Hi
I am now trying to do this manually line by line through ipython.
Do anyone perhaps know what is the equivalent for the roach2 of the
following function?
fpga.progdev()
a_0=struct.unpack('>1024l',fpga.read('even',1024*4,0))
a_1=struct.unpack('>1024l',fpga.read('odd',1024*4,0))
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:43 PM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote:
> Hello Heystek,
>
> Having looked at the tut3 which is on the website, it is using the older
> corr library, not casperfpga. It also looks as though it's intended for
> ROACH and not ROACH2, I'm not sure whether that's an issue. I've never used
> a ROACH2.
>
> I was under the impression that it should have been updated for the recent
> CASPER workshop. Can someone comment on this?
>
> It might be an interesting exercise to try and use the model files to
> compile for ROACH2 then to write your own script, using this one as a
> guide. You'd learn a lot about how things work in the process. Not a quick
> fix to your problem, I'll admit, but it'll be an education.
>
> Regards,
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Heystek Grobler <heystekgrob...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
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