Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup instructions
Yorkey, Christopher
Hi Chris et al.,
Thanks for following up. I was able to begin the evaluation. There was a driver issue where windows (7) would not load the CDC serial driver. I could not follow the start procedure then as the pc could not communicate with the Beaglebone. I tried it on my Macbook Pro and was able to get it to work. I did perform the update and wrote the update FW to the eMMC. This resolved many of the issues. The serial driver still does not load properly on windows (7) but I was able to run the getting started steps. I followed the advice and tried on a windows 10 pc. While it did work there is still a message that drivers were not loaded (CDC ECM). The elements on the (Beaglebone 101) page do work. My next step was to try and attach the BBONE-GATEWAY-CAPE. Following the steps in the Readme I have not been able to get that up and running. First problem is the root password. This is not accepted - says access denied. I was able to get in by SSH/PuTTY and used the username Debian and password temppwd. I tried setting a root password with sudo but after a restart root still won't work - not sure that is a problem since I can proceed with the Debian username. It would be nice if the documentation reflected the actual experience.
What exactly needs to be done to enable the wireless cape. The readme instructions are either not correct or not enough explanation for me to make the changes needed to enable it. Perhaps I am not as versed in what needs to be done and it is an insufficiency on my part.
The uEnv.txt from the /boot and the latest firmware is:
============================================
uEnv.txt
#Docs: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0
uname_r=4.14.71-ti-r80
#uuid=
#dtb=
###U-Boot Overlays###
###Documentation: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#U-Boot_Overlays
###Master Enable
enable_uboot_overlays=1
###
###Overide capes with eeprom
#uboot_overlay_addr0=/lib/firmware/<file0>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/<file1>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/<file2>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/<file3>.dtbo
###
###Additional custom capes
#uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/<file4>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/<file5>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/<file6>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/<file7>.dtbo
###
###Custom Cape
#dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/<file8>.dtbo
###
###Disable auto loading of virtual capes (emmc/video/wireless/adc)
#disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_video=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1
###
###PRUSS OPTIONS
###pru_rproc (4.4.x-ti kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-4-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_rproc (4.14.x-ti kernel)
uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-14-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_uio (4.4.x-ti, 4.14.x-ti & mainline/bone kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo
###
###Cape Universal Enable
enable_uboot_cape_universal=1
###
###Debug: disable uboot autoload of Cape
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr0=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr1=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr2=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr3=1
###
###U-Boot fdt tweaks... (60000 = 384KB)
#uboot_fdt_buffer=0x60000
###U-Boot Overlays###
cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet
#In the event of edid real failures, uncomment this next line:
#cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768@60e
#Use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem:
#cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet overlayroot=tmpfs
##enable Generic eMMC Flasher:
##make sure, these tools are installed: dosfstools rsync
#cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
================================================================
I was able to uncomment the last line so that on a re-start the updated FW flashed to the onboard eMMC.
Any assistance you could provide to enable the Cape would be appreciated.
We still feel this could be a usable design for what we are looking to do but I am not sure that we have the time and resources for the amount of work that is needed. Some of the other solutions we are looking at readier to go IoT Zigbee gateways.
The core thing we are looking to do is quickly create a design that can be ready for production by Q3 2019 due to the new needs required by projects as well as the hole created by the collapse of the Artik infrastructure for which we were developing. We have proprietary lighting control protocol (known as TopDog) developed by Legrand (Wattstopper) and used on the CC1000 and CC1110. We will integrate this onto a Zigbee IoT gateway to control other devices by company items joined to Legrand (Q motion shades). This gateway will connect to a cloud to enable Alexa and Google via ethernet and possibly Wi-Fi. We have determined the Ethernet is essential so it will have that as a minimum. We may add the Wi-Fi to allow for both depending on product management decisions.
What we need is a platform that is at least fairly hardware ready, then just develop the Linux based code and migrate control schema from our previous lighting controller that had an embedded processor (non Linux).
We are still considering all options. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Fred Duffy
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From: Yorkey, Christopher [mailto:chris....@ti.com]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 10:27 AM
To: Jason Kridner <jkri...@gmail.com>; Fred DUFFY <fred....@legrand.com>; Rachel Adamec <rachel...@legrand.com>
Cc: DiNino, Nick <din...@ti.com>; Coletti, Jeffrey <j-co...@ti.com>; jkri...@beagleboard.org
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup intructions
Jason – thanks much for your comments and guidance.
Fred and Rachel – can one of you please provide us an update? We stand ready to assist but want to understand where you are specifically in the evaluation process with the beaglebone hardware. Thank you.
