Hello Heystek,
Before you program the ROACH2, I'd suggest trying fpga.is_connected() and
fpga.est_clk_frequency() to check whether you can actually communicate with
the ROACH2. It might be a network cable that's been unplugged by accident -
that's where I've seen those errors before. The
fpga=casperfpga.katcp_fpga.KatcpFpga('roachname
or ip_address') doesn't actually throw an error if it can't connect to the
ROACH2. This information would at least help you narrow down the
possibilities as to what's wrong (i.e. whether it's the kernel on the
ROACH2).
Disclaimer: I work only on ROACH, but I'm fairly certain the procedure
would be the same.
Regards,
James
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Heystek Grobler <heystekgrob...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Good day everyone
>
> I am having difficulties programming the ROACH 2 board. I am following the
> instructions of CASPER tutorial one.
>
> I Have compiled the fpg file and is using the following steps from the
> tutorial.
>
> 1. I entered ipython into the terminal
> 2. import casperfpga
> 3. fpga=casperfpga.katcp_fpga.KatcpFpga('roachname or ip_address') with
> the ip address of my roach
> 4. fpga.upload_to_ram_and_program('your_fpgfile.fpg') with the location
> of the .fpga file
>
> but at point 4 I get the following error:
>
> RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call
> last)
> <ipython-input-6-bdb3ff92f6c0> in <module>()
> ----> 1 fpga.upload_to_ram_and_program('/home/heystek/simulink/ai_
> t1/bit_files/ai_t1_2016_Sep_14_2052.fpg')
>
> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/casperfpga/katcp_fpga.pyc in
> upload_to_ram_and_program(self, filename, port, timeout, wait_complete)
> 442 if request_result != '':
> 443 raise RuntimeError('progremote request(%s) on host %s
> failed' %
> --> 444 (request_result, self.host))
> 445
> 446 # start the upload thread and join
>
> RuntimeError: progremote request(Request to client 192.168.33.4 failed.)
> on host 192.168.33.4 failed
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> I looked at the mail archives and it sugested that I update the kernel of
> the roach. Is this perhaps the problem? Or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Have a wonderful day.
>
> Heystek
>
