QA SoftVision Team/Mobile/Pandaboard setup

Information

• This is a basic guide to setting up the pandaboard in order to access it for automation.

Android build installation

• TODO: Add a guide for this - will be completed later

Board setup

• Plug in the SD Card in the SD Card slot
• Connect the USB mouse to the 1st (lowest) USB port
• Connect the HDMI/HDMI adapter cable to the first HDMI port and the monitor to it
• 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>"