Regards,
Chris & Team
From: Jason Kridner [mailto:jkri...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 7:10 PM
To: Yorkey, Christopher
Cc: Rachel Adamec; DiNino, Nick; Fred DUFFY; Coletti, Jeffrey;
jkri...@beagleboard.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup intructions
Support for the latest Windows versions is something addressed in releases following the one likely on your board. The Microsoft folks did some annoying refactoring of their code and it broke the driver loads. The current process is described in the Getting Started materials Christopher pointed out and is now a fair bit simpler than the older READMEs you have found. No driver installation is required and Windows 10 will properly reference the drivers it already includes. This does require a newer image than the one provided on the board and running from a microSD card is the easiest solution. We have pre-release versions of the Etcher.io application that can program the on-board flash, and that would be the simplest way to do so, if desired.
On Jan 7, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Yorkey, Christopher <chris....@ti.com> wrote:
Hi Rachel,
Again, we apologize for the struggles you and Fred are experiencing with the beagle boards. If this is some sort of Windows-thing, that might be something a little out of our ‘jurisdiction’ so-to-speak. But if it’s general beagebone startup stuff, which it sounds like maybe it is, we definitely need to jump in and help you guys out. Actually, either way we are here to help.
First off, I suggest giving this particular Getting Started page a good read. Your board out of the box may not include a bootable image so you will likely need the SD card installed for this purpose. Can you please double-check that and follow the respective Getting Starting steps for your specific installation (Windows drivers, Linux image, etc)? http://beagleboard.org/getting-started
I would like to know where/if it fails. If Fred can perhaps provide more details around that (screenshots, errors, warnings, etc) that would be helpful. Thank you for anything you can provide.
Lastly, there is a small FAQ landing page found here: http://beagleboard.org/support/faq
This may be helpful too. Are you using the Beaglebone Black specifically? These boards have been in mass production for years, so typically the out-of-box experience is pretty decent and user friendly.
I’ve also looped Jason from the Beagleboard.org for further comment.
Thank you,
Chris
From: Rachel Adamec [mailto:rachel...@legrand.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 3:40 PM
To: Yorkey, Christopher; DiNino, Nick; Fred DUFFY
Cc: Coletti, Jeffrey; jkri...@beagleboard.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup intructions
Chris,
Our efforts with the updated directions and links are leading us down similar, if not the same, rabbit holes.
We are very dis-heartened at the effort to just connect and start up the hardware. Thoughts of bringing up our own boards and doing development on them is the stuff that makes nightmares.
These boards have been around for a while. Hasn't there been some QA work performed so that there's a chance for a positive out-of-box experience?
R
Rachel Adamec
Team Lead - Processors and Controllers
Electrical Wiring Systems
On-Q, Legrand North America
301 Fulling Mill Rd, Suite G
Middletown, PA 17057
From: Yorkey, Christopher <chris....@ti.com>
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 2:53:42 PM
To: Rachel Adamec; DiNino, Nick; Fred DUFFY
Cc: Coletti, Jeffrey; jkri...@beagleboard.org
Subject: RE: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup intructions
Hi Rachel, Fred;
We completely understand and agree. We appreciate your feedback!
For starters, while it may not be obvious, the Windows drivers are available here (using the Virtual COM drivers):
https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Please take a look at this (try to download and install the latest please) and also review the README setup instruction links here for the specific Beagleboard you are targeting: http://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/latest/README.htm
(About ½ way down are the notes for the FTDI USB drivers)
Please let me know if this helps? Again, we really appreciate your efforts with the TI/Beagle eco-system.
Regards,
Chris
From: Rachel Adamec [mailto:rachel...@legrand.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 2:33 PM
To: DiNino, Nick; Fred DUFFY
Cc: Yorkey, Christopher; Coletti, Jeffrey
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material
Nick,
We're trying to use, get familiar with, a BeagleBone device and have one here, on-site.
Fred has been trying to set up basic connection to it and cannot get some of the drivers to load for his Windows machines. He can get some more stuff working with a MAC, but some of us use Windows pretty much all the time.
Are there updated drivers that are needed? Updated images for the device?
Could you reach out to Fred Duffy to get the full story and get us set right? Issues like this make us leery when considering the platform we want to move forward with.
