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wireless cape bricks the beaglebone

chicagobob

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Follow the directions and the beagle board no longer boots.

GREAT !!

What is going on?

Edit

/boot/uEnv.txt

> sudo nano /boot/uEnv.txt

# Enable the overlay dtb

(eMMC/hdmi/etc are disabled)

dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb

# Enable the gateway/connectivity cape overlay:

cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=BB-BONE-WL183

Write out & save edits.

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  • Thanks so much for the replies. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

     

    I am trying to get the Element 14 wireless cape working on the Beagle bone black with the latest debian.

    These are new items purchased in the last 30 days.

     

    After making the changes to the /boot/uEnv.txt as instructed in the readme file I was not able to access the board via Putty again.

    Power lights blinking but no access. That OS will need to be replaced. 

    So I got an SD card and modified that. With the cape plugged in I was not able to access to the board via putty and HDMI is disabled

    but removing the cape allowed me access to the card again, Thanks for that advice.

    So far this has been a total let down. I am used to buying something plugging it in and it working if you follow the directions. Guess thats not the case.

     

    "but really you'll likely need a USB UART adapter connected to the serial console pins on the BBB. so that you can see what Linux is printing out upon startup"

    I don't have one and it seems that is the only solution since the directions on the element 14 website do not work.

    When  you look online you get a bunch of conflicting information so that's not helping.

    I will document this after its working as I try combinations of guesses and who knows what, to get this thing working.

    So far no luck.

    Why is something sold so hard to install

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  • Thanks so much for the replies. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

     

    I am trying to get the Element 14 wireless cape working on the Beagle bone black with the latest debian.

    These are new items purchased in the last 30 days.

     

    After making the changes to the /boot/uEnv.txt as instructed in the readme file I was not able to access the board via Putty again.

    Power lights blinking but no access. That OS will need to be replaced. 

    So I got an SD card and modified that. With the cape plugged in I was not able to access to the board via putty and HDMI is disabled

    but removing the cape allowed me access to the card again, Thanks for that advice.

    So far this has been a total let down. I am used to buying something plugging it in and it working if you follow the directions. Guess thats not the case.

     

    "but really you'll likely need a USB UART adapter connected to the serial console pins on the BBB. so that you can see what Linux is printing out upon startup"

    I don't have one and it seems that is the only solution since the directions on the element 14 website do not work.

    When  you look online you get a bunch of conflicting information so that's not helping.

    I will document this after its working as I try combinations of guesses and who knows what, to get this thing working.

    So far no luck.

    Why is something sold so hard to install

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  • in reply to chicagobob

    Yeah, the BB Black is really just a dev board so it's basically "Plug and Pray".   However, many times the documentation for a device is for a specific image version so an attempt to use something else usually involves some discovery from the user.

     

    Have you tried it without making the edits in the uEnv.txt?  That is, just leave it at the defaults from where the image was burnt on the uSD card.

     

    Have you tried the BeagleBone forums?