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ANET429-x Users Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title Page
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
1.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Applicable Documents .............................................................................................................. 2
1.2.1 Industry Documents ................................................................................................................. 2
1.2.2 Product Specific Documents .................................................................................................... 2
2 Installation .............................................................................................................. 3
2.1 BSP Installation .......................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................ 3
2.2.1 Connectors ............................................................................................................................... 3
2.2.2 Buttons and LEDs .................................................................................................................... 8
3 Getting started ...................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Requirements ...........................................................................................................................11
3.2 Integration in a Network ..........................................................................................................11
3.2.1 The Network provides a DHCP sever ....................................................................................11
3.2.2 The Network doesn’t provide a DHCP sever .........................................................................11
3.3 The AIM Network Detection Tool ............................................................................................12
3.3.1 Installing Apple Bonjour .........................................................................................................12
3.3.2 Using the AIM Network Detection Tool ..................................................................................13
3.3.3 Configuring the ANET429 ......................................................................................................13
3.3.4 Configuring basic properties ..................................................................................................14
3.3.5 Configuring the Network Settings ..........................................................................................15
3.3.6 Configuring Wireless Network Interfaces ..............................................................................15
3.3.7 Check System Log-Files ........................................................................................................19
3.3.8 Re-Boot or Shutdown over Ethernet ......................................................................................19
3.3.9 Reset to Factory Settings ......................................................................................................20
3.3.10 Updating the ANET429 module .........................................................................................20
3.3.11 Booting the device into emergency mode .........................................................................22
4 Using Arinc 429 Functionality ............................................................................. 25
4.1 Connecting Applications running on Host System to ANET429.........................................25
4.2 Connect to a ANET429 with PBA.pro .....................................................................................25
4.3 Connect to an ANET429 using the AIM API-Library .............................................................26
4.4 Running Python Scripts On-Board ........................................................................................27
4.4.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................27
4.4.2 Connecting to ANET Devices via SSH ..................................................................................28
4.4.3 Transfer of Python Scripts to the ANET429 ..........................................................................30
4.4.4 Execution of Python Scripts ...................................................................................................33
5 Structure of the ANET429 .................................................................................... 35
5.1 System FPGA ...........................................................................................................................36
5.2 Global RAM ...............................................................................................................................36
5.3 BIU Section ...............................................................................................................................36
5.3.1 ARINC-429 Encoder ..............................................................................................................36
5.3.2 ARINC-429 Decoder ..............................................................................................................37
5.3.3 External Trigger Inputs and Outputs ......................................................................................37
5.4 ASP Section ..............................................................................................................................37