System Configuration Tasks - MEDIATEK LinkIt Smart 7688 Developer's Manual

Now you should be connected to the system console. Press ENTER in the Terminal to
6)
bring up the prompt. You'll notice that the prompt has become different from your OS X
Terminal application, it is the LinkIt Smart 7688 prompt and it looks like the following:
root@myLinkIt:/#
You're ready to make changes to the LinkIt Smart 7688 system through this console.
7)
To exit the system console, type <CTRL>a + k, and y.
8)
• For Linux:
Install the driver if needed. Check the cable manufacturer's website for driver
1)
requirements on Ubuntu and installation instructions.
Plug-in the cable and connect the cable to LinkIt Smart 7688.
2)
Open a Terminal application.
3)
Type ls /dev/ttyUSB* in the Terminal. You should see a list of devices. Look for something
4)
like ttyUSB0 where 0 is usually a random identifier. This is the serial device used to access
the system console. For example:
$ls /dev/ttyUSB*
/dev/ttyUSB0
Use the screen utility to connect to the serial port and set the baudrate to 57600. This is
5)
because the baudrate of the system console is 57600 by default. One thing to keep in
mind is that in Ubuntu, the serial devices require dialout group permission. Use sudo to
elevate the permission, for example:
$sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 57600
Now you should be connected to the system console. Press ENTER in the Terminal to
6)
bring up the prompt. You'll notice that the prompt has become different from your Linux
Terminal application, it is the LinkIt Smart 7688 prompt and it looks like the following:
root@myLinkIt:/#
You're ready to make changes to the LinkIt Smart 7688 system through this console.
7)
To exit the system console, type <CTRL>a + k, and y.
8)
4.6.

System configuration tasks

This section describes the system configuration task you will need to perform and how to perform
them in the Web UI or system console, or using a USB memory stick.
4.6.1. Upgrading Firmware
This section describes how to upgrade the firmware. You can choose from one of the following
two ways to upgrade firmware on LinkIt Smart 7688:
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