Hello everybody,
finally i found some time to unwrap my precious BS-11 and started playing. Unfortuantely i did not get to far... I managed to build the power cable, install the antenna, hook up the serial cable to a debian box and install the openbsc software.
I followed the steps in the wiki, e.g. run "bs11_config -p /dev/ttyS0" and then turn on the BS-11. The green power LED on the BS-11 is solid green. But i do not get any output from the bs11_config (e.g. no booting messages, etc). :-( Sometimes bs11_config segfaults when i switch on the power to the BS-11:
bs11_config -p /dev/ttyS0 bs11_config (C) 2009 by Harald Welte and Dieter Spaar This is FREE SOFTWARE with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Invalid length in hdr: 0 Segmentation fault
The serial cable is connected to the serial port (1 of 4) which is closest to the antenna connectors (like i have seen it on the photo).
What did i do wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help. :-)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
I followed the steps in the wiki, e.g. run "bs11_config -p /dev/ttyS0" and then turn on the BS-11. The green power LED on the BS-11 is solid green. But i do not get any output from the bs11_config (e.g. no booting messages, etc). :-(
You should start bs11_config after turning on the BS-11, as it tries to login to the BS-11 as the first step. I usually start the BS-11, wait 2 minutes and then start bs11_config.
Sometimes bs11_config segfaults when i switch on the power to the BS-11:
Because it receives the initial spikes on the serial line as "garbage" and tries to interpret them. Just don't do it in this order.
The serial cable is connected to the serial port (1 of 4) which is closest to the antenna connectors (like i have seen it on the photo).
That is the right connector.
If the communication does not work when you start bs11_config after the BS-11, try a serial to usb adapter. I had no success with the normal serial ports on two different machines, but a (FTDI) serial converter worked at once. See also:
http://bs11-abis.gnumonks.org/trac/wiki/BS11_Troubleshooting
Regards, Michael
Hi,
now I get this far:
PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Software required Abis-link: Down No valid Safety Load file "BTSBMC76.SWI"
How do I get to phase 3 now? ;-)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Hello,
now I get this far:
PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Warm Up Abis-link: Down PHASE: 1 Software required Abis-link: Down No valid Safety Load file "BTSBMC76.SWI"
How do I get to phase 3 now? ;-)
Mhm, we need a way to get this files out of the working BS-11 stations (yes, i know the problem about the copyrights, I just want the files).
Is there a chance to modify bs11_config for this purpose?
Holger
Hi,
my BS-11 now has a firmware and gets up to phase 3 without problems. I even managed to solder the E1 cable with my shaky hands. ;-) The BS-11 is now connected to an E1 miniPCI card (with zaptel drivers) and layer 1 is up and running (using hdb3 line coding without crc4).
This weekend i hope to find some time to write an input module for zaptel. I will provide some update on this next week.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Hi kpj,
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:04:43PM +0100, Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
my BS-11 now has a firmware and gets up to phase 3 without problems. I even managed to solder the E1 cable with my shaky hands. ;-) The BS-11 is now connected to an E1 miniPCI card (with zaptel drivers) and layer 1 is up and running (using hdb3 line coding without crc4).
good news.
This weekend i hope to find some time to write an input module for zaptel. I will provide some update on this next week.
cool, your work is very much appreciated.
Thanks... I just bouth a usb serial adapter from Conrad ("USB Modem Adapter", Nr. 982417) and now i can see the boot messages.
I already had tried it with a second machine (Tyan mainboard) which also did not work. But now it's fine. :)
Am Mittwoch, den 04.03.2009, 14:06 +0100 schrieb Michael Gernoth:
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
I followed the steps in the wiki, e.g. run "bs11_config -p /dev/ttyS0" and then turn on the BS-11. The green power LED on the BS-11 is solid green. But i do not get any output from the bs11_config (e.g. no booting messages, etc). :-(
You should start bs11_config after turning on the BS-11, as it tries to login to the BS-11 as the first step. I usually start the BS-11, wait 2 minutes and then start bs11_config.
Sometimes bs11_config segfaults when i switch on the power to the BS-11:
Because it receives the initial spikes on the serial line as "garbage" and tries to interpret them. Just don't do it in this order.
The serial cable is connected to the serial port (1 of 4) which is closest to the antenna connectors (like i have seen it on the photo).
That is the right connector.
If the communication does not work when you start bs11_config after the BS-11, try a serial to usb adapter. I had no success with the normal serial ports on two different machines, but a (FTDI) serial converter worked at once. See also:
http://bs11-abis.gnumonks.org/trac/wiki/BS11_Troubleshooting
Regards, Michael
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Harald Welte -
Holger Adams -
Klaus-Peter Junghanns -
Michael Gernoth