Re: [casper] ROACH clocks and chassis setup

2011-08-16 Thread David George
Hi Matt.

> What is the CHS_LED1 signal ?
> This is the red LED below the green/power LED on the front of
> the iStar 1.3U chassis.
> In the recent past we've started to see a couple of systems
> where this LED turns on for some reason.
>
> The schematics show it connects to the D1 pin of the Actel part at U60.

That red led indicates a few things. If it flashes it represents a
system health related emergency shutdown. If it is solid, which I
believe is your case, it means that the monitoring subsystem has an
interrupt that is waiting to be serviced by the PPC. This interrupt
can be set for the following things (in order of likelihood): a
power-button event, an internal monitor bus error and a software
defined system health threshold violation.

What I suspect is happening is those boards have the Linux kernel
which I put up a few months ago which doesn't include the MMC and
roach_monitor drivers. This is causing the triggered IRQs to remain
unserviced and the LED stays high. Its almost certain that the power
button was the trigger.

Try updating your boards with the kernel I put up a couple of days ago:
https://casper.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/linux/uImage-20110812-mmcomitfix

Sorry to cause headaches. Henry has tested this kernel so I'll update
the wiki recommended versions.

Cheers,
David



Re: [casper] ROACH clocks and chassis setup

2011-08-15 Thread Matt Dexter

Hi,

What is the CHS_LED1 signal ?
This is the red LED below the green/power LED on the front of
the iStar 1.3U chassis.
In the recent past we've started to see a couple of systems
where this LED turns on for some reason.

The schematics show it connects to the D1 pin of the Actel part at U60.

Thanks,

Matt

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, David George wrote:


Hey Griffin.

Also, when hooking a ROACH up in a chassis where does the power switch and 
LED cables go? Could someone send me a picture or schematic of this

perhaps? Thanks.


On the clocks:
arb_clk is a configurable-frequency, internal clock derived from the system 
clock using DCMs
aux_clk0 and aux_clk1 correspond to the two clock inputs near the ZDOKs (J13 
and J14) (not sure which is which)


Also, when hooking a ROACH up in a chassis where does the power switch and 
LED cables go? Could someone send me a picture or schematic of this

perhaps? Thanks.
The cables hook onto the J7 connector in the corner. You just need to follow 
the silkscreen labels. The only gotcha is that you need to connect the

power switch to CHS_SW not PWR.

Hopefully this stuff will be documented properly. Some day.

Cheers,
David

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David George
Digital Design Engineer
Karoo Array Telescope
Tel: +27 21 531-7282
Fax: +27 21 531-9761
Email:   david.geo...@ska.ac.za
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Re: [casper] ROACH clocks and chassis setup

2009-10-16 Thread David George

Hey Griffin.


Also, when hooking a ROACH up in a chassis where does the power switch and LED 
cables go? Could someone send me a picture or schematic of this
perhaps? Thanks.


On the clocks:
arb_clk is a configurable-frequency, internal clock derived from the 
system clock using DCMs
aux_clk0 and aux_clk1 correspond to the two clock inputs near the ZDOKs 
(J13 and J14) (not sure which is which)



Also, when hooking a ROACH up in a chassis where does the power switch and LED 
cables go? Could someone send me a picture or schematic of this
perhaps? Thanks.

The cables hook onto the J7 connector in the corner. You just need to follow 
the silkscreen labels. The only gotcha is that you need to connect the
power switch to CHS_SW not PWR.

Hopefully this stuff will be documented properly. Some day.

Cheers,
David

--
David George
Digital Design Engineer
Karoo Array Telescope
Tel: +27 21 531-7282
Fax: +27 21 531-9761
Email:   david.geo...@ska.ac.za
Web: www.ska.ac.za