Support Engineering Group : McStar Users Guide This page last changed on Mar 10, 2010 by methane. #### Equipment List HP NetBook PC Parani SD1000 on USB serial port Hyperterm 115200,8n1 Audacity USB cable for USB drive for uploading data (USB-A to mini). McSTAR Magnet on 'white spot' turns off the 5v supply Keep magnet away from harddisk area (near white spot) #### McStar Startup Step 1 - connect USB serial and Bluetooth dongle to HP Netbook Step 2 - power up HP Netbook and login Bluetooth dongle should toggle 'connect' LED Step 3 - Start Hyperterm. Programs --> Accessories --> Communications --> Hyperterm --> McStar USBser 115200 115200, 8n1, no flow, COM5 Step 4 - remove magnet from McSTAR 'white spot' If no activity, hit ENTER a couple of times and put magnet on white spot and remove. Should see a boot screen, do not hit a key to stop autoboot #### McSTAR Functional Test Step 1 - in Hyperterm, after McSTAR has booted, login with by entering 'root' JFFS2 message is harmless, but if login not seen due to JFFS2 message, hit ENTER a couple of times. Step 2 - cd /media/sda1 (USB harddisk connected to McStar) List (ls) should show app dir Step 3 - 'cd /media/sda1/app/scripts' Step 4 - type 'date', then type 'date -s "Tue Mar 09 10:54:30 PST 2010"' Step 4 - start the McSTAR app './run_mcstar.sh' Allow it to run until the first recording message comes out. Say stuff, whistle, whisper, etc. every 10 seconds or so (data blocks vary from 2 to 20 minutes; typically 5 minutes). After the first recording data message, hit Ctrl-c (terminate McSTAR data collection). "Writing a new audio file D000000..." #### Verification Step 1 - after terminating run_mcstar.sh In Hyperterm, change directories to the data directory. cd /media/sda1/data cd to the latest directory, then cd to R00000 Find the file and transfer In Hyperterm, Transfer --> Receive File, use Zmodem (no crash recovery). Close In hyperterm, tell McSTAR to transfer the file you recorded sz D00000 On the HP Netbook, start Audacity On Windows Project --> Import Raw Data Accept the defaults, and change 44100 to 48000 On a Mac File --> Import --> Raw Data... select file open file and accept default settings except Sample Rate - change from default value of 44100 Hz to 48000 Hz (sampling rate of McSTAR). Comments:
Hi Thom: I added a few things to the user manual, and tweeked the Wiki markup. Bill Posted by methane at Mar 10, 2010 11:54

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