Good Day
After a while of troubleshooting I determined the connection with TCP/IP
into the board was correct. I updated the file system and kernel of the
ROACH2 and now I can program it.
I only need to install a package called spead in order to use the .bof file
with tutorial 3 of CASPER.
Where can a download the spead package from? I can only find PySpead and
Spead2.
Thanks for everyones help
Heystek!
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Adam Isaacson <aisaac...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
> Hi Heystek,
>
> If you want to telnet, which is another way of configuring your board,
> then you need to state the port. Are you doing the following from the
> terminal:
>
> 1)Telnet to port 7147: "telnet <ip> 7147".
>
> 2)?progremote fpgfile.fpg
>
> You say you can ping your board, so you should be able to connect via
> casperfpga, as you mentioned above. Did you do what James suggested i.e.
> try running fpga.is_connected()? if it reports "True" then you are
> connected and if false then you will need to debug further. Are you sure
> that the IP you are pinging is your roach2 - may sound like a silly
> question, but I don't know your setup.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Heystek Grobler <heystekgrob...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi James
>>
>> I will try it. Through the terminal I can ping the board, but I cant open
>> a Telnet connection.
>>
>> When I open a ttyUSB connection to the Roach en monitor it, and try to
>> upload the fga file, the Roach gives the same error "progremote"
>>
>> Thats why I'm confused
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> I really appreciate it
>>
>> Heystek
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 30 September 2016, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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