Artila Matrix-518 User manual

Matrix-518
Linux ARM9 Industry Box Computer
User Guide
Version 1.2
Copyright © Artila Electronics Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Packing List......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Optional Accessory............................................................................................................. 1
2. Layout......................................................................................................................... 2
3. Pin Assignment and Definition.................................................................................. 3
3.1 Reset Button ....................................................................................................................... 3
3.2 Power LED.......................................................................................................................... 3
3.3 Ready LED.......................................................................................................................... 3
3.4 Link / Act LED ..................................................................................................................... 3
3.5 Serial Port LED ................................................................................................................... 3
3.6 Ethernet Port....................................................................................................................... 3
3.7 Serial Ports.......................................................................................................................... 3
3.8 Serial Console Port............................................................................................................. 4
3.9 Digital I/O Port (DB25 Female)........................................................................................... 5
3.10 Factory Default Settings...................................................................................................... 6
3.11 Power on and System Boot up ........................................................................................... 6
3.12 Inittab and Run Levels ........................................................................................................ 6
3.13 Default Started Service....................................................................................................... 7
3.14 Network Settings................................................................................................................. 7
3.15 Insert Kernel Module........................................................................................................... 7
3.16 File System ......................................................................................................................... 8
3.17 Devices List......................................................................................................................... 8
3.18 Utility Software.................................................................................................................... 9
3.19 Mounting External Storage Memory................................................................................... 9
3.20 Welcome Message ........................................................................................................... 10
3.21 Web Page Directory.......................................................................................................... 10
3.22 Adjust the System Time.................................................................................................... 10
3.23 SSH Console..................................................................................................................... 11

3.24 Putty Console Software .................................................................................................... 11
3.25 ipkg Package Software Management............................................................................... 11
3.26 Install GNU Toolchain....................................................................................................... 12
3.27 Getting Started with the Hello Program ............................................................................ 12
3.28 Auto Start Program on Boot.............................................................................................. 13
4. Artila Utility Software................................................................................................14
4.1 update............................................................................................................................... 14
4.2 setuart............................................................................................................................... 14
4.3 setconsole......................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 version............................................................................................................................... 15
4.5 gpioctl................................................................................................................................ 15
4.6 audio command................................................................................................................. 15
5. Loader Menu..............................................................................................................16
6. Frequently Asked Question......................................................................................17
6.1 Forgot Password............................................................................................................... 17
6.2 Forgot the IP Address....................................................................................................... 17
6.3 System Fail to Boot........................................................................................................... 17
7. System Recovery ......................................................................................................18
7.1 Update Image.................................................................................................................... 18
7.2 Make Filesystem............................................................................................................... 18
7.3 Recovery Env.................................................................................................................... 18
7.4 Show Info.......................................................................................................................... 18
7.5 Reboot............................................................................................................................... 18
7.6 Update Image Starts......................................................................................................... 19
7.7 Update Image Completes ................................................................................................. 19
7.8 Make Files System Starts ................................................................................................. 19
8. Appendix....................................................................................................................20
8.1 Utility Collection................................................................................................................. 20
8.2 ipkg Software Package Management............................................................................... 20

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1. Introduction
Matrix-518 is an ARM9-based Linux ready industrial computer. The key features are as follow:
ARM926EJ-S ARM Thumb Processor 400MHz w/MMU
32-KByte Data Cache and 32-KByte Instruction Cache
64MB SDRAM, 256MB NAND Flash on board
Two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Two USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps) Host Ports, one USB device port
Multimedia Card Interface for microSD memory card
Eight 3-in-1 RS-232/422/485 ports
21 programmable Digital I/O port
Audio Output
9 to 40VDC power input
Pre-installed Standard Linux 2.6 OS
GNU tool chain available on Artila FTP
Optional DIN RAIL mounting adaptor
1.1 Packing List
Matrix-518 Box Computer
Wall mount bracket
1.2 Optional Accessory
CB-RJ45F9-150 (91-R45F9-150): Serial Cable (RJ45 to DB9 Female, 150cm)
CBL-F10M9-20 (91-0P9M9-001): Console Cable (10Pin Header to DB9 Male, 20cm)
DK-35A (36-DK35A-000): DIN RAIL Mounting Kit

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2. Layout
25
12.5
4
167.5
5.9
104
40
1
10
Reset
Button

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3. Pin Assignment and Definition
3.1 Reset Button
Press the “Reset” button to activate the hardware reset. You should only use this function if the
software does not function properly.
3.2 Power LED
The Power LED will show solid green if power is properly applied.
3.3 Ready LED
The Ready LED will show solid green if Matrix-518 complete system boot up. If Ready LED is off
during system boot up, please check if power input is correct. Turn off the power and restart
Matrix-518 again. If Ready LED is still off, please contact the manufacture for technical support.
3.4 Link / Act LED
When Ethernet port are connected to the network, Link/Act will show solid green and if there is traffic is
the Ethernet port, this LED will flash.
3.5 Serial Port LED
These eight dual color LEDs indicate the data traffic at the serial ports. When RXD line is high then
Green light is ON and when TXD line is high, Yellow light is ON.
3.6 Ethernet Port
Pin No.
Signal
1
ETx+
2
ETx-
3
ERx+
6
ERx-
3.7 Serial Ports
Port 1~8: 3-in-1 Software Configurable
RS-232/422/485
Note
Only Port 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 have full modem signals DSR, DTR, DCD.

