[arm-allstar] First Time Hardware Configuration

Hugo Escalante ewplinc at gmail.com
Sun Feb 8 14:14:46 EST 2015


Thanks Doug,

I have putty and asks for login, not sure what to log in as?

Hugo

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:

> Hugo,
>
> While you could connect a mouse and keyboard I  have never done it in
> bringing up the BBB Allstar code and it is not necessary. It is very easy
> to do it via ssh from another computer. If you have windows download putty
> or winscp and use it. For Linux just ssh in a command window.
>
> To do either you first need to get the IP address that the BBB is coming
> up on. There are a number of ways to do that. If you know morse code it is
> displayed on the forth LED on the BBB about 30 seconds after boot. It sends
> hi hi then the IP address three times. Another way is to connect the USB
> FOB - DMK URI or modified FOB - and the radio and if everything is wired
> correctly you should hear it say the IP address over the radio - not the
> (node radio) radio connected to the URI but on the second radio you have
> listening to the node radio. This will not work in all cases because the
> BBB is configured for certain radio's. It works fine with the Alinco radios.
>
> The easiest way to determine the IP address is to boot up and then look in
> your LAN router. There should be a status section for the local LAN showing
> connected devices and you should see a bbb-allstar device listed with its
> IP address. Use that address to ssh to the bbb and login and then run the
> setup. You do not need anything connected to the BBB except the Ethernet at
> this point.
>
> On the computer you are using to talk to the BBB you would  - using
> Windows in putty enter the IP address in the hostname block and port 222.
> Using Linux in a command window you would enter - ssh root at ipaddress -p
> 222
>
> After that just login and answer the configuration questions and you
> should be on the air very quickly.
>
> Don't hesitate to ask again if this is not clear or not working for you.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 07:28:06 -0500
> From: ewplinc at gmail.com
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: [arm-allstar] First Time Hardware Configuration
>
>
> When I run the Image for the first time on the BBB, do I connect a USB hub
> to the BBB then the URI, mouse and keyboard etc to it.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Hugo
> K7HJE
>
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