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Getting Started Guide DM6437

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS320DM6437, CCSTUDIO

Hi

I am running into two issues and was hoping to get some support in evaluating this TMS320DM6437 board.
I was able to search and resolve some solution on my own but am running into some issues.


First,  I am trying to run Demo in your Getting Started Guide DM6437.
I am having issues with running the demos with the host applications.

Page 3-5  show a picture of exactly what appears on my screen. (Please see attached pictures.)

 

I tried to modify "dhcp" to "static" and gateway but I still come up empty. (Please see attached pictures below.)


    intcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.priority                      , 13 );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.ipAddrMethod                  , "dhcp" );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.staticIpAddr                  , "192.168.1.101" );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.subnetMask                    , "255.255.255.0" );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.gateway                       , "192.168.1.254" );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.domainName                    , "dm6437evm.net" );
    strcpy(APP_GLOBAL_data.ndk.dnsServer                     , "192.168.1.1" );
   

My Notebook ipconfig -all

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566MM Gigabit Network Con
nection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-37-D4-AF-F4
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:48:59 PM

Here's what I tried.

             Upgraded the gel to 1.60

  • Power on the EVM
     
  • Launch CCS, make sure you use the GEL file that comes with the board, 
    c:\CCStudio_v3.3\boards\evmdm6437_v2\gel\evmdm6437.gel
  • Load and run the .out file from the demo debug directory,
    C:\dvsdk_1_01_00_15\dm6437_demo_1_30_00\Debug\dm6437_demo.out
  • After a few seconds,  I see the following output below in the CCS output window,

  • ********************************************************
    *  Welcome: DM6437 Demo Application 1.30.00
    ********************************************************
    Performing System Initialization...
    Performing System Configuration...
    Settings: preview NTSC QD1
    Performing System Create...
    Starting up the Network...
    Using MAC Address: 00-0E-99-22-23-24
    Performing System Startup...
    000001 Control........... Play preview
    RPCS service is started
    System OK
    NDK - Network Added If-1:192.168.1.101
    NDK - Service Status: HTTP     : Enabled  :          : 000
    Link Status: 100Mb/s Full Duplex on PHY 0
    IP address discovery request
    Received text: RUADM6437EVMV2
    Reply text: YESIAMADM6437EVMV2 00-0E-99-22-23-24


I entered the target IP address first, or press 'Discover' button to have address located for you.

I received this Pop up Error message when I click Connect Button:

  • ERROR: could not connect to the target at IP 192.168.1.101
  • Details: JavaException: java.net.connectionException: Connection timed out: connect
I received this Pop up Error message when I click Discover Button:
             Could not locate any DM6437EVM demo-running targets on the network.
Second, I was able to compile the VLIB_testExamples successfully  but was not able too see any results when running.

Perhaps there is some configuration that I missed or did not set up a proper test harness.
(Please see attached pictures.)

 


Lab Environment:
Notebook is docked to docking station and station is connected to switch.
I have a video camera connected into Video IN and a TV connected to Video OUT.
I can see the video from the camera if I power up the system.
The board Ethernet is connected to a switch and both green/yellow led appear on the board.
DHCP is running properly as verified by all ip assigned to all hardware on the network

The following environment variables need to be set in as Windows System Variables.
These are the default settings and depending where you installed BIOS/CCS/DVSDK please adjust accordingly.

BIOS_INSTALL_DIR set to C:\CCStudio_v3.3\bios_5_31_08

BIOSDVSDK_INSTALL_DIR set to C:\dvsdk_1_11_00_00

BIOSUTILS_INSTALL_DIR set to C:\dvsdk_1_11_00_00\biosutils_1_00_02

BSL_EVMDM6437_INSTALLDIR set to C:\CCStudio_v3.3\boards\evmdm6437_v2

NDK_INSTALL_DIR set to C:\dvsdk_1_11_00_00\ndk_1_92_00_22_eval

Hopefully your team has seen this issues and have a workaround.

thanks

Ken

  • Hi

    I started with two issues and was hoping to get some support in evaluating this TMS320DM6437 board.
    I was able to  resolve my first issue on my own but am running into some issues with the Host App.

    Decode from File Mode

    I selected Video h.264 and Audio G.711 but the Host App appears to have issues decoding these Video and Audio files.

    Is there another work around?

     

     

  • Greetings Ken!

                I am Barani. i am working with DM6437 evaluation board. I tried to run the host side demo application  from the hostapp directory. I used the run.bat file to run the demo. When i tried to find the ip address of the EVM board through the discover option. I got the error message

    Could not locate any DM6437EVM demo-running targets on the network.

    I came to know through this forum that you solved this issue.

    I just installed the softwares and ran the batch file. Other than that i didn't do any changes regarding the demo application.

    Can you kindly tell me, how to solve this problem. Whether i have to update the gel or what else i have to do to solve this issue?

    Kindly assist me in this case.

    Regards,

    Barani.

  • Hi Barani,

    Yes you must update the gel from http://www.spectrumdigital.com/.

    Call them for ftp location of the gel.

    This board requires many hacks to get it to work.

    It does not work out of the box and I have not received complete instructions from any source.

    Please keep posting and we'll get the demos working as a team.

    Thanks

    Ken