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@Janne Actually pretty straight forward. If you cut the DC side of power adapter cable you will see inside there are only 2 wire. One black and one red.

Red : +12Vdc

Black : GND

 

So you can easily repurposed the 4-Pin Mini Din cable with a ATX PSU (P4 connector) or any AC/DC 12V Adapter (need 8A output at least).

 

 

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Here is my guide to upgrade omv4to5. Hopefully this will help out others looking to do the same.

 

Was able to upgrade omv4 to 5. Here is my posts and the github bash script from the omv site: I downloaded the scripts then changed to executable.

https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/27909-omv-5-0-finally-out/&pageNo=2  
https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/27909-omv-5-0-finally-out/&pageNo=22
https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/blob/master/upgrade4to5
https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/33219-upgrade-to-5-x-failure/&pageNo=1
 
Steps to reproduce:

1. Remove incompatible plugins
2. Switch over to dockers that are incompatible
3. Download the two bash scripts:
wget https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/raw/master/upgrade4to5
wget https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install
4. chmod +x the upgrade4to5 chmod +x install
5. Run the upgrade4to5 as root
6. omv and plugins will fail. as describes here: https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/33219-upgrade-to-5-x-failure/&pageNo=1
7. Remove failed packages not purge since we want config files from omv They should print out.
8. Reinstall openmediavault only
9. Reboot
10. Run this command : apt-get purge openmediavault-omvextrasorg resolvconf
11. Reboot again
12. Run the install script as root. this will install omv extras.
13. apt update
14. apt dist-upgrade
15. omv-salt deploy run nginx

16. omv-salt deploy run phpfpm

17. But remove or move upsschedule-cmd from usr/bin and bin then run  apt-get install usrmerge
18. apt install docker
19. https://forums.docker.com/t/fa…te-nat-chain-docker/78269

The docker installer uses iptables for nat. Unfortunately Debian uses nftables. You can convert the entries over to nftables or just setup Debian to use the legacy iptables.

sudo update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy

sudo update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy

dockerd, should start fine after switching to iptables-legacy.

sudo service docker start

20. Switch to 5.4 kernel using armbian-config refer to kobol blog: 

https://blog.kobol.io/2020/03/13/armbian-new-release/

Hopefully this helps others out.

Thanks 
 

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On 6/28/2020 at 1:38 AM, DavidGF said:

Are we supposed to upgrade our PSU? Are they all failing or was it a bad batch?

 

Honestly hard to say since capacitor failure is something not to be unexpected on such appliance PSU (you can check for other NAS brand, it's quite common). However clearly these occurrences experiences by some users are premature capacitor failure. For instance on our side we have yet to experience these capacitors failure, even though we have some setup that have been running non stop for more than 2 years now.

 

As mentioned previous we are changing PSU supplier for Helios64. Supplier which gives us more control on the capacitor brand and model. We will be using Rubycon capacitor.

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No Text on OLED-Display (Logo is ok)

 

Today I assembled my spare Helios 4 from batch 3 (which came with the bonus OLED display) and installed Armbian_20.05.2_Helios4_buster_current_5.4.43.img - nothing else yet.

 

Nearly the first thing I did was to install sys-oled, which works well with everything left at defaults, with the exception of text display: Every line of text is just a solid block of pixels . The graphical logo displays well, so cabling and OLED type (sh1106) seem to be correct.

 

 

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4 hours ago, gprovost said:

@Harvey I just updated sys-oled repo to fix the issue since the code wasn't aligned with latest luma.core changes.

 

Pull the git repo and reinstall (sudo ./install.sh). Let me know if it works.

Yes, it's working now, thanks a lot for the quick fix!

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Hello,

my installation omv crashed the other day. The SD card was corrupted and fsck was not able to get the thing back. Ok, I said, not a problem, I will reinstall the system from the last version.
I downloaded the last version Armbian_20.05.1_Helios4_buster_current_5.4.43 and thought that I will be good in an hour.
Now it is two days later and it doesn't work and I don't know how to get it to work. Here just a little description of what happens.
1. write the image on the µSD

2. put in Helios4. Start.

3. connect over serial. login roor, change root password, add sudo user.

4. apt update+upgrade. ok.

