Questions RE: latest firmware

[gohills]

I upgraded from 9 to 10 to 12 without apparent drama. The GUI UI is up and running and I believe I have managed to boot CPM but my only confirmation is the somewhat familiar pattern of lites because as previously posted I have totally failed at establishing a serial console connection. I can live without the serial connection when things are working BUT now I the GUI TTY does not respond. Did I forget or miss a step in the process to get the TTY connected? config info (via the GUI) is below.

Network configuration

NTP_SERVER=pool.ntp.org
TZ=AEST-10AEDT,M10.1.0,M4.1.0
HOSTNAME=imsai8080
PORT=80
SSID=mySSID
PASSWORD=myPASSWORD
WIFI.sta.scan=1
#WIFI.password.hide=1

UART configuration

#UART0=115200,cs8
#UART1=115200,cs8

Performance parameters

#TTY.netsrv.buffer_delay=33
#LPT.netsrv.buffer_delay=33

Harddisk image

HARDDISK=hd-ws4

SIO-2 default port mappings (HAL)

#SIO1.portA.device=WEBTTY,UART0
#SIO1.portB.device=VIOKBD
#SIO2.portA.device=WEBPTR,UART1
#SIO2.portB.device=MODEM

Modem initialization string. Example:

#MODEM.init=ATS0=1S15=1&A1 #S0=1 auto-answer after 1 ring, S15=1 enable telnet protocol
MODEM.init=ATS15=1 #S15=1 enable telnet protocol

SIO 1 Channel A, Ports 2/3 connected to terminal (default)

sio1a_upper_case 0
sio1a_strip_parity 0
sio1a_drop_nulls 1
sio1a_baud_rate 115200

typical baud rate values are 110, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,

19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 - 0 = unlimited baud rate

SIO 1 Channel B, Ports 4/5 connected to keyboard

sio1b_upper_case 0
sio1b_strip_parity 0
sio1b_drop_nulls 0
sio1b_baud_rate 1200

SIO 2 Channel A, Ports 34/35 connected to UART1/RS232-2 (default)

use 8bit here, so that serial file transfers work

sio2a_upper_case 0
sio2a_strip_parity 0
sio2a_drop_nulls 0
sio2a_baud_rate 9600

typical baud rate values are 110, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,

19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 - 0 = unlimited baud rate

SIO 2 Channel B, ports 36/37 connected to 'AT' telnet modem (default)

use 8bit here, so that serial file transfers work

sio2b_upper_case 0
sio2b_strip_parity 0
sio2b_drop_nulls 0
sio2b_baud_rate 2400

front panel framerate

fp_fps 60

front panel horizontal size in pixels

fp_size 800

front panel port value for machine without fp in hex (00 - FF)

fp_port 0

VIO background and foreground colors in hex RGB format

white Monitor

vio_bg 303030
vio_fg FFFFFF

green Monitor

#vio_bg 002000
#vio_fg 00BF00

amber Monitor

#vio_bg 202000
#vio_fg FFBF00

add scanlines to VIO monitor, 0 = no scanlines

vio_scanlines 1

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memory configurations in pages a 256 bytes

start,size (numbers in decimal, hexadecimal, octal)

up to 7 memory sections allowed

up to 6 ram/rom statements per section allowed

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[MEMORY 1]

Default memory configuration used in most situations with MPU-A ROM:

256 pages RAM, 8 pages ROM (replaces or overlays RAM)

ram 0,256
rom 0xd8,8,mpu-a-rom.hex

Start address of the boot ROM

boot 0xd800

[MEMORY 2]

Memory configuration for running MPU-A ROM and VIO ROM:

240 pages RAM, 8 pages ROM (replaces or overlays RAM)

8 pages of RAM and 8 pages of ROM for the VIO from 0xf000

ram 0,0xf0
rom 0xd8,8,mpu-a-rom.hex
ram 0xf0,8
rom 0xf8,8,viofm1.hex

Start address of the boot ROM

boot 0xd800

[MEMORY 3]

Memory configuration for running with MEMON80 ROM:

248 pages RAM, 8 pages ROM

ram 0,0xf8
rom 0xf8,8,memon80.hex

Start address of the boot ROM

boot 0xf800

[MEMORY 4]

Memory configuration for running ROM based XYBASIC:

16K ROM, 48K RAM

rom 0,64,xybasic.hex
ram 64,192

Start address of the boot ROM

boot 0x0000

[GrantMeStrength]

can you even ping the web server IP address?

[gohills]

Oh yes! The GUI launches just fine. When I start the TTY a window pops up but no output to the screen and no input from keyboard is echoed. I'm starting to wonder if cpm is actually running. With the new method of storing rom files in a folder do I still need rom statements in the boot configuration? I'm thinking it's something basic like that

[oilcan-productions]

Is the plug icon on the TTY window green or white or red? If it is white or red pop open the CPA control panel in the UI and tap the Run switch or press RUN on the front panel. Once the icon is green, hit enter a couple of times and it should boot provided a CPM floppy is in the A: drive and you have toggled all the right switches as outlined in the manual :)

[thisspaceleftblank]

Did you check the CRT: window?