Hi Jason The ROACH1 is a brand new board that we just unboxed. I tried connecing to it using two diffirent serial to usb cables and both gave the same result, a connection to the board, but the terminal only displays a black screen. No Uboot sequence or any kind of output.
I will double check by shorting pins 2 & 3 and see if I get anyyhing on the terminal. If I am right if I say I think that the roach might be bricked? Thanks for all the help Heystek On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Jason Ray <j...@nrao.edu> wrote: > Heystek, > > Is this a known good roach1 board? Could it have been bricked by chance? > If so it will behave like you describe and you may need to do this: > > https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/ROACH_Debricking > > Another thing you can try if you haven't already is to swap pins 2 & 3. > Even if you have a null modem cable, something else could be going on (with > the adapter perhaps.?) and it never hurts to just swap 2 & 3 and give it > another try. > > Also, a simple thing you can do to verify your serial adapter is working > is to do a loopback, short pins 2 & 3 together, then type something in the > terminal and see if it displays on the screen. > > Good luck, > Jason > > > > > On 3/22/2017 3:08 PM, Heystek Grobler wrote: > > Hi > > When I use dev/tty* I can see the adapter. This is the adapter Im using > > https://www.unitek-products.com/en/product_detail.php?id=12 > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 9:05 PM Jack Hickish <jackhick...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hmmmm. And the adapter definitely works? >> >> Sorry, I think you're going to need someone smarter than me. >> >> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 11:06 Heystek Grobler <heystekgrob...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Jack >> >> Jip it is the null-modem type with the 9 pins. If I open up an terminal >> connection through putty or minicom I can open up an connection with the >> 115200 8N1 settings, but I cant see Uboot. I can only see 'n blank terminal >> window. >> >> >> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 7:24 PM Jack Hickish <jackhick...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Heystek, >> >> Just to be clear, you're connecting to the 9 pin serial connector on the >> ROACH (not the USB port)? >> If you're using a serial cable between the ROACH and your USB adapter, is >> it the correct null-modem type? >> Do you have the correct comms settings? -- roach1 is 115200 8N1 >> >> Some info which might help is at https://casper.berkeley. >> edu/wiki/ROACH_NFS_guide#Preliminary_setup_1:_The_serial_connection >> >> Cheers >> Jack >> >> On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 05:39 Heystek Grobler <heystekgrob...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Good day everyone >> >> I am trying to connect to a ROACH1 board with a serial to usb cable. I >> have tried the connection through putty and minicom. I can open up a serial >> connection but I can not see the U-Boot loader kicking in and watch the >> start up sequence. I also have ROACH2 and I can see U-Boot and the start up >> sequence fine in it with a USB cable. >> >> Do you perhaps know what the problem could be that I am not getting is >> right on the ROACH1? >> >> Have a great day >> >> Heystek Grobler >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. >> To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" <casper@lists.berkeley.edu> group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. > To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. > To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu.