Hardware Function Usage

Debug Serial

The Station P2 does not expose a debug serial port on the enclosure. You need to open the host and connect a USB to TTL serial module to the debug serial port on the mainboard for debugging.

For the connection and usage of the debug serial port, see: Debug Serial.

UART (RS232 / RS485)

The Station P2 panel provides 1 Control Port, which expands RS232 x 2 and RS485 x 1 signals. The signal definition is as follows:

1. RS232_TX3    2. RS232_RX3
3. RS232_TX2    4. GND
5. GND          6. RS232_RX2
7. RS485_A      8. RS485_B

The serial device nodes depend on the actual system and can be listed with ls /dev/ttyS*.

Take RS485 (RS485_A/RS485_B) as an example. Connect the host and the computer with a USB to RS485 adapter (the adapter node on the host depends on the actual device, e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0; the RS485 node on the computer depends on the actual system, /dev/ttyS1 is used as an example below).

The computer sends, the host receives:

# Run on the host terminal first
cat /dev/ttyUSB0
# Run on the debug serial terminal of the computer
echo "firefly RS485 test..." > /dev/ttyS1

The host terminal will receive the string firefly RS485 test....

The host sends, the computer receives:

# Run on the debug serial terminal of the computer first
busybox stty -echo -F /dev/ttyS1       # disable echo
cat /dev/ttyS1
# Run on the host terminal
echo "firefly RS485 test..." > /dev/ttyUSB0

The debug serial terminal of the computer will receive the string firefly RS485 test.... The RS232 signals can be verified in the same way, just replace the node with the corresponding RS232 device node.

Display Interface

The Station P2 provides 1 HDMI 2.0 output interface, supporting up to 4K@60Hz output. On Android, the resolution and display mode can be adjusted in Settings -> Display.

Get the edid, supported modes and connection status of HDMI:

busybox hexdump /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid
cat /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/modes
cat /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/status

Generally, if the HDMI display fails, first run the commands above to check whether the connection status, edid and resolution are correct.

Ethernet

The Station P2 provides 2 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet ports, corresponding to the eth0 and eth1 devices in the system.

After both ports are connected to the network, you can check the IP addresses via the debug serial port or adb:

ifconfig eth0
ifconfig eth1

Connectivity test:

ping -I eth0 -c 10 www.baidu.com
ping -I eth1 -c 10 168.168.4.168

When testing, please modify the target IP according to the actual network environment. On Linux, you can use ip addr or ifconfig to check the port status and IP address.

USB Interfaces

The Station P2 provides 1 USB 3.0 interface and 2 USB 2.0 interfaces for USB flash drives, USB keyboards/mice and other devices. After a device is plugged in, you can check whether it is recognized with lsusb:

lsusb

In addition, the USB-C interface on the panel is an OTG interface, which can be used to connect to a host for adb debugging or firmware upgrade.

SATA Drive Installation

The Station P2 provides 1 SATA 3.0 interface inside the chassis, supporting 2.5-inch, 7mm thick HDD/SSD. The installation is shown below: