RE: EPICS runtime problems on Motorola mv162-P242E CPUs

["Jeff Hill" <johill@lanl.gov>]

Dave,

Don't assume that the IOC is 100% dead before you connect 
a terminal to the serial port and try to get console
access w/o depending on the network. Sometimes the IP kernel 
will be dead but vxWorks is still running. Console serial 
access via a terminal can prove to be invaluable when 
debugging vxWorks problems.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: barker@apex.ligo-wa.caltech.edu
> [mailto:barker@apex.ligo-wa.caltech.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:33 PM
> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> Subject: EPICS runtime problems on Motorola mv162-P242E CPUs
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are having run time problems running EPICS on the new Motorola MV162
> P242E cards. I am running VxWorks 5.2, and have tried EPICS R3.12.2 and
> R3.13.3. In all cases the CPU freezes or locks up, usually within 24
> hours. We think it crashes more quickly if sequencers are running.
> 
> Has anyone else had problems running EPICS on these cards?
> 
> I'm in the process of seeing if we require a BSP upgrade from Wind River
> (we may have to upgrade to tornado in order to get the latest BSPs)
> 
> many thanks,
> 
> Dave Barker.
> 
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