Hqnicolas Posted October 3 Author Posted October 3 10 hours ago, guenter said: My source for this overlay is attached. It contains 2 lines which are necessary with my board: @guenter Test Image: Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_H96-tvbox-3566_bookworm_edge_6.16.10_gnome_desktop.xz data for H96 Max RK3566 Box: No external drivers, no external app, just pure mainline..... https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8708 1 Quote
Robert Steinman Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Hi @Hqnicolas first of all, thanks for all yours and other efforts on this project. I had an eye on it a few months back but only this week did I dig out my two boxes.. A few questions for you if you don't mind answering? I have two boxes, 2GB version I was using for development (Android image) and then full fledged 8GB version. Now, because the boxes were in storage for a year or two I thought I had the 4GB and 8GB version, do you happen to have somewhere the Bootloader image for the 2GB model? I've done a google but can only find the 4 and 8GB version. I was experimenting with Armbian and kinda bloated the image so I'll start from scratch. I went ahead and flashed Armbian on both now without issues, however, I've noticed the Wifi is quite slow on it - around 120-240KB/s download and ping to `1.1.1.1` gives around 30 - 300ms, I've had `top` going at the same time and don't see any high CPU utilization. The Wifi driver is something like `bcmrfm` or alike. Is this normal? I've got my 2GB version hooked up to serial out. I do remember seeing an output in plain English however I can't remember the settings, would you be able to tell me? I've tried the common baud rates with Minicom but no matter what I do I just get a garbled output. The link from previous messages for the SDCard holder is now invalid, could you point me to one that will fit nicely on the board? Finally, from your last post, I see you got the front display displaying data, could you point me in the right direction to code for this? Either C++ or Python will do. I do plan on a monitor for eth, wifi and with time + load + temp possibly. Thanks, Robert. 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted October 8 Author Posted October 8 thanks for getting in touch, looks like you're the first one with these 2gb boxes 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: do you happen to have somewhere the Bootloader image for the 2GB model? I've done a google but can only find the 4 and 8GB version. I was experimenting with Armbian and kinda bloated the image so I'll start from scratch. I think the memory trainer for 4gb and 2gb are the same, do stress and performance tests, if crash occurs you really need a new memory trainer for 2gb, you can find an example of memory trainer on this @mvpwar logs 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: I was experimenting with Armbian and kinda bloated the image so I'll start from scratch. do not use third party images, not even mine, always get the official ones 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: I went ahead and flashed Armbian on both now without issues, however, I've noticed the Wifi is quite slow on it - around 120-240KB/s download and ping to `1.1.1.1` gives around 30 - 300ms, I've had `top` going at the same time and don't see any high CPU utilization. The Wifi driver is something like `bcmrfm` or alike. Is this normal? This is really an unknown, I bought 4 boxes of this model in 2022, since then there have been changes in the manufacturer's list of materials, the wifi driver is not configured for a reason, the reason is that the wifi has changed several times, you can install the 2022 driver or you can look for users @dfahren who have a different chip here, or even detect a new chip unknown to everyone On 6/20/2023 at 8:56 PM, Hqnicolas said: Wifi Driver: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B1LmAylalETcnBEWiPiJHL0MjK5xlIV4/view?usp=sharing Front Panel Display: