Octeon - Console Connection Setting

Octeon NIC_XLE_4G CN57XX

 

1, Change on board SW1-6 to ON(0), that means local bus boot, this is what I need.

    Default value is OFF(1) PCI Boot.Without change this switch, we couldn't see U-Boot from HyperTerminal before you run oct-pci-boot.

 

2,  I use PL-2303 USB to COM converter, it need install driver first at XP OS.

     CentOS 5 can detect this device "pl2303" with "usbserial" kernel module.

 

     HyperTerminal Setting:

     COM4

     Bits per second: 115200

     Data bits: 8

     Parity: None

     Stop bits: 1

     Flow control: none

 

 

3, CentOS 5 minicom

    check dmesg output after plugin, we fount pl2303 converter is attached to ttyUSB0

 

    $ sudo minicom -s

       save setup as ttyUSB0 (/etc/minirc.ttyUSB0)

 

    If the following error occurs:

          Device /dev/ttyUSB0 access failed: Permission denied.

     then modify the group permission on the minicom utility

    $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/bin/minicom

 

    After the configuration file is created

    $ minicom -w ttyUSB0