{"id":414,"date":"2017-04-05T12:43:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T10:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systev.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2019-06-09T20:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:07:34","slug":"updating-wp85xx-firmware-with-mangoh-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systev.com\/updating-wp85xx-firmware-with-mangoh-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating WP85xx firmware with mangOH Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article presents the steps I followed to upgrade the firmware of a Sierra Wireless WP8546 used in a mangOH Green board.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Reference material<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/source.sierrawireless.com\/resources\/legato\/wpfirmwarerelease13_1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>WP85xx<\/em> firmware packages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mangoh.io\/docs\/4118902%20mangOH%20Green%20(DV4)%20User%20Guide%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>mangOH Green<\/em> User Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mangoh.io\/docs\/4118903%20mangOH%20Green%20(DV4)%20Developer's%20Guide%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>mangOH Green<\/em> Developer Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hardware configuration<\/h3>\n<p>The hardware configuration I&#8217;ll use to perform the update is based on following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a PC running <em>Linux Mint 18.1<\/em> (a brand new installation)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>a <em>mangOH Green<\/em> board, with a <em>WP8548<\/em>, and GNSS and cellular antennas<\/li>\n<li>mangOH board is configured for USB power supply (see User Guide)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Software configuration<\/h3>\n<p>Install <strong>swiflash<\/strong> as described <a href=\"https:\/\/source.sierrawireless.com\/resources\/airprime\/software\/swiflash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Connection<\/h3>\n<p>Connect the board to the PC using the provided USB cable. On my PC, a <strong>dmesg<\/strong> command shows that the board is recognized:<\/p>\n<pre>[ 4276.098590] usb 2-1.7: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci\n[ 4276.199239] usb 2-1.7: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 19 but max is 1\n[ 4276.199244] usb 2-1.7: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 20 but max is 1\n[ 4276.199246] usb 2-1.7: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 20 but max is 1\n[ 4276.199248] usb 2-1.7: config 1 has no interface number 0\n[ 4276.199250] usb 2-1.7: config 1 has no interface number 1\n[ 4276.200235] usb 2-1.7: New USB device found, idVendor=1199, idProduct=68c0\n[ 4276.200239] usb 2-1.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3\n[ 4276.200242] usb 2-1.7: Product: WP8548-G\n[ 4276.200244] usb 2-1.7: Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated\n[ 4276.200246] usb 2-1.7: SerialNumber: 0123456789ABCDEF\n[ 4276.217522] cdc_ether 2-1.7:1.19 usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.7, CDC Ethernet Device, 8a:c9:fb:5d:dc:ae\n[ 4276.235488] cdc_ether 2-1.7:1.19 enp0s29u1u7i19: renamed from usb0\n[ 4276.256129] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s29u1u7i19: link is not ready\n[ 4276.256249] cdc_ether 2-1.7:1.19 enp0s29u1u7i19: kevent 12 may have been dropped\n[ 4276.256255] cdc_ether 2-1.7:1.19 enp0s29u1u7i19: kevent 12 may have been dropped\n[ 4276.260989] cdc_ether 2-1.7:1.19 enp0s29u1u7i19: kevent 12 may have been dropped<\/pre>\n<p>But the board appears as connected via Ethernet, not as a DM port as it should be the case according to <a href=\"https:\/\/source.sierrawireless.com\/resources\/legato\/wpfirmwarerelease13_1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The output from <strong>ifconfig<\/strong> command shows that the newly created network interface was assigned an IP address:<\/p>\n<pre>enp0s29u1u7i19 Link encap:Ethernet\u00a0 HWaddr 8a:c9:fb:5d:dc:ae \u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 inet addr:192.168.2.3\u00a0 Bcast:192.168.2.255\u00a0 Mask:255.255.255.0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 inet6 addr: fe80::6226:5d43:6fa0:4f8d\/64 Scope:Link\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST\u00a0 MTU:1500\u00a0 Metric:1\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RX bytes:8031 (8.0 KB)\u00a0 TX bytes:6720 (6.7 KB)<\/pre>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s follow <a href=\"https:\/\/source.sierrawireless.com\/resources\/airprime\/software\/swiflash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the instructions<\/a> that allow to switch the board into bootload mode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ssh<\/strong> into the board as root (there is no password):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>ssh root@192.168.2.2<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>display version information, for later reference:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>root@swi-mdm9x15:~# cm info\nDevice:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WP8548\nIMEI:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 359377060009023\nFSN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LL542500181303\nFirmware:\u00a0\u00a0 SWI9X15Y_07.11.09.00 r32989 CARMD-EV-FRMWR1 2016\/08\/11 18:03:20\nBootloader: SWI9X15Y_07.11.09.00 r32989 CARMD-EV-FRMWR1 2016\/08\/11 18:03:20<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>switch the board into <em>bootloader<\/em> mode:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>root@swi-mdm9x15:~# microcom -E \/dev\/ttyAT\nAT!BOOTHOLD<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>the board answers back with <tt>OK<\/tt>, and the connection is closed a few seconds later.<\/li>\n<li>download the generic combined images binary file from <a href=\"https:\/\/source.sierrawireless.com\/resources\/legato\/wpfirmwarerelease13_1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and flash the WP8548 with the downloaded file:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>swiflash -m WP85XX -i WPx5xx_Release-13.1_GENERIC.spk<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>when the message <tt>Rebooting the module<\/tt> is displayed, stop <strong>swiflash<\/strong> (<tt>CTRL-C<\/tt>)<\/li>\n<li>using <strong>ifconfig<\/strong> command again, check that the network interface with IP address 192.168.2.3 is available<\/li>\n<li>using <strong>ssh<\/strong>, connect to the\u00a0 board, and display version information. Now it&#8217;s as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>Device:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WP8548\nIMEI:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 359377060009023\nFSN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LL542500181303\nFirmware:\u00a0\u00a0 SWI9X15Y_07.11.22.00 r33729 CARMD-EV-FRMWR1 2017\/01\/11 18:04:06\nBootloader: SWI9X15Y_07.11.22.00 r33729 CARMD-EV-FRMWR1 2017\/01\/11 18:04:06\npriIdPn:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9904889\npriIdRev:\u00a0\u00a0 01.00\nskuId:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1102621<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article presents the steps I followed to upgrade the firmware of a Sierra Wireless WP8546 used in a mangOH Green board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}