Tutorial Repo: https://github.com/jefflessard/tm16xx-display Or Just Live install Wifi Driver: cd /lib/firmware/brcm/ sudo wget https://github.com/CoreELEC/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware-aml/raw/master/firmware/brcm/fw_bcm4335b0_ag.bin sudo ln -s fw_bcm4335b0_ag.bin brcmfmac4335-sdio.h96-TVbox,rk3566.bin sudo reboot now nmcli dev wifi Quote sudo cat > /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4335-sdio.txt << "EOF" # bcm94335wlcspMS_ES50_RC171p24p23_04052013_AM_mdfy_PAparam.txt -- 4/5/2013 by Murata, based on bcm94335wlcspMS_ES50_RC171p24p20_04022013_AM.txt, changed PA parameters and txidxcap parameters and ccode. # bcm94335wlcspMS_ES50_RC171p24p20_04022013_AM.txt -- 4/2/2013 by Broadcom Corporation # Use with AARDVARK_REL_6_30_171_24_23 -- Murata BCM4335 WLCSP 11AC Module # Sample variables file for Murata Type-XJ ES5.0 (0x00 0x11) -- bcm94335wlcspMS_AM_P400.txt as original sromrev=11 boardrev=0x1500 boardtype=0x064b boardflags=0x10401001 boardflags2=0x0 #updated boardflags3 for forcing to enable external LPO boardflags3=0x0800c08b macaddr=00:90:4c:c5:12:38 #ccode modified by Murata #ccode=0 ccode=XS regrev=0 antswitch=0 pdgain5g=1 pdgain2g=1 tworangetssi2g=0 tworangetssi5g=0 femctrl=4 vendid=0x14e4 devid=0x43ae manfid=0x2d0 #prodid=0x052e nocrc=1 #otpimagesize=502 xtalfreq=37400 extpagain2g=1 extpagain5g=1 rxgains2gelnagaina0=2 rxgains2gtrisoa0=6 rxgains2gtrelnabypa0=1 rxgains5gelnagaina0=3 rxgains5gtrisoa0=5 rxgains5gtrelnabypa0=1 rxchain=1 txchain=1 aa2g=1 aa5g=1 ag0=0 ag1=0 tssipos5g=1 tssipos2g=1 #PA parameters (2G20M/2G40M/5G20M/5G40M/5G80M) #PA parameters modified by Murata #pa2ga0=-208,6208,-764 #pa2ga1=-203,6429,-793 #pa5ga0=-167,5736,-685,-157,5669,-670,-157,5548,-665,-141,5621,-664 #pa5ga1=-101,6543,-735,-99,6452,-731,-147,5743,-695,-75,6468,-723 #pa5ga2=-172,5903,-708,-160,5868,-698,-113,6264,-722,-125,5915,-684 pa2ga0=0xff31,0x1759,0xFD1D pa2ga1=0xff35,0x18BB,0xFCEC pa5ga0=0xff78,0x1715,0xFD49,0xff89,0x1714,0xFD57,0xff86,0x1652,0xFD62,0xffa9,0x1760,0xFD5E pa5ga1=0xff56,0x1596,0xFD5F,0xff88,0x1764,0xFD45,0xff89,0x1632,0xFD65,0xff69,0x160E,0xFD49 pa5ga2=0xff5a,0x1667,0xFD4E,0xff5f,0x15F7,0xFD5E,0xff5a,0x1531,0xFD68,0xff6e,0x1587,0xFD6A # Default Target Power for 2G -- 17dBm(11)/14dBm(54)/13dBm(MCS7,MCS8)/16dBm(6,MCS0) maxp2ga0=74 cckbw202gpo=0 cckbw20ul2gpo=0 dot11agofdmhrbw202gpo=0x6666 ofdmlrbw202gpo=0x0022 mcsbw202gpo=0x88866662 # Default Target Power for 5G -- 14dBm(54)/13dBm(HT20-MCS7,VHT20-MCS8)/12dBm(HT40-MCS7,VHT40-MCS9)/11dBm(VHT80-MCS8/MCS9)/16dBm(6,20HT-MCS0) maxp5ga0=74,74,74,74 # Low mcslr5glpo=0 mcsbw205glpo=0x88866662 mcsbw405glpo=0xAAA88884 mcsbw805glpo=0xCCCAAAA6 # Mid mcslr5gmpo=0 mcsbw205gmpo=0x88866662 mcsbw405gmpo=0xAAA88884 mcsbw805gmpo=0xCCCAAAA6 # High mcslr5ghpo=0 mcsbw205ghpo=0x88866662 mcsbw405ghpo=0xAAA88884 mcsbw805ghpo=0xCCCAAAA6 #20MHz High Rate sb20in40hrpo=0x0 sb20in80and160hr5glpo=0x0 sb20in80and160hr5gmpo=0x0 sb20in80and160hr5ghpo=0x0 #40MHz High Rate sb40and80hr5glpo=0x0 sb40and80hr5gmpo=0x0 sb40and80hr5ghpo=0x0 #20MHz Low Rate sb20in40lrpo=0x0 sb20in80and160lr5glpo=0x0 sb20in80and160lr5gmpo=0x0 sb20in80and160lr5ghpo=0x0 #40MHz Low Rate sb40and80lr5glpo=0x0 sb40and80lr5gmpo=0x0 sb40and80lr5ghpo=0x0 dot11agduphrpo=0x0 dot11agduplrpo=0x0 tssifloor2g=80 tssifloor5g=160,190,240,260 #rpcal:use with 171.17 or later, compensates filter ripple rpcal2g=0x0 rpcal5gb0=0x0 #cckdigfilttype[0-7] 0:default cckdigfilttype=2 phycal_tempdelta=25 #GPIO 0 for SDIO HW OOB interruption muxenab=0x10 #sd_gpout=0 #sd_oobonly=1 rssicorrnorm_c0=-3,-2 rssicorrnorm5g_c0=-1,0,-3,-1,0,-3,-3,-2,-4,-3,-2,-4 #txidxcap2g and txidxcap5g modified by Murata #txidxcap2g=32 #txidxcap5g=44 txidxcap2g=36 txidxcap5g=36 paparambwver=1 EOF sudo rmmod brcmfmac_wcc brcmfmac brcmutil modprobe brcmfmac 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: I've got my 2GB version hooked up to serial out. I do remember seeing an output in plain English however I can't remember the settings, would