Readout Controller Configuration
MVME 6100
ROC1 ethernet address: 0001AF1998B5
ROC1 ethernet address: 0001AF1998B6
MPC7457 RISC G4 processor (PPC family)
Download files from JLAB
I downloaded the boot file and VXworks kernel from JLAB
/site/coda/kern/5.5/boot/boot6100_122.bin /site/coda/kern/5.5/vx6100_v4.1
and put in /tftpboot subdirectory on Host computer
Debug Connector
I then used the serial port on the host computer to interface with the MVME6100 via the "DEBUG" port. The debug port took an RJ45 standard cable so I got and RJ45-DB9 converter. This seemed to work out of the box. Just in case I ever need to make my own connector record the pinouts below.
Information below is Table 5-11 pg 92 of this reference
| ROC Pin# | DB9 Pin # | DB9 shell | Signal |
| 1 | 1 | Blue | DCD (Carrier Detect) |
| 2 | 7 | Orange | RTS (Request to Send) |
| 3 | 5 | Black | GNDC |
| 4 | 3 | Red | TX (Transmit) |
| 5 | 2 | Green | RX (Recieve) |
| 6 | 5 | Yellow | GNDC |
| 7 | 8 | Brown | CTS (Clear to Send) |
| 8 | 4 | White | DTR (Data Terminal Ready) |
MVME6100 BOOT screen
Minicom
You can use "minicom -s" to set the default parameter to communication
I found the ROC was connected to /dev/ttyS1
I used "minicom" on the host computer to talk to the ROC. You have to be super user in order to run minicom unless you change the default permissions. The speed should be 9600 baud which you set using the keyboard sequence "Ctrl-A Z P E".
Copyright Motorola Inc. 1999-2007, All Rights Reserved MOTLoad RTOS Version 2.0, PAL Version 2.1 RM02 Wed Feb 7 11:32:02 MST 2007 MPU-Type =MPC74x7 MPU-Int Clock Speed =1266MHz MPU-Ext Clock Speed =133MHz MPU-Int Cache(L2) Enabled, 512KB, L2CR =C0000000 MPU-Ext Cache(L3) Enabled, 2MB, 211MHz, L3CR =DC026000 PCI bus instance 0 =64 bit, 133 Mhz, PCI-X PCI bus instance 1 =64 bit, PCI Reset/Boot Vector =Flash1 Local Memory Found =20000000 (&536870912) User Download Buffer =006B7000:008B6FFF
Basic commands
setting the time
The command below will print the help screen for the time set command
he set
for example
MVME6100> set -t082604163100
08 = Month
26 = day
04 = year
16 = hour (24 hour clock)
31 = min
00 = seconds
MVME6100> time
THU AUG 26 16:31:02.00 2004
Ping another computer to check network
I was unable to ping unless I used the "LAN1" RJ45 etherenet port
MVME6100> ping -c134.50.3.216 -s134.50.3.210 Client (Source) IP Address = 134.50.3.216 Server (Destination) IP Address = 134.50.3.210 Server/Host Found, E-Address = 0030487A9468 170 (128+42) bytes from 134.50.3.210: icmp_seq=0 time=179 us Packets Transmitted =1, Packets Received =1, Packets Lost =0 (0%) Round-Trip Min/Avg/Max = 179/179/179 uS
show the flash memory
MVME6100> flashShow Device-Name Base-Address,Size Device-Size,Count Boot Type /dev/flash0 F4000000,04000000 02000000,00000002 No Intel 28F256 /dev/flash1 F8000000,04000000 02000000,00000002 Yes Intel 28F256
Load in the VxWorks boot kernel
MVME6100> tftpGet -cCLIENT_IP_ADDRESS -sSERVER_IP_ADDRESS -fFILENAME
CLIENT_IP_ADDESS is the IP address of the computer receiving the file
SERVER_IP_ADDRESS is the IP address of the computer hosting the file (by default tftp uses the subdirectory /tftpboot)
MVME6100> tftpGet -c134.50.3.216 -s134.50.3.210 -fboot6100_122.bin Network Loading from: /dev/enet0 Loading File: boot6100_122.bin Load Address: 006B7000 Download Buffer Size = 00200000
Client IP Address = 134.50.3.216 Server IP Address = 134.50.3.210 Gateway IP Address = 134.50.3.253 Subnet IP Address Mask = 255.255.255.0
Network File Load in Progress...
