See if this helps. Gives a bit of an explanation, and example code in what seems like maybe python ?
http://inspire.logicsupply.com/2014/08/beaglebone-using-watchdog-timer.html On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently trying to get the watchdog on the BBB working. > > It works fine when the code stops running, but from what I gather, it is > an embedded circuit, so it should work if the processor freezes up. > > Am I wrong here? Do I need to buy an external watchdog for when the BBB > completely locks up? > > I run the watchdog, and then run a halt -f command. The BBB freezes up, > doesn't perform a shutdown though. > > The watchdog never reboots the BBB. > > I've tried playing with the NOWAYOUT setting in the /etc/watchdog.conf > file but that didn't seem to work. > > Thanks for any help, > > Daniel > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
