Termineter supports Python 2.7 and 3.4+. It is recommended that
users use Python3.
The requirements are listed in the requirements.txt file. They can
be installed with python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt.
No installation or modification is necessary. Start a command prompt, navigate to the termineter directory and use python to run termineter.
If using a USB optical probe with an FTDI chip, you may need to load and configure the appropriate serial to USB driver in order to use the device. The following command will configure the hardware on Linux.
Kernel version < 3.12
modprobe ftdi-sio vendor=0xVVVV product=0xPPPP
Kernel version >= 3.12
modprobe ftdi-sio
echo VVVV PPPP > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/ftdi_sio/new_id
Where VVVV is the vendor ID and PPPP is the product ID. These values can be obtained from the lsusb command.
Updates can be obtained from the projects home page, either in source archives for major revisions or from the trunk. Git must be installed and used to update to the latest revision from the trunk.