Bytes Received =&594768, Bytes Loaded =&594768 Bytes/Second =&594768, Elapsed Time =1 Second(s)
Flash the RAM with the program
>MVME6100>flashProgram -d/dev/flash0 -o03f00100 -nfff00
MVME6100> flashProgram -d/dev/flash0 -o03f00100 -nfff00 Source Starting/Ending Addresses =006B7000/007B6EFF Destination Starting/Ending Addresses =F7F00100/F7FFFFFF Number of Effective Bytes =000FFF00 (&1048320)
Program Flash Memory (Y/N)? Y
set BOOTA dip switch
After flashing you flip dipswitch #2 on S4 fo off and powercycle
I moved the dip switch on S4 labeled "BOOT A" to OFF
Error
MVME6100> sysMotVpdInit: Unable to read Vital Product Data (VPD). sysMotVpdInit: Unable to read Vital Product Data (VPD).
The above error results when the "Normal" dip switch on S4 is set to "OFF". The S4 dipswitch are now set to
| Pin | Name | Setting |
| 1 | NORM ENV | on |
| 2 | BOOT A | off |
| 3 | WPA | on |
| 4 | WPB | off |
The VxWorks Boot screen
VxWorks System Boot Copyright 1984-2002 Wind River Systems, Inc. CPU: Motorola MVME6100-0163 - MPC 7457 Version: VxWorks5.5.1 BSP version: 1.2/2 Creation date: Feb 2 2007, 16:49:27 Press any key to stop auto-boot... 7 [VxWorks Boot]:
Setting VxWorks Parameters
view the boot parameters
The parameters below were used on 5/21/09
[VxWorks Boot]: p boot device : geisc unit number : 0 processor number : 0 host name : localdaq file name : /home/daq/CODA/VXWorks/vx6100_v4.1 inet on ethernet (e) : 10.1.1.2 inet on backplane (b): 0 host inet (h) : 10.1.1.1 user (u) : daq flags (f) : 0x20 target name (tn) : roc1 startup script (s) : /home/daq/CODA/bootscripts/roc1.boot [VxWorks Boot]:
set the boot parameters
Typing a "c" will CONFIGURE the boot parameters [VxWorks Boot]: c '.' = clear field; '-' = go to previous field; ^D = quit boot device : geisc0 processor number : 0 host name : daq1 file name : /home/daq/CODA/VXWorks/vx6100_v4.1 inet on ethernet (e) : 134.50.3.216 inet on backplane (b): 0 host inet (h) : 134.50.3.210 gateway inet (g) : user (u) : daq ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh): flags (f) : 0x20 target name (tn) : roc1 startup script (s) : /home/daq/CODA/bootscripts/roc1.boot other (o) :
The flag "0x20" tells VxWorks to disable the rlogin/telnet security so no username or password is required.
sample boot script
# Boot file for CODA ROC 2.0 # PowerPC version
# up the sliding window tcp_sendspace=0x8000 tcp_recvspace=0x8000
# Setup environment / load coda_roc putenv "MSQL_TCP_HOST=daq1" putenv "EXPID=LDS" putenv "TCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/tcl7.4" putenv "ITCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/itcl2.0" putenv "DP_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/dp" putenv "CMLOG_PORT=8102" putenv "TOKEN_PORT=5555" putenv "SESSION=daq"
# Download Message logging libraries/client ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogClientD ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/lib/ppc-vw55/libcmlog.a ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogVxLogMsg cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/lib" ld < libcamac.o
cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/bin" ld < coda_roc ld < caSrvr
#cd "/home/daq/ROClibs" #ld < adc1182_ppc.o #ld < scale32Lib_ppc.o #ld < pas9740Lib_ppc.o #ld < sis3610Lib_ppc.o
# Spawn tasks
sp cmlogClientD
sp cmlogVxLogMsg
taskDelay (60*5)
# spawn the CAMAC remote server
taskSpawn "caServ",110,spTaskOptions,10000,caSrvr_main
# spawn the roc task
taskSpawn ("ROC",200,0x8,250000,coda_roc,"-i","-s","daq","-objects","roc1 ROC")
Type "@" to reboot the ROC
[VxWorks Boot]: @
boot device : geisc unit number : 0 processor number : 0 host name : daq1 file name : /home/daq/CODA/VXWorks/vx6100_v4.1 inet on ethernet (e) : 134.50.3.216 inet on backplane (b): 0 host inet (h) : 134.50.3.210 user (u) : daq flags (f) : 0x0 target name (tn) : roc1 startup script (s) : /home/daq/CODA/bootscripts/roc1.boot
Attached TCP/IP interface to geisc0. Warning: no netmask specified. Attaching network interface lo0... done. Loading... 1784832 Starting at 0x100000...
Attached TCP/IP interface to geisc unit 0 Attaching interface lo0...done
Adding 5075 symbols for standalone.
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CPU: Motorola MVME6100-0163 - MPC 7457. Processor #0.
Memory Size: 0x10000000. BSP version 1.2/2.
WDB Comm Type: WDB_COMM_END
WDB: Ready.
