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Connect

 

using

 

serial

 

cable

 

 

RS

232

 

level

 

It is best to connect to carambola using standard RS-232 male cable. Just plug cable to carambola, set 115200 
8N1 settings without hardware flow control and power up your carambola.  

TTL

 

3.3V

 

level

 

However, if you have TTL level USB to serial converter, you should do some soldering.  

Remove J9 and J10 jumpers and connect FTDI 3.3V TTL serial to USB cable. J9.1 – RX(input), J10.1 – 
TX(output). I used FTDI 3.3V USB to serial converter.  

 

Software

 

You can use any 

terminal

 program you wish to communicate.  

 
 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Carambola 2

Page 1: ...Carambola 2 manual...

Page 2: ...x minicom 9 Linux picocom 9 Other Linux uart settings and useful commands 9 Set up TFTP server 10 Windows 10 Linux 11 Upload new firmware to Carambola 2 12 sysupgrade 12 mtd 12 Serial connection only...

Page 3: ...s on GitHub https github com 8devices and is supported by our growing community on http www 8devices com community forum Carambola 2 specification overview CPU AR9331 400 MHz Memory 16 MB SPI Flash wi...

Page 4: ...able version At this point 2012 11 11 stable version is carambola v2 3 rc4 To get this version type command git checkout carambola v2 3 rc4 More packages Edit file vi feeds conf default src git packag...

Page 5: ...uconfig You should see configuration window like this Let s leave everything untouched for now and and exit Type make for standard building procedure or make j 2 if you want to use more than 1 thread...

Page 6: ...n completing build proces For this you need to install and configure email client After you are done type this long command date tmp text txt make j 2 tmp text txt date tmp text txt mail s done email_...

Page 7: ...thout hardware flow control and power up your carambola TTL 3 3V level However if you have TTL level USB to serial converter you should do some soldering Remove J9 and J10 jumpers and connect FTDI 3 3...

Page 8: ...0 picocom b 9600 dev ttyUSB0 Picocom man To exit press and hold CTRL A Q Other Linux uart settings and useful commands If you do not have installed stty you should get it by typing opkg install coreut...

Page 9: ...Set up Windo You can Enable T p TFTP se ws set up TFTP s TFTP server Y erver server very qu Your settings s uickly using T should look li TFTP32 sofwa ke are It is free...

Page 10: ...etc xinetd d tftp sudo nano etc xinetd d tftp Paste this code service tftp protocol udp port 69 socket_type dgram wait yes user nobody server usr sbin in tftpd server_args home tftpboot disable no sud...

Page 11: ...good serial cable cheaper usb serial adapters don t work rock solid power supply and steel nerves TFTP TFTP method to upgrade firmware requires you serial connection to Carambola and configured TFTP s...

Page 12: ...iguration Change Network parameters Edit carambola target linux ramips base files etc config network Cahnge default banner welcome screen Change welcome screen example Edit carambola package base file...

Page 13: ...Appe If you are...

Page 14: ...s set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator include antenna and your body Labeling requirement The Host...

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