Service control
The Administration panel enables you to control all available device services. There is a common management metaphor for all services
independent of its' actual functionality and aim. Each service has an associated Indicator button on the left of its title which shows
current services's status and enables changing it:
Red color with "Stopped" label indicates that service is completely stopped; pressing the button will run service startup.
Orange color with "Starting" label indicates that service is in interruptible start sequence; pressing the button will revert service
to stopped state.
Green color with "Stop" label shows that the service is up and running; pressing the button will trigger service stop sequence.
Orange color with "Stopping" label indicates uninterruptible stop sequence.
Note. Many services have settings which can be altered. After changing any of such settings the corresponding
process will be automatically restarted shortly - the Indicator button will show it dynamically.
Firmware upgrade
Warning. During the update MicroSD content and 8SMC4-USB-Eth1 device flash memory will be wiped out. Make
sure that you've made necessary backups.
1. Download an appropriate firmware version from software page.
2. Get a 4GB (or larger) MicroSD card.
3. Download and upack an autoinstaller image archive. On Windows family operating system you might have no apropriate archiver
— in this case you may use 7-Zip ( official site).
4. Put the image onto the MicroSD card:
Unix family OS:
1. You can do it via dd utility (e.g.
dd if=autoinstall_image_2015-12-17.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=4M; sync
but remember to substitute the device names with yours).
Windows family OS:
1. Download Win32 Disk Imager ( official site) and start it.
2. Specify autoinstaller image path in "Image File" field.
3. Select your MicroSD drive in "Device" list.
4. Press "Write" button and wait till progressbar completes.
5. Insert the microSD card with the image into your 8SMC4-USB-Eth1 and turn it on (or reboot).
6. Wait approximately 10 minutes to let the firmware be installed. You may check the progress of installation by looking at LED
indicator inside the case of the device through USB plugs:
1. LED is stable green or emits periodic single green pulses - autoinstaller is initializing.
2. LED periodically emits green double pulses - installation is in progress.
3. LED is stable green - installation is complete.
7. Power off the device (just plug the power cable off) and extract MicroSD card.
8. Power on the device and wait another 2-7 minutes to let the device initialize itself.
Warning. On some rare occasions the device might not be visible through the revealer(and have its services and
administration interface unavailable either) even well after estimated initialization period. In this case try to reboot
the device. If it doesn't help try to redo steps from 5 to 8.
Now you should have your 8SMC4-USB-Eth1 device updated and fully operational.
Troubleshooting
Warning. If your device won't work properly, leds don't blink as described above during flashing and your device
manufactured after 2017 October, please, contact support.
Uninitialized Cubieboard2 bootloader
In some rare cases the steps described in Firmware upgrade instruction might not succeed. One of the possible reasons is that due to
some technical failure the Cubieboard2 singleboard computer bootloader (on which 8SMC4-USB-Eth1 is based on) was not properly
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