Hi, Nimish, tcpborhpservr3 provides an "upload" command that can used to upload a bof file to the FPGA. From the KATCP README that Marc Welz sent on December 4:
> ?upload port > > Upload and program a local gateware image file to the roach. Send > the local image to the tcp port on the roach, as specified. No > escaping of the image file required as it has its own stream, > which should be closed when upload has completed. Still a bit > experimental and subject to revision (there was an uploadbof command > which was different). > > Example > > ?upload 3000 > !upload ok 3000 > > Then from a local terminal type > > nc -w 2 -q 2 192.168.40.57 3000 < some-image.bof > > Which will give you > > #fpga loaded > #fpga ready > Dave On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Nimish Sane wrote: > Hi all: > > A basic question: my understanding is that to use KATCP, one first needs to > copy the bof file to Roach2. Is that correct? If yes, how does one transfer > the file to Roach2 board without ftp or scp? > > If not, how does one use KATCP to program the FPGA? > > Thanks much, > > Nimish > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Nimish Sane <nimish.s...@njit.edu> wrote: > Hi Jason and others, > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Jason Manley <jman...@ska.ac.za> wrote: > > I am using baud rate of 115200. I tried what you suggested and I still not > > see anything on any of the 4 ports. I have tried with both the Roach2 > > boards that we have, and it is the same behavior. > We use minicom to good effect. Remember to disable all flow control, both HW > and SW (on my default in minicom). > > Using minicom did not work as well. However, we used a Windows XP machine to > connect the FTDI device to by installing drivers from: > http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm > > We were able to successfully communicate using putty or HyperTerminal over a > COM port. The Roach2 is booting properly and we could login and access it. We > modified the /etc/rc.local file as Jason had suggested to assign a static IP > and enable telnet. We are now able to telnet into the Roach2 board, and > hence, do not need to worry about the FTDI device for now. > > It would be nice to know if someone has a similar experience on RedHat and if > they have been able to resolve it. Windows driver installation and > communication over USB serial port was, however, way easier! > > > > I am going back to my another question, which I asked on a separate thread > > (this may or may not be related). We see Fault LED on Roach2 ON (Red) many > > times. Most of the times we are able to get rid of it is by recycling the > > main power to the enclosure (by pulling the plug). However, every time I > > recycle power using POWER switch on the board, I see this Fault LED > > switched on again. > > I'm guessing you've got some early firmware on that board. The threshold > levels and things were only finalised last week. Alec Rust (cc'd here) can > probably give you more details. > > Alec: Could you please provide more details on this and how to update the > firmware? Thanks! > > You can check the schematics to see exactly what triggers this light, and > trace the circuit back if you want (it's all hardware), or query it over the > KATCP sensors to see what triggered it. But basically it's if there's a HW > fault like over temperature on the PPC or FPGA, voltage or current rail out > of spec, or, possibly a fan failure. You might want to flash your rev2 board > with new uboot to get this working properly. > > > There is also a Red LED near FTDI USB (named USB OK), which is glowing > > whenever the USB cable is connected. > This is just to indicate that USB communications are working with the FTDI > part. If you plug a cable in and this light DOESN'T come on, then there's > something wrong. In retrospect, perhaps it should have been green rather than > red! > > Ok. Good to know this. > > Jason > > Thanks all for your help. > > Nimish > > > > -- > Nimish Sane > > Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research > New Jersey Institute of Technology > University Heights > Newark, NJ 07102-1982 USA > Tel: (973) 642 4958 > Fax: (973) 596 3617 > nimish.s...@njit.edu > > > > > -- > Nimish Sane > > Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research > New Jersey Institute of Technology > University Heights > Newark, NJ 07102-1982 USA > Tel: (973) 642 4958 > Fax: (973) 596 3617 > nimish.s...@njit.edu >
