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Ford 1210 hydraulics

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Inspired by “Ford 1710 Rear Remote Valve“

Wanted to have rear-hydraulics for a log-splitter and maybe other tools. I chose to add a simple ‘changeover’ valve. By default hydraulic pressure is going to the 3-point hitch, when energizing the solenoid valve hydraulic pressure is sent to the log-splitter. The log-splitter has it’s own manual control valve.

  • Tractor adapter plate (DIY-part)
  • NG6 adapter block (DIY-part)
  • NG6 4/2 CETOP valve; PA; PB (webshop)
  • Fittings and custom-made hoses (local tractor dealer)

FreeCAD drawing attached below, also CamBam files.

Nagios NRPE Server 2.15 Could not complete SSL handshake. 1

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CHECK_NRPE: (ssl_err != 5) Error - Could not complete SSL handshake with [ip] 1

Found out it had to do with the major version difference 3.x connecting to 2.x. Adding -2 to the command line made no difference. Disabling SSL was an solution. But not preferred.

I recently upgraded (reinstalled) my vps from Debian Jessie to Debian Buster. I chose to install Nagios4 and NRPE client from Debian repositories. (Previous installation was build from source). I was using Nagios4x already, i guess the nrpe-plugins were a bit older.

On the other side i have an Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 to be monitored. This system is still running Debian Jessie. To stay compatible with Netgear updates, i am not doing an dist-upgrade on the OS. Debian Jessie has nagios-nrpe-server 2.x in it’s main repository.

While searching online, i came across a solution that rebuilds nagios-nrpe-server 2.x with a dh 2048 signature.

I tried to do the same thing, with success.

With https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial as base, i proceeded as following:

# Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, add an deb-src line
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian jessie main

Now update apt

sudo apt-get update

Create a working directory and get source code

# Create working directory
mkdir -p src/debian
cd src/debian

# Get source
apt-get source nagios-nrpe-server

# Step into source
cd nagios-nrpe-2.15

# Build without patches, to check that all requirements a met
debuild -b -uc -us

# When build failed, try
sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot devscripts
# and
sudo apt-get build-dep nagios-nrpe-server

Now apply some changes to the source code.

Edit ./configure

OLD: $sslbin dhparam -C 512 | awk '/^-----/ {exit} {print}' > include/dh.h
NEW: $sslbin dhparam -C 2048 | awk '/^-----/ {exit} {print}' > include/dh.h

Edit ./configure.in

OLD: $sslbin dhparam -C 512 | awk '/^-----/ {exit} {print}' > include/dh.h
NEW: $sslbin dhparam -C 2048 | awk '/^-----/ {exit} {print}' > include/dh.h

Edit ./src/nrpe.c 

OLD: dh=get_dh512();
NEW: dh=get_dh2048();

We can recompile now.

debuild -b -uc -us

If no error occurred, there should be 2 new .deb packages in your working directory.

Install both
sudo dpkg -i nagios-nrpe-plugin_2.15-1.deb
sudo dpkg -i nagios-nrpe-server_2.15-1.deb

ABB B23 Modbus RTU

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CONCEPT MESSAGE.

Connecting to ABB B23 Modbus energymeter.

I have the USB-RS485 plugged into a Debian Linux pc system (x86_64). I used the ModPoll tool from modbusdriver.com for basic connection testing.

#./modpoll /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 9600 -p none -m rtu -a 1 -r 23296 -t 4:int -c 6
  • Offset addres 23296 (or hex 0x5B00) should have L1-N voltage.
  • Read 6 next values also (-c 6)
  • Gave me L-to-N and L-to-L voltages.

Wrote a small C application to poll every second and write to MariaDB/MySQL database table. Should be possible to recompile for Raspberry-PI (ARM) to.

Uses libmodbus(-dev) and libmariadbclient(-dev).

See attachments.

 

 

LM2576T-5 step down switching regulator

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First switching power supply working.

I have an ARM board to be powered, which draws between 0.5 and 1.5 ampere’s on 5 volt. Tried using an standard 7805 (2 ampere spec), but the system would not boot. VOut dropped to 4.5 volts and 7805 was getting to hot with +/- 24 volt VIn.

So i made an circuit based on the LM2576T-5.

Partslist:

Part Price
IC1: LM2576T-5 € 1,60
L1: Inductor 100uH € 1,45
D1: SR504 Recoverd from PC PSU 5.0 Amps Schottky Barrier Rectifier
C1: 470uF 35v Reused from other project
C2: 3300uF 10v Also recovered from PC PSU
F1: Fuse holder and 400mA Stock, price n/a

lm2576t-5-schemaInput voltage is an battery+solar power supply that varies between 23-24 to 29 volts.

Working power supply (left) with active load.
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Bad output: (spikes)
What happens if an normal (or to slow) diode is used:
Yellow is regulator V-OUT.
Blue line represents voltage output for load (feedback signal).

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Good output:
No load:

noload

100mA load

100ma_load

 

Borrowed lm2576 library for Eagle PCB Design from eaglecentral.ca | LM2576 circuit

LinuxCNC 2.7 on Jessie

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Running LinuxCNC on fresh Debian Jessie (8) install using custom compiled longterm kernel 4.1.15.

Start with a fresh install of Debian.

Most of the step can be done as a normal user. For apt-get and dpkg commands log in as root or use sudo.

Compile Kernel 4.1.15 with RT patch

With some help from https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RT_PREEMPT_HOWTO and http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-building-installing-a-custom-linux-kernel/ .

Install required tools

# apt-get install build-essential ncurses-dev fakeroot kernel-package

Extract kernel and patch

# mkdir /opt/kernel
# cd /opt/kernel
# wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.1.15.tar.xz
# wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.1/patch-4.1.15-rt17.patch.gz
# tar xvf linux-4.1.15.tar.xz
# gzip --decompress patch-4.1.15-rt17.patch
# cd linux-4.1.15
# cat ../patch-4.1.15-rt17.patch | patch -p1

Copy current kernel config into this build

# cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config

Configure kernel

# make menuconfig
-> Processor type and features
-> -> Preemption Model (Fully Preemptible Kernel (RT))
-> -> Timer frequency (1000 HZ)
<Save>

menuconfig

Compile kernel

# make-kpkg clean
# fakeroot make-kpkg -j4 --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers

Where -j specifies number of cpu cores.
This might take a while and raise room temperature. 🙂

Installing kernel

Execute de following commands as root or use sudo.

# cd ..
# dpkg -i linux-headers-4.1.15-rt17-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
# dpkg -i linux-image-4.1.15-rt17-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
# shutdown -r now

Adding LinuxCNC repository to APT

I do not compile my own LinuxCNC, maybe later, for now i am using LinuxCNC APT archive.

Follow http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/getting-started/getting-linuxcnc.html#_installing_on_debian_wheezy_with_preempt_rt_kernel

Run the following commands as user root or use sudo.

Add the LinuxCNC Archive Signing Key to your apt keyring:

# apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 3cb9fd148f374fef

Now edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line:

deb http://linuxcnc.org/ jessie base 2.7-uspace

and update aptitude.

# apt-get update

Now you can install LinuxCNC by using this line:

# apt-get install linuxcnc-uspace

Please let me know if i wrote something wrong.