Installation of Codeloader

• First, make sure you have installed Java version >1.6.0
• Next install, if not already done, the libusb package for your distribution.
• Download "libusb-driver for Linux", and "Codeloader (Java)". Copy libusbJava.so into a shared directory searched by java for dynamic object files, i.e. /usr/lib
• On many linux distributions, you can now use the codeloader out of the box. One exception is, the shared (downloaded) library doesn't fit to your libraries and you have to build it on your own (download link found under references). The other execption is, your distribution has no rule for udev to make the logged-in-user the owner of new devices. In this case you can manually set the ownership of the installed device-entry (/dev/bus/usb/....), or you can run the codeloader via super-user-privileges or you can adapt the udev rule for new usb-devices.
• Alternatively you can add the follwing rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/60-imote.rules:

  SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="042b",ATTR{idProduct}=="1337",GROUP="usb",MODE="0660"
  SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="0403",ATTR{idProduct}=="cff8",GROUP="usb",MODE="0660"
  

  Make sure you have a group usb and you are in this group; after attaching the imote (and keeping it in boot-state - see note), you should see devices with ls -la /dev/bus/*/* which are in the group usb.
• NOTE: if you have any problems with the attached Imote2 on your pc, you can stop the boot process by pressing the button within the first 3 seconds. The device will indicate the stop by keeping the blue led on or flashing.