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--- raspberry-phidget [2015/03/25 17:11] – created Stéphane Lavirotte
+++ raspberry-phidget [2016/01/28 12:57] (current) – [Give access USB Phidget InterfaceKit for a regular user] Stéphane Lavirotte
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 ====== Install Phidgets on Raspberry Pi ======
 To be able to use Phidget on Raspberry, you will have to do the following steps.
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 ===== Install Phidgets librairies =====
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 </code>
-Then you have to add Phidget available for Mono.
+Then you have to add Phidget .NET library available for Mono. First you have to download the needed packages with the following commands:
+<code>
+wget http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/Phidget21-windevel.zip
+unzip Phidget21-windevel.zip
+</code>
+Then, to add the library to the Mono GAC:
 <code>
 sudo gacutil -i phidget21-windevel/Phidget21.NET.dll
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 </code>
-===== Give access for user to USB InterfaceKit =====
+===== Give access USB Phidget InterfaceKit for a regular user =====
 Last step to be able to use the Phidget InterfaceKit on Raspberry Pi is a problem of permissions on files; only root can access to data of usb pluged devices. So for any program working with Phidget InterfaceKit, you would need to run it as root user (with a sudo). Of course, this is not the right solution.
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 <code>
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06c2:0045 Phidgets Inc. (formerly GLAB) PhidgetInterface Kit 8-8-8
-</code>
-As you added a new rule, you have to restart the udev service.
-<code>
-sudo service udev restart
 </code>
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 sudo adduser pi usb
 </code>
+After adding group and user to group, you have to logout and login again to have the right permissions. Then  you have to restart the udev service.
+<code>
+sudo service udev restart
+</code>