My Omegas are now gathering dust. They can't connect to the 802.11n network.
How would I get a hint of what's not working?
My Omegas are now gathering dust. They can't connect to the 802.11n network.
How would I get a hint of what's not working?
Well, bad news, it broke again. After I rebooted the newly installed b162 running on the Ω2+, the orange light flashed slowly for a few seconds as if booting normally, then turned off. It didn't broadcast any SSID.
I then tried to put it on the small expansion board, same result.
Tried pressing the reset button while turning it on, same result, no light and no SSID.
What can I do now?
@Luciano-S. Actually I did contact the Onion team about the issue, they just acknowledged the problematic switch, but didn't offer an RMA. The switch is broken "away from the GPIO", i.e. OFF, and I can't move it back on. This Expansion Dock is essentially unusable until I replace the switch. I surely won't ask a professional to replace a 50cents part on a $15 board, that would cost me $50 at least (last time I asked for surface soldering service). This is a board to be tinkered with (somewhat), after all!
Indeed, I managed to get the latest, b159 version on a USB key (FAT32), and install it manually. After that, it finally connected to the router. The Onion team has some great ideas, but should really test their firmware before shipping!
For the record: I plugged the Ω2+ on the Battery Expansion Board, and didn't need the CP2102 standalone converter I had. Also, the USB key didn't mount automatically, but issuing command /etc/init.d/mountd restart mounted the key at /tmp/run/mountd/sda1, not /tmp/mounts (this directory doesn't exist)
Buggy firmware + outdated documentation…
Well, I did just that, attempting the upgrade from a previously downloaded image on a USB drive formatted in FAT32. I took the b157 version, the latest when I attempted to make the Ω2+ work.
However, I still can't make it connect to my router
I tried to create an unsecured, ad-hoc network on my computer for the Omega to connect to, but it also fails, and still doesn't give out any details.
What would be next?
@Ken-Conrad said in Omega2+ can't connect to wifi network during initial setup:
@Patrick-Nou You have the tools to update your Omega to working - the broken switch on the Expansion dock has been common problem, can you use a small needle to make it work?
Actually I already tried the needle, but ended up breaking the switch further, in the OFF position. I guess I will have to replace it, but the solder points are really tiny and I may well tear away the fragile printed circuit.
From the updated instructions, should I understand nor the serial connection or the Ethernet Expenasion aren't required anymore? I do have access to the SSH server, even if the Omega isn't set up yet.
What filesystem should the USB key be formetted in?
@Luciano-S. I read somewhere the Battery dock didn't feature a CP2102 chip.
However, I do have a regular Expansion Dock (for the Ω) whose power switch is broken.
I also have a standalone CP2102, Breadboard Dock.
The only missing information would be the full pinout of the Ethernet Expansion Board
Broken switch below:
@Luciano-S. Already tried regular USB charger that has no problem charging an iPad (notoriously power-hungry), already powered the Omega (non-2 version), the Raspberry Pi (also very sensitive to bad power quality).
I don't have another laptop handy, but a USB voltmeter shows it doesn't go lower than 4.75V, still within the 5% tolerance required.
The documentation pages don't state explicitly how to manually update the firmware; however, I found this old documentation page through a G search, and deducted this would be the correct path to fetch the latest image for the Ω2+: http://repo.onion.io/omega2/images/omega2p-v0.1.9-b157.bin
So the next step would be to
1- somehow put this image into the /tmp directory
Related problem: how do I perform a file transfer over SSH when SFTP is not available?
2- perform:
sysupgrade -n /tmp/omega-v0.1.9-b157.bin
Am I correct?
What are the chances of bricking the Ω?
Not sure how I should feel knowing that a device I waited for months can't even complete its own simple setup.
@Luciano-S. 1- Tried while connected to my laptop's USB port: FAILS.
2- None of those have any special character in them.
3- What old firmware? I can't update if I can't connect to the Internet, anyway.
aps command yields:
3 Zhone 22:02:71:XX:YY:ZZ WPA2PSK/AES 89 11b/g/n NONE In
And the last part of /etc/config/wireless shows:
config wifi-iface
option device 'ra0'
option network 'wlan'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key '12345678'
option ApCliAuthMode 'WPA2PSK'
option ApCliEncrypType 'AES'
option ssid 'Omega-F835'
option ApCliSsid 'Zhone'
option ApCliPassWord 'Password'
option ApCliEnable '1'
I don't have a picture, but this is a rather short cable, 1m long approximately.
Any idea where the problem is? No other Wifi device have any issue, not even the current Omega (non 2) that are on the same network.
Hello there,
I am trying to get my new Omega2+ to connect to the Wifi network, but it fails for some reason. It is connected to a Battery Dock (without battery at the moment), has an Ethernet Expension sitting on it (no cable connected yet).
I first tried the GUI way, and it just reports being unable to connect to my WiFi router.
Then I tried to modify /etc/config/wireless, and I could see my router's SSID / password being there.
Also, it reports Ω-ware: 0.1.5 b130 on login through SSH, if that's any helpful.
But it fails to connect.
Any idea how to tackle this?
Similar problem here: my Omega 2+ can see my router, but refuses to connect. Doesn't give any error message, but the router doesn't register any connection attempt.
It's powered through a standard USB cell phone charger.
IdeaS?