3.7. Connect
Connect your BeagleBone to your computer through the BeagleBone's USB
interface (via SSH or COM port).
3.8. Device Tree Overlay
The cape's GPIO pins are automatically configured by the cape's Device Tree Overlay
(DTO). The DTO is integrated into Debian releases after 2017-04-25. You can check the
system log to see if the DTO was loaded for the cape by issuing:
#
dmesg | grep NL-AB-BBCL
This command will query the system log for anything to do with the cape. If the cape did
not load you will see a message similar to this:
[2.435969] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #2:
'NL-AB-BBCL,00B0,NimbeLink,NL-AB-BBCL'
[3.490471] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: loader: failed to load slot-2 NL-AB-BBCL:00B0
(prio 0)
If the cape did successfully load you will see the following when you query the system
log:
#
dmesg | grep NL-AB-BBCL
[2.463957] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #2:
'NL-AB-BBCL,00B0,NimbeLink,NL-AB-BBCL'
[2.531693] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #2: dtbo 'NL-AB-BBCL-00B0.dtbo'
loaded; overlay id #0
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