A. Package contents .................................................................................................................................... 2
B. Internal modules equipped and options ............................................................................................... 3
C. Internal interfaces and connectors ....................................................................................................... 3
D. Appearance and external connecting ports ........................................................................................ 4
E. LED indication .......................................................................................................................................... 6
G. Connection for testing ............................................................................................................................. 7
H. Boot device mode ................................................................................................................................... 7
I. System bring up- connect to console port ........................................................................................... 8
J. Tools and files you need to start debugging ..................................................................................... 11
K. Basic procedures for debugging ......................................................................................................... 12
L. 2.4G Wi-Fi .............................................................................................................................................. 12
M. Other useful commands to check with I/O devices .......................................................................... 14
N. System reset button .............................................................................................................................. 16
O. Download sites ...................................................................................................................................... 16
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Contents
Remark
1
Sheeva64
1 unit
2 AC Power cord
1 pcs
Figure 8 shape AC power cord
3
Ethernet RJ45 cable
1 pcs
CAT5e
4
SATA cable
1 pcs
Inside enclosure
5
Mini-USB to USB cable
1 pcs
UART signals for console output
6
Warranty sheet
Yes
A. Package contents
Please check the package you’ve received with the following contents:
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Note 1: All files will be put on the following website for downloading
1. Use a Mini-USB cable connecting to USB port on PC for console message input and output.
Below is the console setup step.
a. Install FTDI driver:
Please visit http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 web site to download the
PL3203 widnows driver. For Linux user, the PL3203 driver has built-in on linux kernel, so unnecessary to install
driver.
b. Install serial tty software
For UART console software, you can download below software to connect the USB serial console for the
Sheeva64 board.
Linux : minicom
Windows : putty, teraterm
c. Setup UART baudrate
Open the above software and configure the UART baudrate to 115200 8N1 and no flow control.
Example: TeraTerm
2. The system boot-up has two stages, the first one is bootloader stage, below is the output message, you can press
any key on console to interrupt the autoboot mode.
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3. If you don’t press any key, the u-boot will auto load the kernel image and dtb file to memory and start the kernel.
4. After boot-up completed, the system will boot into the Ubuntu Linux system.
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5. By Sheeva64 default, the system will start a router service to setup the ethernet and wifi-ap automatically.
a. Sheeva64 has two ethernet ports, we configured eth0 for WAN and eth1 for LAN, and WAN port will request IP
address through the dhcp service.
6.b. Configured the wifi module (wlan0) to wifi access point mode, and the ssid is “sheeva64-uap-xxyy_2.4g” without
password.
(xxyy is the wifi mac addres latest 4 digits number. Ex 12:34:56:78:xx:yy)
The user can type ’ifconfig’ or ‘ls /sys/class/net’ to make sure all the network interface are exist.
1. Prepare one PC with Fedora 14 (or later version) Linux operating system
2. Download and install the following tools and utilities
3. Setup minicom
# minicom –s
Set the Configure properties as follows:
Bits per sec field to 115200
Data bits to 8
Parity to None
Stop bit to 1
Flow Control to None
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J. Basic procedures for debugging
1. Connect cables as described in section G.
2. Run terminal program on Linux PC.
3. Type in # minicom –o marvell
4. Power on the board
You can press any key to stop auto-boot when you see the boot delay timer is counting down.
After entering the uboot prompt, you can also change the uboot environment variables such as boot delay time,
ipaddr, serverip and so on.
If no key has been pressed to interrupt the uboot, it will continue run to the login line where it prompts you to input the
login name and password, here is the default login information.
Login : root, Password: admin, Now, you have the full control of it.
K. 2.4G Wi-Fi
Sheeva64 WiFi works as both client and AP mode but only one at a time.
The default mode is AP mode every time when it powers on and can be switched to client mode manually by entering
the setup page, please follow the procedures below to set-up the functionalities for WIFi and Bluetooth.
1. Prepare a computer with Wi-Fi. Here we use computer with Windows 8 operating system for example.
2. Go to “Networks”, View Available Wireless Networks:
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root@sheeva64:~# ifconfig
br0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
4. Open console terminal ,type ifconfig to see the network configurations
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root@sheeva64:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:b82c Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0951:1624 Kingston Technology DataTraveler G2
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 102/2.0 / HEMA Flash Drive 2 GB /
PNY Attache 4GB Stick
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@sheeva64:~#
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500