Posts made by Douglas Kryder

@Bartosz-Grabias there is a mention of that issue in a post in this thread by Lazar [4th post of thread]
https://community.onion.io/topic/2809/new-os-release

using a text editor check the file at /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf . if some of the lines have a # or ## at the beginning of the line, delete those. then save. this will give you several more servers to check for the files needed. you can manually download by using the command wget and the file name address using the terminal. get the address or download the file from this list
https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.0/packages/mipsel_24kc/base/

additionally, if you have not researched the part about increasing available file space for the omega2 you need to find it in the documents and read about it because as you add stuff unless you somehow increase space you will most likely run short of file space and be unable to do what you want.

there is a learning curve. don't get frustrated easily. ask questions.

as far as kernel goes, you might have to find a firmware with newer kernel. it can be done , i think.

have you read this information ?,
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/communicating-with-1w-devices.html

there is a guide for openvpn/openssl for openwrt/lede on this page,
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/openvpn/comprehensive
i have tried it about a year ago, was not successful, but i pass it along in the event that you had not seen it and want to try as the packages may have changed as well as omega2 firmware being updated. it is the best guide i have seen, if it works or not i don't currently know. good luck.

i was also getting the spinning but i let it spin for ~10-15 secs and it finally setup. i figured there was a last minute setup in progress. question i have is i'm currently using an Android phone hotspot and when it is setup as WPA2-PSK the omega2 does not connect but if open it does. is there something i'm missing on the security issue with connection. i did wifisetup over serial and did scan, then select hotspot, then password, then network restarts. not sure if there is anything else. btw, the new ui is great and once there works well. thanks.

the $5 & $9 were the kickstarter/indiegogo prices. and they always said after those ended prices would increase. i have not been following the increases though since i got several units during campaign.

the DAC appears to need 5v 3amp. the omega2 is ~3v. you will need to account for this and use a level converter at some point.

i have 3 omega2+ that are from the time period of the initial kickstarter release and 1 of the 3 has always run hot. it has run almost every build from the start until the current one with no difference in operating temperature range in that every build runs hot. this leads me to think that maybe some component on the board is bad. my guess is that it is a bad capacitor, although i have no idea what the actual issue is. like your unit, this one seems to operate, in respect to software , just fine.

i'd suggest a power supply of 5V 2A minimum. usb lines from computers and/or phone chargers most of the time do not supply the current that the omega2 needs to boot up. especially at the point where the omega2 attempts to connect to a wifi router and can generally require for a brief period of time current in excess of what a usual usb line or phone charger can provide.

you will need to get a copy of the *.bin from the onion server somehow which requires internet. you can try to download directly from server.
http://repo.onion.io/omega2/images/ and then flash that.
look in the documentation for the instructions.
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/
look for download to usb storage.
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/manual-firmware-installation.html
if you have a dock with usb then,
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/usb-storage.html#usb-storage
otherwise a serial cable will help in the transfer.

try a space between ) and { on first line
int main() {

you might find some clues by researching either the hologram dash or the hologram nova. the dash was in development about the time of the onion gps module and the nova is the newest gps module which is similar usb module. there are several guides on net explaining how to setup nova on rpi which might help setup onion gps on rpi.

there might be some info in these documents that would help,
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/using-ethernet-expansion.html#using-ethernet-expansion
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/omega-router.html#omega-router
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/ethernet-bridge.html#ethernet-bridge

@Caio-Mehlem said in Documentation for MT7688:

Programmer’s Guide.

take a look at this page,
https://docs.labs.mediatek.com/resource/linkit-smart-7688/en/documentation

maybe create a method to data log the power [volt/amp] supplied to the omega2. you would then have a record of what was being supplied immediately prior to shutdown. maybe heat build up over a day or so affect the output of the power supply. maybe the script you are running affects the load on the omega2. i suspect that 200mA max of supply [if it is that] might be not enough under some conditions. maybe what ever you are using to supply power to the board is turning off/sleeping at some point because the omega2 is not using enough current.

@leonardo-moura you may find a way to use the onion arduino dock2 [sold separately] to handle the screen and then report to that screen whatever it is the omega2 is doing but the screen alone with omega2 most likely no.

@CAP-33 i have been issuing a reboot from a ssh terminal and then watch the device and when the LED goes off i remove power. so far i have not had an issue with data loss. i do remember when the device was first released the suggestion from an onion rep was just unplug it at any time.

@György-Farkas the out of the box state is continuous illumination. that is the manufactured normal state. any other state needs to be arrived at by user software control. that is a user defined state. look, you can beat this to death if you want, but i'm looking for help which you seemingly do not want to offer or can not offer. so why the trolling? please, just leave it effing alone.

@György-Farkas thing is i realize it is possible to blink the LED if one wants to do that. however the normal state of that blue LED is to be continuously illuminated and on my dock that is no longer the case. hence this request to anyone that might have an idea about how to restore the continuous illumination. it seems it is a hardware component failure or near failure that is happening and so if anyone has any insight into what component it might be i'd appreciate knowing. thanks.
watch this video if you need to see the normal LED state,
https://youtu.be/fo_KEEIQO9M?t=285

@György-Farkas hi, that is not my understanding of the dock LED. this particular blue LED did stay illuminated during operation. although the following clip is short you can see that the blue LED is continuously illuminated. the blinking LED of the arduino is done via an external LED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5o5xAGO6ck
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-arduino-dock-starter-kit/arduino-kit-blinking-led.html