Executing startup script /home/daq/CODA/bootscripts/roc1.boot ...
# Boot file for CODA ROC 2.0
# PowerPC version
# up the sliding window tcp_sendspace=0x8000 tcp_sendspace = 0x283a60: value = 32768 = 0x8000 tcp_recvspace=0x8000 tcp_recvspace = 0x283a64: value = 32768 = 0x8000
# Setup environment / load coda_roc putenv "MSQL_TCP_HOST=daq1" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "EXPID=LDS" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "TCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/tcl7.4" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "ITCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/itcl2.0" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "DP_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/dp" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "CMLOG_PORT=8102" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "TOKEN_PORT=5555" value = 0 = 0x0 putenv "SESSION=daq" value = 0 = 0x0
# Download Message logging libraries/client ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogClientD value = 231515072 = 0xdcca3c0 ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/lib/ppc-vw55/libcmlog.a value = 231514544 = 0xdcca1b0 ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogVxLogMsg value = 231514016 = 0xdcc9fa0 cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/lib" value = 0 = 0x0 ld < libcamac.o value = 231515648 = 0xdcca600 = camacLockKey + 0x260
cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/bin" value = 0 = 0x0 ld < coda_roc value = 231495344 = 0xdcc56b0 = eventNumber + 0xd0 ld < caSrvr value = 230293088 = 0xdb9fe60
#cd "/home/daq/ROClibs" #ld < adc1182_ppc.o #ld < scale32Lib_ppc.o #ld < pas9740Lib_ppc.o #ld < sis3610Lib_ppc.o
# Spawn tasks sp cmlogClientD task spawned: id = cmlogC0xlient Daemon uses db9a620default prior, name = ity 190 t1 value = cmlogClient 230270496daemon uses = 0x default stack db9a620size 20000
sp cmlogVxLogMsgcmlog ClientD with task spawned: id = cmlogVx0xLogMsg uses defauldc10fb0t priority 19, name = 9 t2cmlog p cmlogVxLogMsg uses value = default stac230756272k size 1000 = 0x0 dc10fb0rotoco l version 2.xtaskDelay (60*5)
Waiting fCannot find any cmlog server running
or Cannot connect to a cmlog server
cmlogClStarting up cmlog client daemon....
ientD to start up
value = 0 = 0x0
# spawn the CAMAC remote server
taskSpawn "caServ",110,spTaskOptions,10000,caSrvr_main
value = 230877024 = 0xdc2e760
# spawn the roc task
taskSpawn ("ROC",200,0x8,250000,coda_roc,"-i","-s","daq","-objects","roc1 ROC")
value = 230148128 = 0xdb7c820
Args = -i -s daq -objects roc1 ROC roc1
Done executing startup script /home/daq/CODA/bootscripts/roc1.boot
-> Connect: S_errno_EHOSTUNREACH msql error : Can't connect to MSQL server on daq1 Connect: S_errno_EHOSTUNREACH MSQL_Cmd_Connect: error 'cause socket < 0 msql: Can't connect to MSQL server on daq1
Now i need to install CODA and run the MSQL data base
ROC boot script
# Boot file for CODA ROC 2.0
# PowerPC version
# up the sliding window
tcp_sendspace=0x8000
tcp_recvspace=0x8000
# Setup environment / load coda_roc
putenv "MSQL_TCP_HOST=daq1"
putenv "EXPID=LDS"
putenv "TCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/tcl7.4"
putenv "ITCL_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/itcl2.0"
putenv "DP_LIBRARY=/home/daq/CODA/2.5/common/lib/dp"
putenv "CMLOG_PORT=8102"
putenv "TOKEN_PORT=5555"
putenv "SESSION=daq"
# Download Message logging libraries/client
ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogClientD
ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/lib/ppc-vw55/libcmlog.a
ld < /home/daq/CODA/2.5/CMLOG/2.1/bin/ppc-vw55/cmlogVxLogMsg
#cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/lib"
#ld < libcamac.o
cd "/home/daq/CODA/2.5/VXWORKSPPC55/bin"
ld < coda_roc
#ld < caSrvr
#cd "/home/daq/ROClibs"
#ld < adc1182_ppc.o
#ld < scale32Lib_ppc.o
#ld < pas9740Lib_ppc.o
#ld < sis3610Lib_ppc.o
# Spawn tasks
sp cmlogClientD
sp cmlogVxLogMsg
taskDelay (60*5)
# spawn the CAMAC remote server
taskSpawn "caServ",110,spTaskOptions,10000,caSrvr_main
# spawn the roc task
taskSpawn ("ROC",200,0x8,250000,coda_roc,"-i","-s","daq","-objects","roc1 ROC")
Installing CMLOG
I copied the binary files at /site/coda/cmlog over to /home/daq/CODA/2.5