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Pin No.
RS-232
RS-422
RS-485
1
DSR
-
-
2
RTS
TXD+
Data+
3
GND
GND
GND
4
TXD
TXD-
Data-
5
RXD
RXD+
-
6
DCD
RXD-
-
7
CTS
-
-
8
DTR
-
-
3.8 Serial Console Port
Serial console port is located inside the box at CON1. You need to use console cable (91-0P9M9-001)
to access it.
Serial Console RS-232
1
N/C
2
N/C
3
RXD
4
N/C
5
TXD
6
N/C
7
N/C
8
N/C
9
GND
10
N/C
To use the serial console port, you need to open the metal case of Matrix-518 and the CON1 connector
is near the reset button and LEDs. Use any terminal software such as hyper terminal and configure
the setting as follow:
Baud Rate: 115200
Data bits: 8
Parity: N
Stop bit: 1
Terminal type: VT100
1
9
2
10

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3.9 Digital I/O Port (DB25 Female)
Pin No.
Function
Pin No.
Function
1
DIO0
14
DIO13
2
DIO1
15
DIO14
3
DIO2
16
DIO15
4
DIO3
17
DIO16
5
DIO4
18
DIO17
6
DIO5
19
DIO18
7
DIO6
20
DIO19
8
DIO7
21
DIO20
9
DIO8
22
GND
10
DIO9
23
GND
11
DIO10
24
VCC3
12
DIO11
25
VCC5
13
DIO12
Note
1. VCC3: 3.3 VDC output
2. VCC5: 5 VDC output
3. GND: Digital Ground
Input:
Low level: -0.5V min
+0.9V max
High level: +2.3V min
+5.5V max
Output:
Low level: +0.5V min @ 8mA
High level: +1.8V min @ 8mA
1
2
3
4
5

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3.10 Factory Default Settings
LAN 1 IP Address: 192.168.2.127
LAN 2 IP Address: 192.168.3.127
Login: root or guest (telnet guest only)
Password: root or guest (telnet guest only)
Serial Console Port:
Baud rate: 115200
Data format: 8 Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop bit (N,8,1)
Flow Control: None
Terminal type: VT100
3.11 Power on and System Boot up
Once Matrix-518 is correctly power on, it will start boot Linux kernel and mount file system. You can
use Ethernet and telnet and login Matrix-518. Once kernel loaded, it will find /sbin/init and execute it.
The initialization configuration is at /etc/inittab. Once boot up, you can use telnet to login Matrix-518.
3.12 Inittab and Run Levels
Inittab contains information of system initialization. The system initialization script /etc/rcS.d runs first
then the run level 5 /etc/rc5.d.Matrix-518 uses run level for system setup and the default run level is
number 5. Please refer to introduction to linux (http://tille.garrels.be/training/tldp/) for information
about run level.
Following is the run levels setting:
Run level 0: halt
Run level 1 is single user (login and service are disabled)
Run level 2~5 are multiple users
Run level 6 is reboot
Please refer to loader menu section for selection of run level.

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3.13 Default Started Service
1. amgrd (Artila broadcast search daemon)
2. ssh (secured shell) with sftp
3. syslog/klogd (system and kernel log)
4. telnet server (disable root with /etc/securetty)
5. ftp server (vsftp)
6. web server (lighttpd)
7. Ready LED (debug LED for internal use)
3.14 Network Settings
3.15 Insert Kernel Module
To insert kernel module while system boot up, please use vi to edit /etc/modules to add module to
load e.g.
rt73usb
To load the USB WLAN adaptor.
Use vi editing tool to edit the /etc/network/interfaces for network setting. The default setting is static
IP 192.168.2.127. Matrix-518 also supports Wireless LAN. Use
wireless_essid XXX
wireless_key YYY

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To add SSID and WEP key if necessary. XXX is SSID and YYY is WEP Key.
Matrix-518 supports USB WLAN adaptor (Ralink RT2571). You can enable the driver module
(rt73usb) by adding rt73usb in
/etc/modules
3.16 File System
The 256MB NAND Flash memory of Matrix-518 contains Boot loader (uBoot), Linux Kernel, Root File
System and user disk (\home). The file system and disk space are shown as follow:
3.17 Devices List
The supported devices are shown at /dev directory. Following list are most popular ones:
1. ttyS0: serial console port
2. ttyS1 to ttyS8: serial port 1 to port 8
3. sda to sdb: USB flash disk
4. ttyUSB0 to ttyUSB1: USB RS-232 adaptor (fdti_sio.ko)
5. rtc: Real Time Clock
6. gpio: General Purpose digital I/O
7. ttyACM0 and ttyACM1: USB Modem (CDC compliant)
8. mmc: SD driver

