View source for QA SoftVision Team/Mobile/Pandaboard setup

=== Information ===
* This is a basic guide to setting up the pandaboard in order to access it for automation.
* [http://omappedia.org/wiki/OMAP_Pandroid_Main#Getting_Started Here] you can find more information on setting up a pandaboard

=== Android build installation ===
* Make sure you have a 8GB SDCard of Class 10 for the board
* Download the image from [http://people.mozilla.org/~jmaher/panda/panda_v2_16gb.img.bz2 here]
* Unzip the image making sure it's size is 16GB when done
* Connect the SDCard to the PC using the apropriate hardware (an internal or external card reader)
* Wait for the card to be mounted
* Run "df" from the terminal to get a list of devices and check the id of the sdcard - should be similar to /dev/sd<x><nr> (for eg /dev/sdd1)
* Unmount the SDCard
 sudo umount /dev/sd<x><nr> -> for e.g. umount /dev/sdd1
* Run the above command for each partition of the SDCard if there are multiple
* Go to the folder you extracted the image in and run
 sudo dd if=panda_v2_16gb.img of=/dev/sdd bs=100M count=8000
* Take out the SDCard and put it in the panda board, connect the board and wait for Android to load

=== Board setup ===
* '''Notes:'''
** The available Android installation does not support video output so you will not be able to use a monitor or a mouse
** You can still use adb commands to launch apps and ddms to see screenshots
* '''Setup:'''
** Plug in the SD Card in the SD Card slot
** Connect the internet cable to the internet port
** Connect the Power Adapter cable
** Connect the mini-USB cable

=== Android settings ===
* Turn ON developer mode from the Settings menu - Development subsection
* Turn ON the "Always On" option in the Settings menu - Development subsection
* Set the display turn off option to the maximum from the Settings menu - Display timeout
* Allow the installment of apps from unknown sources

=== ADB settings ===
* This section will help you set up your PC to access the pandaboard via the ADB interface
* Step 1 - Enter sudo mode for the Terminal
 $ sudo su
   <psswd>
* Step 2 - Check if you have the .android folder created if not set it up now
 $ mkdir ~/.android
* Step 3 - If the folder was not created you also have to create the adb_usb.ini file
 $ vi ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
* Step 4 - Add the device code to the adb_usb.ini configuration file so that adb will know the device
 $ echo "0x0451" > ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
* Step 5 - Make sure the code was added
 $ cat /root/.android/adb_usb.ini
   0x0451
* Step 6 - Restart the adb server
 adb kill-server
 adb start-server
* Step 7 - Verify the device can be accessed
 adb devices
* If an identification number is displayed and you don't get a "no permissions" message the device is available
* You can also add settings in the /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules file (Note: sudo permissions are required to save the file - just run gedit in sudo when opening the file for edit)
 Add the following line to the file replacing username with actual username:
 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0451", ATTR{idProduct}=="d102", MODE="0666", OWNER="<username>"