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USB over IP, extend the network, Wifi – to use Arduino over Raspberry Pi as gateway

Instructions to extend the USB link over IP / WLAN, e.g. An Arduino connected to the Raspberry Pi can be conveniently programmed from the PC.

USB over IP – First contact point:

Actions on the server side – Raspberry Pi

USB over IP is to be available on the Raspberry Pi from kernel Linux 3.17 without further installation.

Check what kernel I have:

17:45:46|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ uname -r
4.1.13+

Kernel version is higher :-)
Test:

17:49:05|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ usbip
-bash: usbip: Command not found.

That’s not much good. :-(

Continue with the tips from the forum: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=121691

install usbip

17:49:25|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ sudo apt-get install usbip

loading the Kernel module

17:54:16|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ sudo modprobe usbip-host

Starting the usbip daemon

08:52:50|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ sudo usbipd -D

listing USB devices (without Arduino)

18:01:48|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.

and listing USB devices (with Arduino plugged in)

18:02:30|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter

In my case is the ID of the USB device: 1a86:7523
The same again with the program usbip

18:05:21|pi@raspberrypi:~|$ sudo usbip list -l
Local USB devices
=================
 - busid 1-1 (0424:9512)
         1-1:1.0 -> hub
 
 - busid 1-1.1 (0424:ec00)
         1-1.1:1.0 -> smsc95xx
 
 - busid 1-1.2 (1a86:7523)
         1-1.2:1.0 -> ch341

Binding of the USB device

09:22:48|pi@raspberrypi:~/deb_pakete|$ sudo usbip bind -b 1-1.2
bind device on busid 1-1.2: complete

Actions on the client side – in my case a laptop with Ubuntu

Install usbip

Take a look at: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/USBIP/

sudo apt-get install linux-tools-generic

loading Kernel module

10:06:22|henry@t410:~/deb_pakete|$ sudo modprobe vhci-hcd
10:08:30|henry@t410:~/deb_pakete|$ lsmod | grep vhci
vhci_hcd               33435  0 
usbip_core             27617  1 vhci_hcd

Listing the USB devices that are provided on the PI

10:11:10|henry@t410:~/deb_pakete|$ sudo usbip list -r 192.xxx.xxx.xxx
Exportable USB devices
======================
 - 192.xxx.xxx.xxx
      1-1.2: QinHeng Electronics : HL-340 USB-Serial adapter (1a86:7523)
           : /sys/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2
           : Vendor Specific Class / unknown subclass / unknown protocol (ff/00/00)
           :  0 - Vendor Specific Class / unknown subclass / unknown protocol (ff/01/02)

adding the USB Device

10:24:20|henry@t410:~/deb_pakete|$ sudo usbip attach -h 192.xxx.xxx.xxx -b 1-1.2
10:24:45|henry@t410:~/deb_pakete|$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter

Check with the Arduino IDE

USB over IP Arduiono Remote programmiert über IP

Actions on the server side – Raspberry Pi

After using on the server side – releasing the USB device

09:22:54|pi@raspberrypi:~/deb_pakete|$ sudo usbip unbind -b 1-1.2
unbind device on busid 1-1.2: complete

By Henry Koch

take a look at: http://www.henrykoch.de/privat.html

2 replies on “USB over IP, extend the network, Wifi – to use Arduino over Raspberry Pi as gateway”

Vielen Dank, wirklich. Ich bin den ganzen Tag am probieren und am Kernel compilieren :D. Das hat alles nicht funktioniert, weil die Version, die mein Raspi hat, die neueste ist. Nun bin ich auf deinen Blog gestoßen kurz und knapp erklärt und es funktioniert. Fucking yes :D.

Wie es der Zufall will bin ich auch gerade dabei mit usbip zu arbeiten. Ich habe den Beitrag aktualisiert. Man kann sich usbip im Ubuntu auf client Seite jetzt einfach über apt-get installieren anstatt Ihn irgendwo vornweg downloaden zu müssen.
Ich freue mich sehr, wenn der beschriebene Weg zum Erfolg geführt hat.

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