MPBM Installation on Linux

1. Download MPBM from Github.

2. Install pyusb. On Ubuntu, this can be done by running:

   sudo apt-get install python-usb

3. Create a udev file for the X6500 by creating a new file at /etc/udev/rules.d/90-x6500.rules containing:

   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"

   This file should be created with root permissions, e.g., by running:

   sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/90-x6500.rules

4. Create a blacklist for the ftdi_sio module by adding blacklist ftdi_sio to the last line of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. Root permissions are needed for this as well.

5. Remove the ftdi_sio module in case it is loaded:

   sudo rmmod ftdi_sio

6. You may need to add your user to the plugdev group. To find out if you are in the group, run:

   cat /etc/group | grep plugdev

   You should see something like:

   plugdev:x:46:username

   where username is your user name. If you don't see your user name there, run:

   sudo usermod -a -G plugdev username

   replacing username with your user name.