(too lazy to make a webpage for this right now, so this is just the README's
that's distributed with the tarballs)
SerialUSB for GP2X Wiz
Nov 14, 2009
David W. Hankins
INTRODUCTION
GPH's "GP2X Wiz" (tm GPH) is an ARM-based Linux handheld gaming console
with a light weight and a bright OLED touchscreen display. It is popularly
used to play older games via software emulation.
In development on the GP2X Wiz, it is sometimes useful or necessary to
use a shell interpreter. Although a fine visual terminal emulator
(Termula2x) exists, typing with either a stylus or D-pad-like controller
is an excercise in pain at best.
The USBSerial package is used to turn your GP2X Wiz into a serial USB
dongle - the "RS232" side of the dongle is entirely virtual, and is
terminated as a login.
In this way, you can comfortably use a side-standing computer of any
variety, and make use of a proper keyboard.
HOW TO INSTALL
Fetch the tarball:
http://www.mercenary.net/OpenWiz/USBSerial-1.1.0p1.tar.bz2
Unpack the tarball into your SDRAM:
cd /media/disk/
tar xjf ~/Desktop/USBSerial-1.1.0.tar.bz2
HOW TO USE
Unmount the SDRAM safely and use the "Launcher" from the basic menu system.
Launch the "USBSerialUp.gpe" application located in the USBSerial directory
on your SDRAM card.
Connect the stock USB serial cable that came with your Wiz to a PC. In
this example, we will use a linux box. First, as root, you must install
the usbserial module with flags to identify the USBSerial module:
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0525 product=0xA4A6
You should see in 'dmesg':
usb X-Y: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Use any serial manager of your liking to attach to the ttyUSB0 device and
thus to your Wiz. The author prefers kermit, so it is exampled here;
# kermit
> set line /dev/ttyUSB0
> connect
Wait for the getty process on the Wiz to detect carrier and launch. This
generally takes 0.5-1.5 seconds. When presented with a login: prompt, login
as root (as suggested by the text preceding the login prompt):
login: root
At this point, you should now be logged in with interactive access on your
Wiz.
When you are done (to free up the resources used by the serial interface),
just restart the Wiz to remove the serial listening daemon and modules.
SerialNetwork for GP2X Wiz
Nov 18, 2009
David W. Hankins
INTRODUCTION
GPH's "GP2X Wiz" (tm GPH) is an ARM-based Linux handheld gaming console
with a light weight and a bright OLED touchscreen display. It is popularly
used to play older games via software emulation.
In development on the GP2X Wiz, it is very useful to be able to interact
with the Linux operating system while applications are running on them;
from interactive commands to transferring files. The most easy way to do
this is to establish network connectivity, and use interactive login and
file transfer applications to manipulate the system.
The "Gadget Ethernet" device shipped with the GP2X Wiz, however, was not
modified to account for the LF1000 USB client hardware the Wiz uses. So
a replacement module must be made available.
This software does not load network applications on the Wiz, it simply
establishes the network connection. You must supply the application(s)
of your choice.
HOW TO INSTALL
Fetch the tarball:
http://www.mercenary.net/OpenWiz/USBNetwork-1.1.0.tar.bz2
Unpack the tarball into your SDRAM:
cd /media/disk/
tar xjf ~/Desktop/USBNetwork-1.1.0.tar.bz2
HOW TO USE
Unmount the SDRAM safely and use the "Launcher" from the basic menu system.
Launch the "NetworkUp.gpe" application located in the USBNetwork directory
on your SDRAM card.
The NetworkUp.gpe script will preconfigure the Wiz with the 10.0.0.2/24
IPv4 address.
Connect the stock USB serial cable that came with your Wiz to a PC. In
this example, we will use a linux box. First, as root, you must configure
the usb0 interface that is presented with a network configuration:
ifconfig usb0 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
You should now be able to 'ping' 10.0.0.2.
When you are done (to free up the resources used by the serial interface),
launch the "NetworkDown.gpe" script from the launcher, it is located in
the same directory as the NetworkUp.gpe script. You may also safely
simply restart the Wiz.