
Connecting the Bitporter Pod Disconnecting the Bitporter Pod
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By default, all Bitporter pods are set up to use DHCP negotiation the first time they are
plugged into an Ethernet network. Since the pod stores its Ethernet configuration in flash
memory,theEthernetconfigurationtypicallyonlyneedstobeperformedonce.
Note: Onlypodsonthesamesubnet(withoutaninterveningrouter)
canbeautomaticallydetectedby
STAPLplayer(seethe-qoption,Table 4‐1,page 24).Usethe-poptiontoconnecttopodsonnon‐
localsubnetsusingthepodnamecontainingtheIPaddressofthepod(seeTable 4‐1).
ToconnecttoaBitporterpodviaEthernet:
1. Turnoffthe
powertothetargetsystem.
2. IfthepodisconnectedtothePCviaUSB,disconnecttheUSBcablefromtheBitporter.
3. ConnecttheJTAGflatribboncabletothetargetJTAGpins.Theredstripispin1.
Note: Ifthetar getJTAGconnectorisnotkeyed,thetar get’sUserGuidewill
specifythelocation
ofpin1onthetargetJTAGconnector.
4. ConnecttheJTAGflatribboncabletotheBitporterpod.Theplugiskeyed.
5. ConnecttheDCpowercabletothepoweroutletandthepod.TheBitporterpodʹs
POWERLEDshouldnowbeon.ThepodʹsCOMM
LEDshouldstartblinking.
6. Con necttheEthernetcabletothe Ethernetjacksonthewallandthepod.OncetheBit‐
porterpo dʹsCOMMLEDstopsblinkingandturnsoff,thepodhassuccessfullyacquired
anIPaddress.
Note: IftheCOMMLEDdoesnotstopblinking(itshouldtake
lessthantenseconds),talkto
thenetworkadministratortoverifythattheBitporterpodʹsMACaddresshaspermissionto
connecttothelocalnetwork,andthattheBitporterpodisconnectedtotheproperEthernet
networkjack.
7. Turnonthe powertothetargethardware.
8. Continueto“Verifyingthe
Setup,”onpage 18.
The pod is now able to be referred to by name as net<serial_number> or
net<ip_address>.Thelatternamemustbeusedifpodcommunicationisbeingattempted
acrosssubnets(seeTable 4‐1).
Disconnecting the Bitporter Pod
Important! AnunpoweredBitportermustneverbeconnectedtopoweredtargethardware,orthe
Bitportermaybedamaged.
ToendaprogrammingsessionanddisconnecttheBitporterpodfromthetargethardware:
1. Waituntilacx_stapl_playerfinishesrunning.
2. Turnoffthepowertothetargethardware.
3. DisconnecttheUSBcableforUSB‐connected
pods,ortheBitporter’sDCpowercable
forEthernet‐connectedpods.
IftheuserdesirestocontinueusingthetargethardwarewithouttheBitporter:
4. DisconnecttheJTAGribboncable.
5. Restorepowertothetargethardware.
Alternately,ifitisundesirabletoremovepowerfromthetargethardware:
1. Waituntilacx_stapl_playerfinishesrunning.
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