MCU / Orin UART Access

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BMC can access MCU/Orin UART over LAN.

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ssh root@<BMC IP> -p 2200

If the UART displays Shell>, the MCU UART is connected. Otherwise, the Orin UART is connected.

To exit the console when you are done, do the following:

  1. Press RETURN, then press shift and tilde 2 times.

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    RETURN, SHIFT + ~ ~

  2. Press period (.) to complete.

The default UART console is Orin UART. You can switch between MCU and UART by using the following commands.

Set BMC_GPION1 high to change to IGX Orin UART:

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gpioset -m exit gpiochip0 60=1 #or gpioset -m exit `gpiofind "bmc_gpio_n1"`=1

Set BMC_GPION1 low to change to MCU UART:

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gpioset -m exit gpiochip0 60=0 #or gpioset -m exit `gpiofind "bmc_gpio_n1"`=0

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