Atmark Techno Armadillo-J, Startup Manual

Armadillo-J

Startup Guide ver.2.03

7.   Troubleshooting 

7.1.   Unable to boot the Armadillo-J   

Check to see that the power LED lights on.  If it doesn’t, make sure that the power cable is properly 
connected. 

7.2.   Unable find a Armadillo-J from Armadillo-J Configuration Tool 

Make sure that LANLinkLED lights on.    If it doesn’t, properly connect a LAN cable. 

Make sure that a router is not present between the PC using Armadillo-J Configuration Tool and the target 
Armadillo-J.    If a router is present between them, the Armadillo-J cannot be discovered. 

7.3.   Unable to configure Serial/GPIO with Armadillo-J Configuration Tool 

The Armadillo-J firmware may be an old version. 
Following the User’s Guide, Chapter 5 “Rewriting the Flash Memory”, replace the firmware with that 
contained in the supplied CD (image/recover.img). 

7.4.  IP address becomes 0.0.0.0 when DHCP is used with Armadillo-J 

Configuration Tool 

Make sure that a DHCP server is present within your network. 

There are cases when the IP address might be displayed as 0.0.0.0 during the time between choosing 
DHCP and the acquisition of an IP address.  Once around 10 seconds have passed after making the 
changes, try a search once more. 

7.5.   Unable to use serial communication function 

Make sure that the IP address of the Armadillo-J is correctly specified. 

Make sure that the port number of 21347 is correctly specified. 

Following the Hardware Manual, Chapter 5 “Interface Specifications”, make sure that all jumpers are 
properly set. 

Following section 

5.1. “Setting Serial Communication”

, make sure that serial communication settings are the 

same with those for the connected device. 

7.6.   Unable to monitor or set GPIO state 

Make sure that the IP address of the Armadillo-J is correctly specified. 

Following section 

6.1 “Setting GPIO”

, make sure that each port mode is properly set. 

7.7.   Unable to receive GPIO state change notification 

Following section 

6.1 “Setting GPIO”

, make sure that the port mode is set to “input”. 

Following section 

6.1 “Setting GPIO”

, make sure that trap time is set to a value other than “0”. 

Following section 

6.1 “Setting GPIO”

, make sure that manager IP address is properly set. 

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