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Arcom SBC-MediaGX

QNX Development Kit

Quickstart Manual

Data Sheet Issue A - 000330

2192-10287-000-000

Summary of Contents for SBC-MediaGX

Page 1: ...Arcom SBC MediaGX QNX Development Kit Quickstart Manual Data Sheet Issue A 000330 2192 10287 000 000 ...

Page 2: ...pdate or keep current the information contained in this manual Arcom Control Systems reserves the right to make improvements to this document and or product at any time and without notice Important Notice Arcom Control Systems supplies an evaluation copy of QNX 4 25 Photon microGUI and Voyager Browser with our QNX Development Kit product This is time limited for a minimum of 30 days After this tim...

Page 3: ... Packaging Please ensure that should a board need to be returned to Arcom Control Systems it is adequately packed preferably in the original packing material Support Arcom Control Systems has a team of Technical Support Engineers who will be able to provide assistance if you have any problems with using this development kit please contact support arcom co uk Europe or support arcomcontrols com US ...

Page 4: ... 9 Task 2 Establishing a QNX Network 11 Task 3 Configuring the SBC MediaGX board for TCP IP 14 Reinstalling the QNX Image 15 Reinstalling using a network boot disk QNX Host Machine 16 Production Image Loading 19 Reinstalling the expiring licenses 21 Using the SBC MediaGX 22 Memory Upgrade 23 Power Supply 24 Flat Panel Display 25 Unsupported Hardware 26 ...

Page 5: ...hem with the support needed to start developing an application right away This manual is intended as a guide to enable users to get the SBC MediaGX configured and running as soon as possible The board supplied in this development kit contains 16Mbytes of flash memory which has been pre configured with the QNX operating system Once power is applied to the board it will automatically boot from the o...

Page 6: ...er supply with US UK and EURO style plugs and power connectors for the SBC MediaGX board A power supply adapter cable A PS 2 mouse An RJ45 cross over network cable A PS 2 to AT keyboard adapter A VGA adapter cable An IDE disk drive cable A floppy drive cable A SBC MediaGX QNX V4 25 development kit CD ROM A floppy disk containing a set of QNX expiring licenses This set of instructions ...

Page 7: ...need to obtain the Beta audio driver for the National LM4548 CODEC Getting Started This section guides you though the step by step process of connecting up the SBC MediaGX board for the first time and powering the system to display the Photon microGUI on the display The SBC MediaGX is delivered ready to run and there are no link settings or configuration switches that need adjusting to ensure the ...

Page 8: ...ge 7 Monitor Keyboard Power Supply unit Flat Panel Backlight inverter FPIF Cable Backlight cable SBC MediaGX FPIF SDRAM Socket SBC MediaGX Board Flat Panel cable PL7 PL12 PL21 PL28 Mouse PL9 Setup Diagram ...

Page 9: ...is The following section include three tasks which take the user through the process of 1 Powering up the SBC MediaGX board 2 Connecting the SBC MediaGX to a QNX network PC 3 Configuring the SBC MediaGX board for TCP IP ...

Page 10: ... Manual supplied on the support CD ROM for further information For the NEC 6 5 flat panel supplied in the kit these links should be set as LK10 A LK11 B Plug the interface cable between the SBC MediaGX board socket labelled Flat Panel PL28 and the FPIF board socket PL1 Plug the interface cable between the flat panel and the FPIF board socket PL2 Plug the backlight power cable between the FPIF boar...

Page 11: ... Plug the power supply unit into a 100 240V AC power supply If required press DEL to enter the BIOS setup when booting Refer to the BIOS section in the SBC MediaGX Technical Manual supplied on the support CD ROM for further information The system will boot to Photon V1 13 and run Voyager V2 00 5 6 7 8 9 Y You have now completed Task 1 ...

Page 12: ...er of the window Left click Shutdown When the window appears left click Shutdown Get the physical ethernet address You must obtain the Realtek 8139 Beta Ethernet driver from QNX see What else do I need and place it in the bin directory The following commands will start the ethernet driver and print out the physical ethernet address for the SBC MediaGX Net Net rtl vvv Note Consult your Systems Admi...

Page 13: ...type netmap f On the SBC MediaGX board create a backup copy of the licenses file cp licenses licenses old From your host PC insert the licenses on the host PC and refresh licensing file as follows cat 2 licenses licenses license r 5 6 Logical LAN Physical host_node_ net_id Physical_address_host_node 2 net_id Physical_address_SBC MediaGX Note You should be able to establish a connection to the SBC ...

Page 14: ...f there are licenses listed in the etc licenses directory of your host PC you must follow these instructions Otherwise skip to step 11 Insert license disk into floppy drive on the SBC MediaGX board then follow these steps Fsys floppy license license r Run nameloc on your host PC You may use the sin command to check if nameloc is already running nameloc Reboot shutdown 9 10 11 12 You have now compl...