Thanks
R
Rachel Adamec
Team Lead - Processors and Controllers
Electrical Wiring Systems
On-Q, Legrand North America
301 Fulling Mill Rd, Suite G
Middletown, PA 17057
From: DiNino, Nick <din...@ti.com>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 9:42 AM
To: Rachel Adamec; Yianni KOSTARIS; Sam Frantz; Donald R Fletcher; Fred DUFFY
Cc: Yorkey, Christopher; Coletti, Jeffrey; Paul Harrington
Subject: TI Follow Up Material
Legrand Team,
It was a pleasure meeting with you on Wednesday. We appreciate you discussing your projects and reviewing our latest products.
I have attached slides used during the presentations. We jumped between some different decks, so I apologize for the size. I have also summarized specific devices and additional web pages below. If you need help finding anything specific please ask.
We can follow up individually on any specifics. Let us know how else we can help!
Everyone have a Happy Holiday and New Year!
SimpleLink MCU + Wireless Platform
· SimpleLink Academy TI Training
§ This is a scalable WiLink family
· Zigbee Cape
§ CC2530 for Zigbee.
· See Low Power RF roadmap (attached) for newer devices in family.
Industrial Radar
· IWR6843
· IWR6843ISK intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module
· MMWAVEICBOOST mmWave sensors carrier card platform
· TI is investing heavily in mmWave, so kits will continue to release targeting specific applications.
· People Counting Demo TIREX Landing Page
· mmWave Radar Demonstrations (TI Training Series)
o Check out the Industrial videos like People Counting and Gesture Recognition!
Optical ToF & Ultrasonic Sensing
· OPT3101 – this may be a simpler, lower cost solution for Occupancy Sensing.
· Ultrasonic Sensing Landing Page
o PGA460
AC/DC Cap Drop LDO
· TPS7A78 is a Preview device. Samples and EVM are available today.
Regards,
Nicholas DiNino
Technical Sales Representative
Texas Instruments
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Yorkey, Christopher
Hello Fred,
Jason and I have communicated together on this and it appears based on the below logs that the exact steps (offered in Robert Nelson’s instructions) here are perhaps not being followed exactly.
Using the exact image and specific instructions provided with the cape should help. Jason may be able to provide an even more updated image as well, in the event you are still having issues with running the image you currently have.
You should have received, along with the cape, instructions such as these attached.
Lastly, I’d like the opportunity to introduce one of our TI 3rd party developers, Vanteon Corp, who has extensive knowledge of these chipsets and development eco-systems. Vanteon has even created their own vGateway reference design using many of the same TI devices you are evaluating, which can be scaled up or down to meet the specific demands of a user’s design. This platform supports WiFi, Zigbee, BT, cellular, sub-GHz among other standards along with the TI Sitara AM335x Host processor (same as Beaglebone). We’d invite you to learn more.
Please let us know your thoughts and thanks again for your interest in TI.
Sincerely,
Chris & Team
Fred DUFFY
I would encourage you to try the exact steps as written yourself. Not as you may know how to make it work, but as written in the various start up and readme instructions. This is what I am trying to follow. Also read the comments below the readme in the website for setting up the cape. There are others that are seeing similar problems. (https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-83730/l/bbone-gateway-capereadme11292016v0-1pdf)
Partnering with Vanteon to develop this product is not an option. We have the suitable team that will develop the necessary code once we have selected the hardware platform. There are two others in consideration. Both are using I.MX based solutions. One is at the level we desire to proceed. If we can get to a similar stage with this hardware, it can still be an option to select. The I.MX was set up and controlling a remote Zigbee device (included with the evaluation kit) and also being cloud connected.
Following the first several steps of the readme I got the latest image. I created an SD that reflects this upon normal bootup. I have tried it with the Gui and Non-Gui versions. I can successfully launch an SSH connection to the BB board. User name of root with no password is not accepted. I have discovered the proper credentials that will allow it but they are not mentioned anywhere in any set of instructions. The posted image of the contents of the uEnv.txt were prior to any edits. That is what is in the boot folder from the image of the latest FW download.
Here is the attempted SSH login as per the readme doc
login as: root
ro...@192.168.7.2's password:
Access denied
Logging in using the Debian user name and temppwd lets me in with sudo level permissions.
Here is the contents of the fresh FW image of the uEnv.txt file:
login as: debian
deb...@192.168.7.2's password:
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /boot/uEnv.txt
debian@beaglebone:~$
===============================================================
Walk me though exactly what needs altered here.
From BB-BONE-GATEWAY-CAPE README:
3. Edit
/boot/uEnv.txt
·
$> sudo nano /boot/uEnv.txt
·
# Enable the overlay dtb (eMMC/hdmi/etc are disabled)
dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb
·
# Enable the gateway/connectivity cape overlay:
cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=BB-BONE-WL183
·
Write out & save edits.
