GIZMO 2 auto power on

Check the spam folder... found mine there.

Thanks Clem.

Been there done that- got my IT at work to check and no spam from gizmosphere.

Checked my private gmail account as well but no spam there either.

Did you double check email used spelling etc... How do you cause the boot process to occur now? I may have some ideas.

Clem

George Payne wrote:

 

Have my GIZMO 2 running on Windows 7 Enterprise and it is performing well but I really would like to have it start when power is applied to the board.

 

This question has been discussed in the Gizmosphere forums referring to the original GIZMO board here Topic: Starting Button | GizmoSphere | GizmoSphere , I suspect that it's the same for the GIZMO 2, I haven't explored modifying the SageBIOS code myself yet though.

Hi Brian and Clem,

Thanks for your replies. Yep, checked and double checked my email spelling, just don't get an email from gizmosphere.org for both email addresses - tried several times.

Clem, presently I need to push the on/off button. What I need is for when power is applied to the board for it to boot up. In a typical desktop that is a function in the BIOS that is easily changed.

Brian, I saw that thread in the forum but without beign able to get access to it I resorted to the element 14 blog. It seems even they haven't actually got it working.

This statement interests me, is it that simple

"I want to add just a bit more that developers shared with me, to further clarify power up.

The Gizmo hardware was designed to power up when power is applied.
Gizmo will power up when power is applied if one writes a value of 05h to PMREG 5Bh.
This doesn’t get done by default, though; it would have to have been written the
last time the system booted.

In other words, you have to power up once to set the state."

Trouble is I am not quite sure how to action this - any ideas??

It seems to me that boards like this are ideal to run a host of different applications and hardware for small standalone systems so one of the most important factors is that if the power is lost and then restored the unit just needs to boot up. In my case I want it to operate a current profiler and the software for it is windows based. The whole system will be powered by solar backed batteries but if the batteries drop too low due to lack of solar charging (cloudy/rainy weather for several days) then the system will disconnect all the load until the batteries are re-charged at which time the GIZMO needs to re-boot.

Regards

George

Hi,

I still haven't sorted this auto power on and still cannot get onto Gizmosphere BUT I did find this

I want to add just a bit more that developers shared with me, to further clarify power up.

The Gizmo hardware was designed to power up when power is applied.
Gizmo will power up when power is applied if one writes a value of 05h to PMREG 5Bh.
This doesn’t get done by default, though; it would have to have been written the
last time the system booted.

In other words, you have to power up once to set the state.

Can anyone tell me how to achieve this - seems like a very simple solution to my problem but I have no idea how to write a value to PMREG 5Bh.

Thanks

George

My next suggestion is that you review the videos on our site to see if you can glean something useful from them.

In addition, you may wish to try the following:

First, download the SageBIOS BSP for Gizmo from here: http://www.se-eng.com/gizmobsp

You’ll find a set of instructions to follow in “SageBIOS Installation Instructions” here: http://www.se-eng.com/bsp-installation-information

Work through these steps, and BEFORE you get to Step 7 of the instructions, make the code change shown below.

This change should be added to the file coreboot/src/mainboard/gizmosphere/gizmo/mainboard.c at the end of the mainboard_enable() ftn.

/*Configure the system to always boot up when power is applied */

u8 byte = pm_ioread(SB_PMIOA_REG5B);
byte &= 0xf8; //clear bits 0-2
byte |= 0×05; //set bits 0 and 2
pm_iowrite(SB_PMIOA_REG5B, byte);

After you’ve added this code, go back to complete Step 7.

Then, after it builds, follow the instructions for downloading the ROM image from our Wiki page: http://www.se-eng.com/wiki/index.php/SmartProbe_and_Sage_EDK_Users_Guide#Download_the_ROM_image_to_the_Target

From -  http://www.gizmosphere.org/forums/topic/starting-button/

Hi,

Thanks Clem for the quick reply. I now see where this came from BUT in reading these original posts it seems that no-one actually got the BIOS to actually build successfully - mind you there may be more on this on Gizmosphere (if only I could access it).

Oh well, the Gizmo 2 looked to be such a great tool for my work but without being able to have to auto power on it is useless to me. I didn't expect to have to go through such complicated hoops to get a simple board to boot up on power on.

George

I wish I had one to provide a tutorial for you.

Clem