[Will the NPi R1S on with the R1 image?]

Do you plan to add the nanopi R1S-H5 device in the list in a near future ?

 

Regards

[Orange Pi Zero - Official GPIO Full Guide for Newbies]

Hi Everyone !

I'm trying to find an Official full guide "How to setup and control GPIO on orange Pi zero devices".

I find some parts of informations about it on the net but I don't understand the full steps to do it, it is not enough clear for me.

1) Some people are using unofficial python libraries. But I can see that these libraries seem being a fork from Rpi devices and all GPIO interfaces are not tested.

 

2) I have found the DT Overlay Guide but it explains only how to setup GPIO (not how to use it in a batch, python or c file)

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Allwinner_overlays/

 

3) Official sunxi documentation

https://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page

 

https://linux-sunxi.org/GPIO

In this article, it speaks first about the sysfs method but it seems a deprecated method.

 

SUMMARY :

I would like a guide with some examples that explains how to setup and control GPIOs as I/O pin, i2c port, spi port and serial port.

 

1) a simple example to configure a pin as input :

- setup the desired pin as an input

- using IO level change event/interruption with a batch, python and c file.

 

2) other examples with the I2C, SPI and serial port interface.

 

3) an history overview with all differents ways to do it with their life state (deprecated, official/non-official, etc.)

 

 

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues with AR9280 AP device cnx]

54 minutes ago, martinayotte said:

It is quite the reverse : many people facing such issue since years, even with PC or MAC, so it is not an Armbian bug which appeared recently, so that is why I've said "you're looking for troubles" ...

BTW, what is your use-case of having both WiFi and Wired connected on the same subnet ?

 

In some cases, I need the ethernet cable and WiFi :

- first time to set up the WiFi and test it.

In some other cases, I need only the ethernet cable :

- to have a better stable network cnx.

And in some other cases, I need only the WiFi cnx :

- I don't want to link the opi with a very long cable.

- The opi should be mobile and need to be "stored" it in some particulary places. 

 

This time, the main problem is not that I have only a WiFi lost when disconnecting the ethernet cable but I can't have any WiFi cnx if the ethernet cable is not plugged. It means that if I start the device without the ethernet cable plugged, I don't have any WiFi cnx. So I can't use the opi in "WiFi only mode". And I have found after about one week of research that the problem seems to appear with my last WiFi Access Point device (that I'm using every day for about 4-6 months from now).

 

I have found this article that I have tried to follow without any success (probably because I have used the Network Manager and the IfUpDown with WiFi together). This is a workaround to manage only the ethernet plug/unplug (not the "only Wifi" case)

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues with AR9280 AP device cnx]

16 minutes ago, Igor said:

 

If we can't attach this to poor drivers ... perhaps Network manager is having troubles/bugs and it would not be the first time. I will try to dig-in when possible ... do you wait for a while - how long - or wifi connection just drop? - after disconnecting the cable?

 

At least this is known xradio driver problem.

 

Loose the Wifi cnx when disconnecting the ethernet cable is one thing. But the most annoying is that I don't have any Wifi cnx if I start the opi zero without the ethernet cable.  This is like the ethernet cable plugged is required to allow the WiFi cnx starting.

I don't think that this is a WiFi cnx "drop" because it appears only when I disconnect the ethernet cable. I don't remember how long I'm waiting. I think I have tested at least one time with more than several minutes. 

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues with AR9280 AP device cnx]

6 hours ago, martinayotte said:

If both wired and wireless are on the same network, you are looking for troubles !

The same problem would occur, even if it would be a normal PC :

Check "route -n" and you will see routes for IP subnet are pointing to "eth0", and when unplugged, your are loosing the network.

 

If I'm alone with this problem, you're probably right. But I don't have the answer at the time I write this post ! The future will say it ! Sometimes, peoples live with some problems without asking some people if we can solve it, so in this manner the problem haven't any chance to be solved.

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues with AR9280 AP device cnx]

2 hours ago, martinayotte said:

If both wired and wireless are on the same network, you are looking for troubles !

The same problem would occur, even if it would be a normal PC :

Check "route -n" and you will see routes for IP subnet are pointing to "eth0", and when unplugged, your are loosing the network.

 

As I said, with the last ARMBIAN 5.75 stable Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS 4.19.25-sunxi, I don't loose the WiFi cnx after an ethernet cable unplug. Please see the 2 attached files. As you can see, I have well one gateway for each network (eth0 and wlan0). I have done 2 times the "route -n" : first with the ethernet cable and second without (unplug). So I think it was a bug.

armbian_ssh_cnx_ethernet.txt

armbian_ssh_cnx_wifi.txt

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues with AR9280 AP device cnx]

Armbianmonitor:

http://ix.io/1HxV

Hello,

 

I think having found a WiFi issue when connecting an Orange Pi zero device to an Access Point device based on the Atheros AR9280 chip.

 

1 Armbian_5.75_Orangepizero_Ubuntu_bionic_next_4.19.20

 

1.1 After installed the last Ubuntu Armbian image 

nmtui tool doesn't detect the ssid in the list of wifi network

 

1.2 after sudo apt-get update & upgrade & reboot (-> Armbian v5.75 / Unbuntu 18.04.2LTS / v4.19.25-sunxi)

nmtui tool detect the ssid in the list of wifi network

I can well connect to this ssid WiFi channel.

But the Wifi cnx is disabled if the following case :

• The ethernet cable is not plugged.
• The ethernet cable was connected, then unplugged.

Then, after connected to an other WiFi channel :

The Wifi cnx works well (normal job) in all cases (with or without an ethernet cable plugged)

 

I'm using a "pFsense based device" with the compex WLE200NX WiFi module.

 

2 Armbian_5.75_Orangepizero_Debian_stretch_next_4.19.20

I have found the same issue.

 

Regards

 

[Orange Pi Zero WiFi issues when disconnect Ethernet cable]

Hi everyone

I'm trying to use an Orange Pi Zero but I have some troubles by using Ethernet and WiFi.

First, I connect to the pi via SSH by using ethernet IP.

Then, I connect to the pi via SSH by using WiFi IP.

At this point, all works fine.

The problem appears when I disconnect the Ethernet cable.

After doing it, I also lose WiFi connexion.

my cfg : Armbian v5.25 Debian jessie 3.4.113-sun8i