you be able to tell me? I've tried the common baud rates with Minicom but no matter what I do I just get a garbled output. About the TTL debug: (link) windows debug (link) (link) 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: The link from previous messages for the SDCard holder is now invalid, could you point me to one that will fit nicely on the board? search by image with Ai tool on aliexpress this topic have images from sd-card holder Quote 15 hours ago, Robert Steinman said: Finally, from your last post, I see you got the front display displaying data, could you point me in the right direction to code for this? Either C++ or Python will do. I do plan on a monitor for eth, wifi and with time + load + temp possibly. For this question we need to ask @Jean-Francois Lessard he was in contact with this drivers for a while. (Link) this display will be enabled on kernel 6.18+ if you want to mess with experimental images follow this I only got involved in this because there were many interested users, I wasn't one of them 0 Quote
guenter Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) Am 3.10.2025 um 17:32 schrieb Hqnicolas: @guenter Test Image: Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_H96-tvbox-3566_bookworm_edge_6.16.10_gnome_desktop.xz @Hqnicolas I'm a bit late because I have overlooked your request for testing. Now I can confirm that the AuxDisplay works correctly with my H96_tvbox_3566 (with AIC 8800 wlan chip). Thank you for your effort. Edited October 9 by guenter 0 Quote
Robert Steinman Posted October 14 Posted October 14 @Hqnicolas Thanks for your response and apologies being so slow to reply busy IRL and then I forgot I used Google to sign up to this site.... yeah... Okay thanks - I thought it would just be a changing of timing so to speak on x86. In this case if I plan to develop for something I also go for the lowest variant of it, ofc, at this time both were Android. Rather code closer to the "metal" than bringing a whole web browser in to say "hello world" The images came from a link on this thread; either yourself or another member. Yeah I noticed a certain lag on the ethernet with 1GBit connection -- it has all the resources available yet it pings hard and downloads fluctuate. My plans for this Armbian is WiFi Repeater (router is broadcom and no Open- or DD-WRT alternative) to relay the signal. I don't want mesh, I don't need a TPLink account. The box will provide some services to Orange/Raspberry Pi systems. Right. I'm against AI So last thing I'd do. A link was provided but as I said expired. I'm sure there's differences in SDCard holders so didn't want to order two of the wrong type! Ah obrigado! I think your link may have solved it. I'll look in to it a bit in the future. Amazing how an Firestick turned me to Chinese TV boxes which are quite capable once you get rid of the Spyware. What I will say is, I think these boxes may have poor solder joints on the WiFi sub board, was hoping it was a misconfiguration my 8G model no longer recognizes the Wifi board, when I get the SD card holders I'll reflow it ad see. dmesg, lsusb, lspci know nothing of it. my 2G box the WiFi is fine. Regards 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted October 16 Author Posted October 16 On 10/14/2025 at 5:55 PM, Robert Steinman said: My plans for this Armbian is WiFi Repeater (router is broadcom and no Open- or DD-WRT alternative) to relay the signal. take note that these functions are done by other repos with specificity using the name Armbian, as an example ophub is (ab)using the name Armbian without permission and they do not contribute to the core development process. Rather they trick users into thinking they get support here and therefore (ab)using our resources. On 10/14/2025 at 5:55 PM, Robert Steinman said: I think these boxes may have poor solder joints on the WiFi sub board everyone in the community has this as the main feature of a TV box 0 Quote
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