Does this get treated like a custom cape as it did not follow the standard for capes? Do I need to uncomment (to disable)?
###Disable auto loading of virtual capes (emmc/video/wireless/adc)
#disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_video=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1
These steps to edit the uEnv.txt file are not clear. Please walk me through this.
Once successfully edited I will attach the cape with the jumpers configured as listed and then in a terminal session issue the commands to enable the Wi-Fi Connections. So far no editing or uEnv.txt has allowed for this to happen.
If we can get to this stage I will investigate further.
Yorkey, Christopher
Thanks Fred. Appreciate your additional comments. As you may or may not be aware, there were some design trade-offs on this particular cape that resulted in it not being granted 100% BeagleBoard.org support, but I understand that we have it working with recent images. I’ll ask Jason and his team to reply.
Jason/Beagleboard Support: Please indeed find the additional comments from our customer below. Any concise guidance that can be provided to address Fred’s inquiry would be much appreciated. We just need to get through the start-up/configuration process so he can continue with his TI evaluation.
Best to all,
Chris
Yorkey, Christopher
Also, any way to loop in Robert Nelson directly, given it appears they are trying to follow his instructions?
This previous e2e forum post has the same basic question on the same cape:
https://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity/wifi/f/968/t/617508
Any help welcomed and appreciated.
Thanks Jason,
Chris
From: Yorkey, Christopher
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:07 PM
To: Jason Kridner; Jason Kridner
Cc: beagl...@googlegroups.com
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup instructions
Hey Jason – FYI some additional information from the customer. Would really appreciate any pointers you can offer.
Thanks,
Chris
From: Rachel Adamec [mailto:rachel...@legrand.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:59 PM
To: Yorkey, Christopher; DiNino, Nick
Cc: Coletti, Jeffrey; Fred DUFFY
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup instructions
Nick/Chris...
Is there any way to get voice time, if not face time, with someone who knows this cape so we can get this taken care of ASAP.
There are reasons we want to use your parts. But if we can't get the basics up and going while trying to follow the directions you've given us, we don't see how we can. I was working with Fred to try to go through all the steps and we were fine until, on the 2nd page of the Cape Readme File, we got to step 3:
3. Edit /boot/uEnv.txt
$> sudo nano /boot/uEnv.txt
# Enable the overlay dtb (eMMC/hdmi/etc are disabled)
dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb
# Enable the gateway/connectivity cape overlay:
cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=BB-BONE-WL183
Write out & save edits.
Are we supposed to find the highlighted lines? add them in? get rid of them?
Fred asked you "Walk me though exactly what needs altered here." We're both at a loss.
We think that if we could get the functionality this instruction is supposed to mean, it should move forward pretty easily.
We're sure there's something basic we're missing or we're not used to doing based on the words we're seeing. I wouldn't expect it to take more than 45 min with guidance from the right person.
Hope this gets cleared up soon!
Yorkey, Christopher
Hey Jason – FYI some additional information from the customer. Would really appreciate any pointers you can offer.
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:59 PM
To: Yorkey, Christopher; DiNino, Nick
Cc: Coletti, Jeffrey; Fred DUFFY
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: TI Follow Up Material - Beagleboard setup instructions
Nick/Chris...
Is there any way to get voice time, if not face time, with someone who knows this cape so we can get this taken care of ASAP.
There are reasons we want to use your parts. But if we can't get the basics up and going while trying to follow the directions you've given us, we don't see how we can. I was working with Fred to try to go through all the steps and we were fine until, on the 2nd page of the Cape Readme File, we got to step 3:
3. Edit /boot/uEnv.txt
$> sudo nano /boot/uEnv.txt
# Enable the overlay dtb (eMMC/hdmi/etc are disabled)
dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb
# Enable the gateway/connectivity cape overlay:
cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=BB-BONE-WL183
Write out & save edits.
Are we supposed to find the highlighted lines? add them in? get rid of them?
Fred asked you "Walk me though exactly what needs altered here." We're both at a loss.
We think that if we could get the functionality this instruction is supposed to mean, it should move forward pretty easily.
We're sure there's something basic we're missing or we're not used to doing based on the words we're seeing. I wouldn't expect it to take more than 45 min with guidance from the right person.
Hope this gets cleared up soon!
R
Yorkey, Christopher
Thank you, Jason. I've been looped in to Robert's thread via the google group message board. We will give it a go and see what transpires.
Regards,
Chris