— — Introduction BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. Related Manuals The manuals related to the product are listed below. Read them as necessary along with this document. Must Read the Following Manuals. Name Purpose...
— — Introduction BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 2. About the Product This manual describes how to install the Linux OS on our industrial computer products and provides information about the operational check results as well as the minimum configuration and packages required to run the Linux OS.
Safety Precautions Understand the following definitions and precautions to use the product safely. Never fail to read them before using the product. - 7 -...
— — Safety Precautions BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. Safety Information This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources.
Make sure you thoroughly conduct operational checks when using the content of this manual. CONTEC shall not be held liable for damages suffered by you due to the installation or use of the Linux OS based on the content of this manual.
— — Safety Precautions BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 3. Security Warning When connecting to the network, be aware of security-related problems. See the examples of Security measures below and set up the product properly along with the network devices.
Operational Checks This section describes Linux OS environment in which operational checks have been conducted and the results of operational checks. - 11 -...
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. Operating Environment Distribution The distributions used and their version information are as follows. Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit(ubuntu-ja-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso) root@BX-830:~# cat /proc/version Linux version 4.4.0-21-generic (buildd@lgw01-21) (gcc version 5.3.1 20160413 (Ubuntu 5.3.1-14ubuntu2) ) #37- Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 root@BX-830:~# uname –a...
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 2. List of Operational Checks 1. Operational Checks and Results Only basic operations such as the installation and startup are verified as part of the operational checks. The operational checks were not conducted assuming all possible applications.
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— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Item Details Result Remarks Time can be configured ○ See Page 27 Power Management Resuming from standby state (S1) Resuming from suspend state (S3) ○ See Page 28 Resuming from hibernation state (S4) ○...
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 3. Operational Check Details 1. Console Japanese Input Simultaneously press “Ctrl” + “Alt” + “T” on the keyboard to launch the console. Press “Ctrl” + “Space” or “half-width/full-width” in the console screen.
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— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual DVI-D Choose [System Settings] – [All Settings] – [Displays], and launch the display configuration tool. Confirm that information about the manufacturer of the connected display as well as the recommended resolution are displayed.
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— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Display Port Choose [System Settings] – [All Settings] – [Displays], and launch the display configuration tool. Confirm that information about the manufacturer of the connected display as well as the recommended resolution are displayed.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Dual display is supported Choose [System Settings] – [All Settings] – [Displays], and launch the display configuration tool. Confirm that information about the manufacturer of the connected display as well as the recommended resolution are displayed.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 5. LAN Operational Check SSH Operations Install the SSH server, and confirm that you can remotely log in from a Windows PC. SSH server installation root@BX-830:~# apt-get install openssh-server Using Teraterm on a Windows PC, enter the IP of the box computer, and confirm that connection to the SSH server is possible.
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— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual FTP File Transfer Operations Build a FTP server using vsftpd, and confirm that files can be transferred. Vsftpd server installation and environment root@BX-830:~# apt-get install vsftpd root@BX-830:~# gedit /etc/vsftpd.conf...
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 6. Serial Port Operational Check Serial Port A and Serial Port B Communication (RS-232C) Connect serial port A and serial port B using a serial cross cable. Launch two console windows.
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— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Serial Port C Communication (RS-422/485) This serial port is provided for the RAS function. Read “RAS Function Supplementary Information(P30),” and proceed with the RAS preparatory steps.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 7. RAS Operational Check Read “RAS Function Supplementary Information(P30),” and proceed with the RAS preparatory steps. Next, refer to the following figure, and proceed with the connection.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Status LED Operations Launch a console window. Execute the sled sample as follows and confirm that the alarm LED turns on/off in red. Refer to the Readme file for details about the sled sample.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 9. Hardware Monitor Operational Check CPU and System Temperatures Retrieval Launch a console window. Execute the temp sample as follows and confirm that the CPU and system temperatures can be retrieved.
— — Operational Checks BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 11. Power Management Operational Check S0, S3, and S4 States Check Enter the following command in the console screen, and check the power management status. root@BX-830:~# cat /sys/power/state freeze mem disk This system supports the power management statuses shown in the table below.
— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. RAS Function Supplementary Information This section describes the I/O addresses and microcomputer communication specifications necessary to use the RAS port on the BX-830 series. RAS Port functions General-purpose I/O ...
— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. I/O Address Name Address Meaning Remarks Intel Atom QC E3845 Chipset 0xE000 The base address of the This might be different as the SMBus SMBus host controller.
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— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Status register bit definition Meaning Busy Data Ready 0: Host →Microcomputer 1: Microcomputer→Host This section describes the microcomputer’s internal logical registers and how to issue commands. How to issue commands from HOST Confirm that Busy and Data Ready are set at 0, and set DIR to 0 and change Busy to 1.
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— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual List of Commands Return value Command Command name Parameters Remarks address Val: Bit 0, bit 1, and bit 2 Read DIO 0x90 0x90 DIO Val correspond to PI0, PI01, and PI2, respectively.
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— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual *1 RS-485 parameter details Definition RTSE name Explanation Function 1: Transmission enabled; DE: Transmission mode control 0: Transmission disabled 1: Reception enabled; RE: Reception mode control 0: Reception disabled 0: Disabled;...
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— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual Explanation Function ~~~~ ~~~ |_+1 for a 1-second time up |_ ____ Arbitrary data * - : These are not used. Assign 0 when writing. *3 LED-related parameter details...
— — RAS Function BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 3. RAS Preparatory Steps The following packages are necessary to rebuild the Linux kernel. libncurses-dev build-essential fakeroot kernel-package linux-source i2c-tools (i2C communication library) Correct the parts in red in the following (1) and (2) downloaded kernel source code, and rebuild the kernel.
— — Appendix BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 1. System Configuration Information 1. CPU Information (/proc/cpuinfo) root@BX-830:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family model : 55 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU E3845 @ 1.91GHz...
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— — Appendix BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 3.201388] usb 1-1.3: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes 3.288051] usb 1-1.4: new low-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd 3.402087] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=04ca, idProduct=005a 3.402093] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0...
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— — Appendix BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 4.051181] systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups. 4.051289] systemd[1]: Reached target Encrypted Volumes. 4.051734] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice. 4.058149] systemd[1]: Started Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel.
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— — Appendix BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual 5.781196] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp2s0: link is not ready 5.826969] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp2s0: link is not ready 5.842905] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp1s0: link is not ready 5.888690] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp1s0: link is not ready 12.074270] random: nonblocking pool is initialized...
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No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. BX-830 Series Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop 64bit Operational Check Manual NA05741 (LYVD192) 10182019 _rev2 [06302017] October 2019 Edition...
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