5. (optionally) Set fixed IP-address with armbian-config (DHCP doesn't change the issue).

6. enter armbian-config install OMV. Installation takes some time, the nas reboots.

7. login with root or the user

8. No network anymore. OMV took over the system, the eth0: device is no more. OMV is not usable because there's no GUI, one cannot connect externally to it.
Here the result of ifconfig

root@helios4:~# ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 2129  bytes 878522 (857.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2129  bytes 878522 (857.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

root@helios4:~#

What can I do to at least set an interface. The options are annoying as I don't want to read a treatise on systemd and having to lear what the f.  yaml is, or in what format I have to invoke beelzebuth to get that interface to show up.
 

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15 hours ago, gprovost said:

@Patrick Schlüter You mean the interface disappeared ?

 

Have you try a full power cycle ? unplug / plug DC plug.

Yes, the interface eth0 is missing

 

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What do you get if you do the following commands ?

 

sudo ethtool eth0

 

dmesg | grep mvneta

root@helios4:~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP AUI BNC MII FIBRE Backplane ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
                                1000baseX/Full
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  Not reported
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: No
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: Unknown!
        Duplex: Half
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: off
        Supports Wake-on: d
        Wake-on: d
        Link detected: no

root@helios4:~# dmesg | grep mvneta
[    1.731952] mvneta_bm f10c8000.bm: Buffer Manager for network controller enabled
[    1.734625] mvneta f1070000.ethernet eth0: Using device tree mac address 06:69:ed:96:0b:b2

 

 

So I simply set the interface by hand with ifconfig as in older times
 

ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.1.201/24

 

Now I can connect with OMV. I will see if I can make the change so that it is permanent.
and now I can connect.
 

After reboot the adress I set is still set. Ok, my immediate problem is fixed. Thank you.

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On 6/25/2020 at 9:53 AM, PEW said:

Here is my guide to upgrade omv4to5. Hopefully this will help out others looking to do the same.

Test a backup/restore procedure: How to restore from an omv-backup?

Was able to upgrade omv4 to 5. Here is my posts and the github bash script from the omv site: I downloaded the scripts then changed to executable.

https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/27909-omv-5-0-finally-out/&pageNo=2  
https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/27909-omv-5-0-finally-out/&pageNo=22
https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/blob/master/upgrade4to5
https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/33219-upgrade-to-5-x-failure/&pageNo=1
 
Steps to reproduce:

1. Remove incompatible plugins
2. Switch over to dockers where there are incompatible plugins
3. Download the two bash scripts:
wget https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/raw/master/upgrade4to5
wget https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install
4. chmod +x the upgrade4to5 chmod +x install
5. Run the upgrade4to5 as root
6. omv and plugins will fail. as describes here: https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/33219-upgrade-to-5-x-failure/&pageNo=1
7. Remove failed packages not purge since we want config files from omv They should print out.
8. Reinstall openmediavault only
9. Reboot
10. Run this command : apt-get purge openmediavault-omvextrasorg resolvconf
11. Reboot again
12. Run the install script as root. this will install omv extras.
13. apt update
14. apt dist-upgrade
15. omv-salt deploy run nginx

16. omv-salt deploy run phpfpm

17. But remove or move upsschedule-cmd from usr/bin and bin then run  apt-get install usrmerge
18. apt install docker
19. https://forums.docker.com/t/fa…te-nat-chain-docker/78269

The docker installer uses iptables for nat. Unfortunately Debian uses nftables. You can convert the entries over to nftables or just setup Debian to use the legacy iptables.

sudo update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy

sudo update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy

dockerd, should start fine after switching to iptables-legacy.

sudo service docker start

20. Switch to 5.4 kernel using armbian-config refer to kobol blog: 

https://blog.kobol.io/2020/03/13/armbian-new-release/

Hopefully this helps others out.

Thanks 
 

 

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Hi everyone. Been running my helios4 since last year. Runs like clock work. I  currently have 2 WD Red 4 terabyte drives and I am looking to add an additional 2 1tb ssd drives (using a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter) the SSD are meant to be a storage for VMs I would be running on my laptops but shared via NFS. This got me wondering if having SSD shared over NFS through a Gigabit ethernet would bring any added advantage. If the ethernet card would limit my maximising the potential of the ssd drives (in write shd read speeds) Can can I get a second ethernet (over usb 3) and have a bond interface with the onboard nic..

