Short answer: use “blink1control-tool” instead of “blink1-tool”! Only one program can access the blink(1) device at a time. If running the Blink1Control app, you can either use the Blink1Control HTTP REST API or use “blink1control-tool”, a command-line program that has the same command-line switches as “blink1-tool” but does so You […]
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blink1-tool is written to work on any platform that libusb is supported on. We regularly provide compiled versions for: Mac 10.6+ Win XP+ Linux Ubuntu Raspberry Pi Beaglebone It is very easy to compile for your own platform and we have seen compiled versions created on: OpenWrt Arduino Yun
In general, the blink(1) low-level APIs are compiled with GCC and Makefiles. Check out the code from https://github.com/thingm/blink1/ cd blink1/commandline make