Page 15: ...e protocol ifconfig enX netmask net_mask Enter the default gateway address route add default gateway_address You may now use the TCP IP services listed in the usr ucb directory If you d like to use the Voyager Web Browser type ph Note Your system administrator will be able to tell you which IP address netmask and gateway address you can use Please consult this person before proceeding You may also...

Page 16: ...s set to boot to the CD ROM first Once prompt appears type install After you are asked if you would like to format the flash drive installation of the files will take approximately 7 minutes Reboot SBC MediaGX board Page 15 Reinstalling the QNX Image You can reinstall Arcom s QNX Image from a QNX Host Machine by creating a network boot disk for the SBC MediaGX board or with the bootable support CD...

Page 17: ... network boot disk from Windows Machine Put Arcom s QNX CD into CD ROM drive on Windows machine Goto DOS DiskImages directory Insert Dos formatted disk into a drive Double click qnx_net_boot exe Put Arcom s QNX CD into CD_ROM drive on QNX machine Copy the flash image file to your root directory cp mediagx img Edit the etc config netmap file to include node 2 with the Ethernet address of the on boa...

Page 18: ...t and check the disk before copying the disk image Edit the etc config netmap file to include node 2 with the Ethernet address of the on board Ethernet and update network mapping netmap f Reinstalling Arcom s QNX Image Attach floppy drive to SBC MediaGX board Plug floppy drive cable into socket labelled PL9 and apply power Boot SBC MediaGX board to floppy disk make sure the BIOS is set to boot to ...

Page 19: ...machine is set up properly and you have proper cabling On the SBC MediaGX board at the prompt type finit From your SBC MediaGX board copy the image to the SBC MediaGX board by typing fxwrimg dev rfd0 host_node mediagx img It will take approximately 8 minutes to load the image Reboot SBC MediaGX board set BIOS to boot to c drive 4 5 6 ...

Page 20: ...s MediaGX dinit fxfmt fxwrimg fxrdimg Connect the hard drive to the development processor board s IDE interface Boot the development board from the hard drive Start the Flash Disk Driver Fsys MediaGX Create an image of the flash on the hard drive fxrdimg dev rfd0 Image img Power down the development board and attach the hard drive to the production board s IDE interface Boot the production board t...

Page 21: ... rfd0 Image img After powering down the board detach the hard drive and reboot The board should boot and appear the same as the development board Once a hard drive has been properly configured and you are satisfied with your product you can insert steps 8 9 and 10 to automatically run from the etc config sysinit file on your hard drive 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 22: ...y drive of the host node Type license and follow instructions On the host node type license r From the host node copy the licensing file to the SBC MediaGX board cp licenses 2 licenses On the SBC MediaGX board type license r To install the licenses directly to the SBC MediaGX board Place the license disk in the floppy drive of the SBC MediaGX board Type license Follow the on screen instructions Ty...

Page 23: ...rives mouse etc The User Manual is available as an Adobe Acrobat reader file and is located at D MANUAL MEDIAGX pdf Where D is your CD ROM drive letter Adobe Acrobat reader is also supplied on the CD ROM and must be installed prior to using the manual Refer to the README HTM file for details on installing Acrobat Reader The Support CD ROM also contains drivers reference material and example softwa...

Page 24: ...tomatically detect the memory and configure the board appropriately The module should be inserted in the DIMM1 socket in an ESD safe area and you should be wearing an earth strap or touching a grounded surface to protect the device The memory module is designed to ensure that it can only be plugged in with the correct orientation Therefore if the module does not fit check the key locations and ens...

Page 25: ...f the kit one of which should be the correct type for your country Slot the appropriate plug into the power supply The power supply cable is fitted with a 7 way keyed connector This connects directly to PL12 on the SBC MediaGX The keyboard and flat panel display source power from the SBC MediaGX board If you are going to add hard disk drives or a CD ROM into your system it maybe more suitable to u...

Page 26: ...ace and the SBC MediaGX is configured to drive the correct signals for this display The standard configuration for the board drives the flat panel interface signals if the CRT monitor is not connected therefore either can be used during development The display has been chosen as an example to demonstrate the capability of the board The interface can be configured to drive various types of display ...

Page 27: ...rdware is currently unsupported under QNX 4 25 Realtek 8139 Network Controller Beta drivers are available from QNX Audio CODEC Beta drivers available from QNX Touchscreen USB To receive these beta drivers please contact you local QNX sales office ...

Page 28: ...uality management system which has been certified by the British Standards Institution BSI as compliant with ISO 9001 1994 United Kingdom Arcom Control Systems Ltd Clifton Road Cambridge CB1 7EA UK Tel 44 0 1223 411200 Fax 44 0 1223 410457 e mail sales arcom co uk www arcomcontrols com United States Arcom Control Systems Inc 13510 South Oak Street Kansas City MO 64145 USA Tel Toll Free 800 747 109...

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