Hi James
Through ipython I can connect to the Roach and upload the .fga file. I can
also ping the roach.The problem comes in using the script with the .bof
file. I am very new to python but have training in C, C#, Java and Assembly.
I run the script as follows:
python tut3.py 192.168.33.7
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:06 PM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
> Hello Heystek,
>
> How cognisant are you with Python? Try opening an ipython session and
> connecting to your ROACH manually, I think you have been able to do that in
> the past.
>
> This error message means that your network can't reach the ROACH for some
> reason.
>
> Regards,
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Heystek Grobler <
> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> After trying all of your suggestions and install a few more packages is
>> works. I get the following error now when I run the tut3.py script for tut3.
>>
>> heystek@heystek-HP-G62-Notebook-PC:~/simulink/heystek_tutorial_3/heystek_tut3$
>> ./tut3.py 192.168.33.7 tut3.bofConnecting to server 192.168.33.7 on port
>> 7147... FAILURE DETECTED. Log entries:
>> None
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "./tut3.py", line 141, in <module>
>> exit_fail()
>> File "./tut3.py", line 21, in exit_fail
>> fpga.stop()
>> NameError: global name 'fpga' is not defined
>>
>>
>> Any ideas on how to solve this?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Heystek
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Ryan Monroe <ryan.m.mon...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest using "pip uninstall spead" instead -- I don't recall
>>> ever using it myself, but it appears to be the pip-sanctioned way of
>>> removing something.
>>>
>>> On 10/07/2016 02:24 AM, James Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Heystek,
>>>
>>> Pip is seeing that you've already got a version of Spead installed,
>>> which might not have worked. You can delete the directory to 'uninstall' it
>>> (Request for comment: is this a safe approach? It's what I've always done
>>> with no problems.)
>>>
>>> Before you try that though, perhaps just try importing spead in ipython
>>> as Ryan did. What are the error messages?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Heystek Grobler <
>>> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi James and Ryan
>>>>
>>>> I tried sudo pip install spead and I get the following
>>>>
>>>> Requirment already satisfied (use --upgrade): spead in
>>>> usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
>>>> cleaning up....
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> I am a bit lost to be honest.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Heystek,
>>>>>
>>>>> I vaguely recall installing spead from pip as well, as Ryan has done
>>>>> here. Give that a whirl.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Ryan Monroe <ryan.m.mon...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> rmonroe@rmonroe-ThinkPad-P50:~$ sudo pip install spead
>>>>>> [sudo] password for rmonroe:
>>>>>> The directory '/home/rmonroe/.cache/pip/http' or its parent
>>>>>> directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been
>>>>>> disabled.
>>>>>> Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing
>>>>>> pip
>>>>>> with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
>>>>>> The directory '/home/rmonroe/.cache/pip' or its parent directory is
>>>>>> not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check
>>>>>> the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo,
>>>>>> you may want sudo's -H flag.
>>>>>> Collecting spead
>>>>>> Downloading spead-0.5.1.tar.gz (61kB)
>>>>>> 100% |████████████████████████████████| 71kB 1.5MB/s
>>>>>> Installing collected packages: spead
>>>>>> Running setup.py install for spead ... done
>>>>>> Successfully installed spead-0.5.1
>>>>>> rmonroe@rmonroe-ThinkPad-P50:~$ ipython
>>>>>> Python 2.7.12 (default, Jul 1 2016, 15:12:24)
>>>>>> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IPython 2.4.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
>>>>>> ? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
>>>>>> %quickref -> Quick reference.
>>>>>> help -> Python's own help system.
>>>>>> object? -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In [1]: import spead
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In [2]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/07/2016 02:04 AM, Heystek Grobler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi James
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed the PySpead package but I get the following error when I
>>>>>> run the tut3.py script:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ImportError: No mode named spead
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you perhaps have any ideas on how to solve it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heystek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Heystek,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you're still in the Python environment, then PySpead is the one
>>>>>>> you want.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Heystek Grobler <
>>>>>>> heystekgrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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_2
>>>>>>>>>>>> 052.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
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Adam Isaacson
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> DBE: FPGA Engineer
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