GlobalScale MiraBox User manual
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MiraBox User Guide
Contents
A. Package contents.............................................................................................................................................. 2
B. MiraBox appearance and connecting ports................................................................................................... 4
C. LED indication.................................................................................................................................................... 6
D. System console and debugging...................................................................................................................... 7
1. Driver and tool installation..................................................................................................................................... 7
2. Go into debugging console.................................................................................................................................10
3. WiFi AP mode testing......................................................................................................................................... 11
4. WIFI Client mode testing .................................................................................................................................... 13
5. Gigabit ethernet ports......................................................................................................................................... 16
6. USB 3.0 port ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
7. Multi-IO port...................................................................................................................................................... 18
8. Reset................................................................................................................................................................ 26
9. Download sites.................................................................................................................................................. 27
10. FCC STATEMENT......................................................................................................................................... 27
11. RF warning statement: ................................................................................................................................... 27
-Sep18, 2012
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A. Package contents
1．Standard package contents
MiraBoxstandard content List Remark
1 MiraBox 1 unit Mirabox main unit
2 AC-DC Power Adapter 1 pc Input 90-240VAC / output 5V,3A DC
3 Ethernet Cable 1 pc Cat 5e
4 USB3.0 Cable 1 pc
5 Mini-USB Cable 1 pc For debug console use
6 Quick reference card 1 pc
7 Warranty card 1 pc
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2. Optional package contents
MiraBoxOptional Content List
6 Multi I/O Cable 1 pc Connect from MiraBox to JTAG/GPIO box
7 GPIO Cable 1 pc For GPIO port connection
8 MiraBox JTAG/GPIO box 1 pc External JTAG/GPIO box for debugging
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B. MiraBox appearance and connecting ports
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Mirabox ports description
Connection port Description Remark
1 Power Port DC 5V/3Aport
2 RJ45 #1 Gigabit Ethernet port1
3 RJ45 #2 Gigabit Ethernet port2
4 USB 3.0 port#1 USB 3.0 high speed host
5 USB 3.0 port#2 USB 3.0 high speed host
6 Mini USB console port Debug console Connect to PC USB port
7 Multi-I/O port JTAG and GPIO port Connect to external JTAG/GPIO box for system
development.
8 Micro SD slot External Micro-SD slot
9 Reset button hole System reset button Reset through GPIO
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C. LED indication
LED indication table
LED Color/ Pattern Description
1 Power on LED Solid green Upon power on, this LED lights up
Blinking blue Indicate WiFiAP mode is activated as default after boot up2 WiFiAP
Off WiFiAP mode is not activated
Blinking green WiFi client mode is activated
3 WiFi client Off WiFi client mode is not activated
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D. System console and debugging
1. Driver and tool installation.
(1) Prepare one Windows PC
(2) Download the serial communication tool “putty.exe”.
(3) Downloadthe driver “2KXPVDock.exe”forProlific-USB-to-Serial-Comm-Portat our Website.
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-downloads.aspx
(4) Install driver on your PC (only for the first time)
(4-1) Connect Mirabox to your Windows PC
(4-2)The first time when you connect Mirabox to the Windows computer you will be asked to install the driver
Connect Mini USB cable here.The other end
connects to computer’s USB port.
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(4-3)Run file “2KXPVDock.exe”and the driver will be installed to the PATH C:\cabs\2KXPVDock”.
(5) Find out the com port of your debugger on your windows PC.
(5-1)Right click [My Computer] [Properties] [Hardware] [Device Manager]
Click“Next”tocompletet
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(5-2)Find out your com port as below (here is com3 for example)
(6) Run “putty.exe”and configure as below on yourWindows PC.
The “Serial line” should be
configured the same as the
COM port in Device Manager
Give it a name and save for
easy execution next time
Give it a name and save for
easy execution next time
Click
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2. Go into debugging console.
(1) Power on the MiraBoxand you will see messages on screen as below
(2) You can press any key to stop auto-boot when you see the bootdelay timer is counting down.
After entering the uboot prompt, you can also change the uboot environment variables such
asbootdelaytime, Ipaddr,serverip and so on.
(3) If no key was pressed to interrupt the uboot, it will continue running to the login screen where urges you to
input the login name and password, here is the default login information.
Login :root
Password: nosoup4u
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