I’ve isolated the GrovePi card pins that could be touching the LAN and USB ports of the Raspberry Pi B+

Any Idea?

Regards

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Hi maganj3m,
Can you check a few things:

  • The Grove Pi is placed on the top leftmost pins of the Model B+ header. Please check this: http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07/raspberry-pi-b-gpio-header-details-and-pinout/ . The GrovePi should be placed on the header starting at the 5V pin.
  • Are you using a Dexter Industries SD card or image with all the softwares setup.
  • Please run i2cdetect -y 0 and i2cdetect -y 1 and post the output.
  • If possible, can you post some good pictures of the setup that you are using right now.
  • Double check that the GrovePi is not making an electrical contact with the Model B+.

-Karan