<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tony,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It attaches to connector (b).</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Just allign the pigtail connector with
the pcb one and push gently.</font>
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Michail,</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Sorry, I don't mean to sound dense, but I have never connected a pig tail
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An antenna with threaded screw</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
A pig tail that on one end obviously connects to the antenna threaded screw,
but what do with tiny ball at the other end?</font><font size=3> <br>
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I found two spots that look like might be connection points for the pigtail.
Please let me know the black hole (a) or the <br>
white hole (b) and if there is any orientation, direction or method to
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Tony.<br>
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What you got, is the 8388 development board (which is functionaly <br>
equivalent to the active antenna).<br>
It comes with an external antenna and a pigtail. It should be fairly <br>
obvious how to connect the antenna to the pigtail and the pigtail
to the <br>
board.<br>
After that, all you have to do, is to plug the module into a USB port of
<br>
the "schoolserver" machine.<br>
<br>
Please note that the firmware on the module, self boots into mesh repeater
<br>
mode (hence the term "active antenna") when the module gets powered
and <br>
the host doesn't try to download firmware to it.<br>
In practical terms that means that during reboots of the server the module
<br>
will not be properly enumerated and will have to be removed and be plugged
<br>
in again with the server fully running.<br>
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The wiki page </font></tt><a href=http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Active_Antenna_Reprogramming><tt><font size=2>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Active_Antenna_Reprogramming
has <br>
instructions on how to change the modules boot2 code so that it doesn't
<br>
autoboot when attached to a server.<br>
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M.<br>
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Tony Pearson <tpearson@us.ibm.com> <br>
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02/14/2008 02:59 PM<br>
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To<br>
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cc<br>
Bryan Berry <bryan.berry@gmail.com><br>
Subject<br>
[Server-devel] Spreadsheet, Active Antenna, and this weekend<br>
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Team, <br>
I have gotten my active antenna from OLPC. As soon as Julia or Michail
<br>
provide me instructions <br>
on how to put it together, I can begin mesh testing. <br>
<br>
My current test configuration is: <br>
<br>
(internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with WiFi)---(XS) ---Active Antenna--XO
<br>
<br>
If necessary, I can try to get a second box to act as proxy, and some <br>
additional NIC cards and <br>
cross over cables. Let me know if that is required, or if the tests
are <br>
valid with the configuration above. <br>
Another option is that I can use my one box in two configurations.
<br>
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(internet)---(cable modem)---(Hub with WiFi)---(Squid) ---Active <br>
Antenna--XO <br>
<br>
This would mean testing the Squid box by itself, and the XS by itself,
<br>
for those testcases focused on one or the other. I will pull one
of my <br>
other <br>
PCs out of the closet, and perhaps get that one to be my second box. <br>
<br>
SJ> You mentioned OLPC are doing mostly in Python. While all of
the XO <br>
client code is in Python, the <br>
XS server code, driven by Moodle, is in PHP. And I have received
some <br>
sample PERL scripts for <br>
the install from mis amigos en Uruguay. I am agnostic to languages,
but <br>
would like to think we standardize <br>
to Python for client, and PHP for server side code for now. <br>
<br>
Greg> <br>
As for backing up the /home directory from the XO to the XS, I was <br>
envisioning a PHP page on the <br>
server that the student could navigate to, and this would perform the file
<br>
upload. It would require the <br>
students to take action to cause this to happen. It sounds like an
<br>
automated solution would be better, <br>
but how did you want this to be kicked off, once per day? <br>
<br>
Brian> <br>
I am looking at the spreadsheet you sent. On "Software"
I think you <br>
should add Fedora level, especially <br>
if Wad upgrades from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8, and also Linux kernel level.
On <br>
"Content" can you provide URLs <br>
for all of these besides "Wikipedia.org" I know, but the others?
Do we <br>
have "OLPC Library Content" to <br>
test with? What were you looking for under "Space Used"?
Did you mean <br>
memory RAM used, or <br>
disk MB used? Please clarify. <br>
<br>
My thoughts on the Test Cases: <br>
<br>
"Apply image to XO from USB" -- I have my developer key, but
was under the <br>
assumption that most XO <br>
do not have a developer key? Do you want me to test this process
with and <br>
without developer key? <br>
I need instructions on how to do "Apply Image from USB" as I
have never <br>
done this before, and which <br>
images (I am running 653 now) you want me to test. <br>
<br>
"Chat with Other XO" -- Ok, to test chat before, I used my Thinkpad
T60 <br>
running QEMU using <br>
the website "xochat.org" to connect with my XO laptop. If
we have <br>
ejabberd running on the XS, would <br>
I connect my laptop and XO to "ejabberd" and have the XO over
the mesh, <br>
and the Thinkpad over <br>
the Wi-Fi? If not, I will need to borrow my friend's XO for a pure
<br>
mesh-to-mesh test. <br>
<br>
"Can launch Squeak Activity from Moodle" -- is this the same
as eToys, or <br>
did you mean the <br>
developers version of Squeak on the OLPC website? <br>
<br>
"Fill up the XOs hard drive" -- I love this one. In general,
I think we <br>
should also develop some <br>
tools that generate activity, this would help identify memory leaks and
<br>
what logs needs to be <br>
tailed over time. <br>
<br>
"Remove activities manually" -- what does this mean. I
have been able to <br>
add activities to my <br>
XO by downloading the XO files to my Journal and installing them, but the
<br>
only way I have been <br>
able to remove them was dropping down into "Terminal" activity
and hacking <br>
away at the file <br>
trees with "rm" commands. Is there a better way to test
this? <br>
<br>
"Type in Nepali, Save text in Nepali" -- as I mentioned before,
Nepali <br>
text does not appear <br>
properly on my XO. I had set up this test page (<br>
</font></tt><a href=http://www.990tony.com/olpc/index.php><tt><font size=2>http://www.990tony.com/olpc/index.php)
<br>
which shows correctly on my Windows XP with both English and Nepali <br>
script, but on my XO <br>
the Nepali script shows up as little black-and-white rectengles. Is
there <br>
an image I need to <br>
install on my XO to be able to read both English and Nepali script? <br>
<br>
Thanks <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tony Pearson<br>
Senior Storage Consultant, IBM System Storage™<br>
Telephone: +1 520-799-4309 | tie 321-4309 | Cell: +1 520 990-8669<br>
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Blog: </font></tt><a href=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage><tt><font size=2>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage
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