[hpsdr] Bootloader issues

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Hi Joe --

Thanks for the detailed checklist.  Answers below (taking into account 
your two clarifications in other messages).

But let me ask one stupid question:  Where is this "J1" that the 
Bootloader keeps talking about? There is nothing on my boards labelled 
"J1".  There is a "JP1" just to the left of the FPGA (next to JP2). 
That's what I've been jumpering.  Is that the correct one?

I'm almost concluding that my boards don't have the bootloader code, 
which would be strange since they are both from the TAPR production run, 
and one of them just came out of its sealed bag yesterday.

73,
John


On 04/19/2015 10:34 AM, Joe Martin wrote:
> John,
>
> Just to be clear about your setup/procedure, deal with Mercury first and check that all of these can be answered by “Yes”, please:
>
> 1) do have the “Last JTAG” jumper installed on your Mercury target board?

Yes.

> 2) do you have JP1 installed on Metis?

Yes.

> 3) do you have only Metis and the Mercury board on the Atlas bus?

Yes.

> 4) do you have the Metis and Mercury board adjacent to each other on the Atlas bus?

Yes.

> 5) do you have the Mercury board located between Metis and the power connector on the Altas board?

Yes.

> 6) did you power cycle the Atlas bus before running HPSDR Programmer?

Yes.

> 7) when you run HPSDR Programmer do you see “Ethernet1" or “Ethernet2” in the “Interface:” window in the “Computer Interface” section of the display?

I get "Local Area Network 1" or "Local Area Network 2" -- assume that's 
the same thing.  It shows the local machine MAC and IP address.

> 8) when you “Interogate” the target board do you see “TAPR - Mercury - 00x020F30” next to the “Interogate” label, under the “Use board as a JTAG Programmer” section of the display?

No.  When I either "Test Bootloader" or "Interrogate"  I get an instant 
message in the bottom of the window telling me that J1 needs to be 
installed.  This message appears almost at the same instant I click the 
button.  If I look at the status window, it says "Reading MAC Address" 
then "Error: Timeout reading MAC address!"

John

>
> If you cannot answer “Yes” to all, which are yes and which are no, please?
>
> If one step in the update procedure fails to execute normally, exit HPSDR Bootloader and start fresh; i.e., don’t simply re-click the buttons on the HPSDR Bootloader display, power cycle Atlas and start HPSDR Bootloader up fresh to try again.
>
> 73, Joe K5SO
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:39 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
>
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>> Well, no joy.  I checked and winpcap is installed on the system, so that's not the issue.
>>
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