 

Would appreciate insight on this.

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Regarding SSD performance in general:
1Gbit/s Ethernet would limit your data rates to about 120MB/s, which normal drives are also capable of doing.

But an SSD also has the big advantage of faster (nearly instant) access times (to any sector/block) which is definitely noticable when running VMs (as their data is more random access than serial).

 

Bonding several eth links together is no problem (regardless wether they are directly attached or via USB3 / whatever). See the Linux Bonding package for more info https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBonding (for example). If have tried this on a board similar to helios4 and it works. But keep in mind, the other side of your dual network cables also has to be able to detect and bond the links.

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My Helios4 stopped working. Here is what I've tried so far:

 

Removed all HDD, full power cycle, re-flashed the same sdcard. It was doing some high pitch sound not coming from HDD since it still happened after removing all HDD but then suddenly all gone. No sound and not booting.

 

It stops here in the serial console:

U-Boot SPL 2019.04-armbian (Jun 03 2020 - 10:05:36 +0200)
High speed PHY - Version: 2.0
Detected Device ID 6828
board SerDes lanes topology details:
 | Lane #  | Speed |  Type       |
 --------------------------------
 |   0    |  6   |  SATA0       |
 |   1    |  5   |  USB3 HOST0  |
 |   2    |  6   |  SATA1       |
 |   3    |  6   |  SATA3       |
 |   4    |  6   |  SATA2       |
 |   5    |  5   |  USB3 HOST1  |
 --------------------------------
High speed PHY - Ended Successfully
mv_ddr: mv_ddr-armada-18.09.2

Is there anything else I can do? Thanks

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@Aldoz Are you able to measure the following voltage with a voltmeter ?

 

image.png.9da569f3a30bcb78b3ae1b0b50303b8c.png

 

Expected measured value,

on 5V rail: 4.90 V - 5.20 V

on 12V rail: 11.90 V - 12.5 V

 

If 12V is outside that range, that means the power supply is faulty.

 

Is the high pitch noise come from the board or the power adapter ?

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@gprovost I don't have a voltmeter, but I'll try and get one.

 

The sound feels like it's coming from the board. It's not doing it anymore since it stopped booting. I tried it again after being unplugged for a day and it just keeps looping after the mv_ddr line.

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12 hours ago, Aldoz said:

The sound feels like it's coming from the board. It's not doing it anymore since it stopped booting. I tried it again after being unplugged for a day and it just keeps looping after the mv_ddr line.

 

Well actually it's still a good sign the system can boot up even though it hangs at very early stage.

Yes could be a dying power adapter. To confirm, need to measure the voltage point I posted previously.

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Hi guys, what do I need to do to setup the Helios4 as a iscsi target and allow other computers connect to it. I am running latest armbian (buster)

 

Also would I be able to connect the Helios4 target to a 64b OS or it is  doesn't matter.

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4 minutes ago, gprovost said:

@bigbrovar You are asking a general Linux question, this is not hardware specific.

Search for 'linux iscsi server' and you will find plenty of tutorial online.

It doesn't matter that the client is a different architecture.

Thanks. Just wanted to be sure.

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Please I noticed the USB 3 interface on my helios4 does not detect an external drive. When I plug in a 2.5 inch drive through an orico sata to USB 3 device. Nothing happens, even lsusb shows nothing.

 

Same drive is detected on my (Ubuntu 18.04) laptop.

Interestingly, the Helios4 detect a USB mouse, I could see it via lsusb and the mouse led lights up when connected.

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1 minute ago, bigbrovar said:

Please I noticed the USB 3 interface on my helios4 does not detect an external drive. When I plug in a 2.5 inch drive through an orico sata to USB 3 device. Nothing happens, even lsusb shows nothing.

 

Could be that the power used from all USB devices exceed the max power budget of the USB power rail.

Do you have more than one device connected ?

What Orico model you are referring to ?

 

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49 minutes ago, gprovost said:

 

Could be that the power used from all USB devices exceed the max power budget of the USB power rail.

Do you have more than one device connected ?

