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DreamPlug @Nov 11, 2011 7:14:13 PM
The DreamPlug is a plug-top computer. It draws about 5 wats of power, but includes two gigabit Ethernet ports, WiFi, BluTooth, 2 USB 2 ports, 1 eSATA port, audio in and out, SDHC card slot, and includes ports for connecting a UART serial port and a JTAG board.
The DreamPlug is what the GuruPlug should have been. I purchased my DreamPlug from New IT http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/proddetail.php?prod=DreamPlug for £135 including tax and delivery. I have also purchased two SheevaPlugs and a GuruPlug from New IT and thoroughly recommend them. Sources movedCanonical seem to have moved Jaunty Binaries. Put this into /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse JTAG Board OS X LionFollow the instructions here to add the JTAG board as a USB serial device. Note that the OS X 10.6 (snow leopard) drivers work in 10.7 (lion) too:http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2128.0 Once the FTDI drivers are loaded I can connect to the JTAG using screen: screen /dev/tty.usbserial-FTT0GSKVB 115200 Simple screen commands:
LEDsThe LEDs are named; 'red' is the WiFi led and 'green' is the WiFi-AP led.So, turn on and off the WiFi led:
and turn on and off the WiDi-AP LED
Enable the flashing BlueToothLED {{blinkled Disable the flashing BlueToothLED blinkbtled 0xf1010148 w 0x000 WiFi Access PointFollow the instructions here to edit /root/init_setup.sh and configure the WiFi:http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Setting_GuruPlug_to_be_a_WiFi_Access_Point I altered the SSID variable, and set the WiFi into WPA2 by adding these lines before the 'bss_start' command: /usr/bin/uaputl sys_cfg_protocol 32 /usr/bin/uaputl sys_cfg_cipher 8 8 /usr/bin/uaputl sys_cfg_wpa_passphrase $KEY 3G USB dongleTHIS IS NOT WORKING YET The '3' 3G USB dongle I'm using is a ZTE MF627. It has two modes, when it's originally plugged in it appears as a USB CD-ROM, for automatically installing software drivers, and has to be ejected before it turns into a network device. When the device is a CD-ROM it's ID is 19d2:2000, when it's a network device the ID is 19d2:0031. Here's an easy way to eject the CD-ROM device to turn the dongle into a network device: Create: /etc/udev/rules.d/ZTE.rules with this contents: SYSFS{idVendor}=="19d2", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2000", RUN+="/usr/bin/eject %k", OPTIONS+="last_rule" Now when the dongle is inserted the udev daemon spots the device and sends the eject command. You can check the device ID with lsusb. We can test the device now with chat: chat -s -v ATZ OK AT+CSQ OK >/dev/ttyUSB1 </dev/ttyUSB1 in the output you'll see the current signal strength. The stick seems to crash a lot - or perhaps it's the DreamPlug that is crashing... /etc/ppp/peers/3g lock /etc/ppp/peers/3g.chat ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' pon 3g CHASH |