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3.18 Utility Software
Matrix-518 includes busybox utility collection and Artila utility software and there are placed at:
/sbin
/bin
/usr/bin
/use/sbin
Please refer to Appendix for the utility collection list.
3.19 Mounting External Storage Memory
To find out the device name of the external memory device which plug into Matrix-518, you can use the
command:
dmesg | grep sd
dmesg | grep mmc
To find out the device type (sda, sdb or mmc).
And use
mount/dev/sda1
mount/dev/mmc
to mount the USB disk or SD card and folder is local at
media/sda1 or /mnt/sda1

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3.20 Welcome Message
To modify the welcome message, user can use text edit to modify the /etc/motd.
3.21 Web Page Directory
The web pages are placed at /usr/www and the /etc/lighttpd.conf contains the lighttpd web server
settings. The home page name should be index.html.
3.22 Adjust the System Time
To adjust the RTC time, you can follow the command:
date MMDDhhmmYYYY
where
MM=Month (01~12)
DD=Date (01~31)
hh=Hour
mm=minutes
YYYY=Year
hwclock –w
To write the date information to RTC.
User can also use NTP client utility on Artila FTP to adjust the RTC time.
ntpclient [time server ip]

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3.23 SSH Console
Matrix-518 supports SSH. If you use Linux computer, you can use SSH command to login Matrix-518.
The configuration of SSH and key are located at /etc/ssh.
The key generation program is available at /usr/bin.
3.24 Putty Console Software
For Windows user, you can download the putty software at
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html to use SSH to login Matrix-518.
3.25 ipkg Package Software Management
ipkg is a light software package utility. It can be used to install, upgrade and remove the software
package for Matrix-518. Currently user can use ipkg to install the software package from Artila FTP.
You can find the configuration at ipkg.conf.
When Matrix-518 is connected to network and issue command:
ipkg update
To update the package list and use
ipkg install
To install software package and
ipkg remove
To remove software
ipkg list
To list available software
ipkg list_installed
To list software installed
Please refer to Appendix for more about ipkg.

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3.26 Install GNU Toolchain
Find a PC with Linux OS installed as followed:
Fedore 7, ubuntu 7.04, OpenSUSE 10.2, Mandriva 2008, Debian 5.0, Centos (RedHat) 5 and above.
Login as a root user then copy the arm-linux-4.3.2.tar.gz to root directory of PC. Under root directory,
type following command to install the Matrix-518 Toolchain:
#tar -xvfj arm-linux-4.3.3.tar.bz2
The toolchain file name are:
arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
arm-linux-gnueabi-g++
arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
Version: gcc 4.3.3, glibc 2.9, binutils 2.18
For Windows user, please download the toolchain from CodeSourcery at
http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/package4547/public/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/arm-2
009q1-203-arm-none-linux-gnueabi.exe
The toolchain file name are:
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-strip
Version: gcc 4.3.3, glibc 2.8, binutils 2.19
3.27 Getting Started with the Hello Program
There are many example programs on Artila FTP. To compile the sample you can use the Make file
and type:
make
To compile and link the library. Once done, use ftp command
ftp 192.168.2.127
Then login with password. Use bin command to set transfer mode to binary
ftp>bin
To transfer the execution file to Matrix-518 user disk (/home/guest) and use
chmod +x file.o
To change it to execution mode and
./file.o
to run the program.

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3.28 Auto Start Program on Boot
To start a program on boot, you can use /etc/rc.local.
For example to use vi to edit rc.local
hello &
exit 0
Hello will be executed after system boot up. rc.local has the similar function as /etc/rc in Matrix-518.

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4. Artila Utility Software
The introduction of Artila utility software as follow:
4.1 update
Update loader, environment file and kernel image. Type update--help to find the command usage.
Update can only operate under supervisor mode (password: root). Please use command su and login
as root.
4.2 setuart
Configure serial port setting. An example show as followed to configure port 1 as RS-485 interface
with baud rate 921600.
4.3 setconsole
Unlike Matrix-510 which shares the serial console port with the serial port 3, Matrix-518 uses dedicated
pins for serial console (debug port). setconsole command allows user to redirect the serial console
port to any one of the eight serial port of Matrix-518. Therefore user can avoid opening the metal case
to access the serial console.

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4.4 version
Find out the version of OS.
4.5 gpioctl
The gpio can be configured by gpioctl and the usage is as shown followed.
4.6 audio command
madplay: play mp3 file
aplay: play wav file
amixer: volume control
alsamixer: graph control

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5. Loader Menu
Loader menu helps user to select the run level of system boot up. User need to use serial console to
enter loader menu. Please configure the serial port of terminal as follow:
Baud Rate: 115200
Data bits: 8
Parity: N
Stop bit: 1
Flow Control: None
Terminal type: VT100
Once power up Matrix-518, please repeatedly keying “@” and you will see the loader menu appear as
follow:
If you miss the timing, please power on again the Matrix-518 and do it again. Select U will prompt the
run level selection message. Run level 0 is halt, run level 1 is single user (disable login and service).
Run level 2~5 are multiple users and run level 6 is reboot. To view the run level configuration, please
check:
/etc/inittab