What Orico model you are referring to ?

 

I used it with this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LY97QE8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  

The drive is a 1tb mechanical drive. No other device is connected. what is the max power budget and is it possible to increase it?

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3A Max budget. Budget is both ports. So if one draw 2A, only 1A remains for the other one.

Do you have another USB device connected ? If not, then there is no reason it doesn't work.

What's the HDD model you are using ?

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2 minutes ago, gprovost said:

3A Max budget. Budget is both ports. So if one draw 2A, only 1A remains for the other one.

Do you have another USB device connected ? If not, then there is no reason it doesn't work.

What's the HDD model you are using ?

I am using it with a 2.5 WD slim 5v 0.55A drive. 1tb capacity. I am really confused. I could make a video. It works on my laptop and it is not even detected on via lsusb and the device led stays off. My mouse is detected right away though.

 

Could this be a power supply issue I have been reading about issue some people had with the power supply that came with the Helios4.

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13 minutes ago, gprovost said:

Any chance you have a USB3.0 Flash dongle around, to check if at least you can detect.  Mouse is only USB2.0.

 

I happen to have a USB 3 device. An odroid emmc writer. When I plugged it to my laptop and ran a lsusb -D here is what I got

 

lsusb -D /dev/bus/usb/002/004
Device: ID 05e3:0749 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               3.20
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         9
  idVendor           0x05e3 Genesys Logic, Inc.
  idProduct          0x0749
  bcdDevice           15.38
  iManufacturer           3 Generic
  iProduct                4 USB3.0 Flash Disk
  iSerial                 2 000000001538
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           44
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              224mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0400  1x 1024 bytes
        bInterval               0
        bMaxBurst               4
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0400  1x 1024 bytes
        bInterval               0
        bMaxBurst               4
Binary Object Store Descriptor:
  bLength                 5
  bDescriptorType        15
  wTotalLength           22
  bNumDeviceCaps          2
  USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability:
    bLength                 7
    bDescriptorType        16
    bDevCapabilityType      2
    bmAttributes   0x00000f0e
      Link Power Management (LPM) Supported
  SuperSpeed USB Device Capability:
    bLength                10
    bDescriptorType        16
    bDevCapabilityType      3
    bmAttributes         0x00
    wSpeedsSupported   0x000e
      Device can operate at Full Speed (12Mbps)
      Device can operate at High Speed (480Mbps)
      Device can operate at SuperSpeed (5Gbps)
    bFunctionalitySupport   1
      Lowest fully-functional device speed is Full Speed (12Mbps)
    bU1DevExitLat          10 micro seconds
    bU2DevExitLat        2047 micro seconds
Device Status:     0x000c
  (Bus Powered)
  U1 Enabled
  U2 Enabled

 

 

When I plugged it in the helios it seem to be detected as a usb2 device. It is however detected. Just wondering why it is not seen as a usb3 device on the helios.

 

 

root@helios4:~# lsusb -D /dev/bus/usb/004/004
Device: ID 05e3:0749 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.10
  bDeviceClass            0
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x05e3 Genesys Logic, Inc.
  idProduct          0x0749
  bcdDevice           15.38
  iManufacturer           3 Generic
  iProduct                4 USB3.0 Flash Disk
  iSerial                 2 000000001538
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0020
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
Binary Object Store Descriptor:
  bLength                 5
  bDescriptorType        15
  wTotalLength       0x0016
  bNumDeviceCaps          2
  USB 2.0 Extension Device Capability:
    bLength                 7
    bDescriptorType        16
    bDevCapabilityType      2
    bmAttributes   0x00000f0e
      BESL Link Power Management (LPM) Supported
    BESL value     3840 us
  SuperSpeed USB Device Capability:
    bLength                10
    bDescriptorType        16
    bDevCapabilityType      3
    bmAttributes         0x00
    wSpeedsSupported   0x000e
      Device can operate at Full Speed (12Mbps)
      Device can operate at High Speed (480Mbps)
      Device can operate at SuperSpeed (5Gbps)
    bFunctionalitySupport   1
      Lowest fully-functional device speed is Full Speed (12Mbps)
    bU1DevExitLat          10 micro seconds
    bU2DevExitLat        2047 micro seconds
can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

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