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Software Installation
SharpMedia™ PCIE-8120 Installation and Use (6806800R89F )
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Now, the DSPs are taken out of reset. The DSP starts loading and executing the image. You can
check the
tftpboot directory given above, to evaluate whether DSPs have successfully loaded
its image or not. The tftp load process is successful, if every DSP has stored its MAC address-
specific boot status file in
tftpboot directory.
Also, the boot status file’s binary content can be analyzed to check error status, version
register, and progress counter. For more information, see
Boot user guide listed in Table "Octasic
Tools Package - Directory Structure" on page 105 .
Once the DSP firmware is loaded, you can execute the demo application.
# octService start all
4.4.4 Command Line Utility
Octmezz is the Command Line Utility provided with SharpMedia software and is used for the
following operations:

Board specific initialization

Switch port configuration

VLAN configuration
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DSP control operations
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Reads board information (MetaData)
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Read/writes sensor devices
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Front panel Ethernet PHY configuration
Octmezz tool usage
Note :The octmezz tool version used on PCIE-8120 is
octmezz v1.7
The following are the list of various octmezz tool supported commands:
Usage : octmezz --dev=<fdev> [options] <command> [parameters...]
Table 4-1 Commands
Command Description
-h|--help
Displays octmezz tool help.