Hi Gerald, Oops, by "may not necessary work", I mean, "may not necessarily work." Will I need to develop SW that supports the power button function - that is, will I need to develop SW to enable the button? We are refraining from powering up the BBB until we know for sure.
Best regards, Lawrence On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 6:46:51 AM UTC-7, lmje...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Gerald, > > Do you mean that the power button function may not necessary work? Is the > SW that supports it SW that I will need to develop, like the C++ SW that > arunbarn...@gmail.com was developing? > > Lawrence > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 9:07:57 AM UTC-7, Gerald wrote: >> >> Assuming that the SW supports the power button function. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Chad Baker <cmba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Section 5.10 in the SRM Rev C.1 recommends using the power button to >>> power down the board and prevent contamination of the SD card or the eMMC. >>> This section gives a brief explanation of why also. >>> Chad >>> >>> >>> On 8/5/2015 4:07 AM, lmje...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gerald, >>> >>> Following the instructions on the BeagleBoard.org - getting-started >>> <http://beagleboard.org/getting-started> webpage, my team lead and I >>> have been powering up the BBB by using the provided USB cable to plug our >>> Beagle into our computers. We didn't find instructions on powering it >>> down. So, we have been powering it down by simply pulling the cable out. >>> By doing this, can we also get corruption? If so, where is the shutdown >>> procedure documented? >>> >>> Lawrence >>> >>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 12:19:54 PM UTC-7, Gerald wrote: >>>> >>>> Nope. If you do it the way I just said, the board is powered off after >>>> it is done. Then you can pull the power. >>>> >>>> Pull the power without letting the kernel unmount the eMMC or SD card, >>>> and you can get corruption. >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, <arunbarn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So pulling out the power with properly shutting down the system could >>>>> corrupt the eMMC ??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:39:05 PM UTC+5:30, arunbarn...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to use the beaglebone black (in factory default settings) >>>>>> in a control application, where the BBB interfaces to a 20x4 character >>>>>> LCD, >>>>>> 18 button keypad, and a RS 232 connection using ttyO4 port (connects to >>>>>> RS >>>>>> 485 network using appropriate drivers). >>>>>> >>>>>> I have almost developed the hardware and the software using Eclispe >>>>>> C++ IDE. >>>>>> >>>>>> As I am not using any batteries or other power backup devices for the >>>>>> BBB, Do I have to implement a shutdown procedure for my users ?? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have made a procedure in which the user presses a combination of >>>>>> keys to get the shutdown option on the LCD, selecting the shutdown >>>>>> option >>>>>> runs the system("shutdown -h now") command in my C++ program. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is a shutdown procedure required for the BBB or will just pulling out >>>>>> the +5V power jack be sufficient. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have read in some sites that the eMMC could get corrupted causing >>>>>> startup issues.... >>>>>> >>>>>> Please advise.... >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> a >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chad Baker Memphis, TN >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> ger...@beagleboard.org >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
