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QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE - Embedded Planet RPX Lite HIOX BSP - Install Notes

QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE

Embedded Planet RPX Lite HIOX BSP

Installation Note

Date of this edition: October 17, 2003

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.2.1 Patch B

Host OS: Microsoft Windows NT, XP, 2K SP4; QNX Neutrino 6.2.1; Sun Solaris 2.8

For the latest information about this BSP, see the release notes.
Never use the QNX Software Installer through a phditto/phrelay session, because:
  • the installer can't detect multiple instances of itself through a phditto/phrelay session
  • when running the reboot script, the installer can try to shut down the system, but it doesn't know how to shut down phditto/phrelay sessions properly (phshutdown, which you normally use to reboot, does know how to handle these sessions).

Contents...

  • What's in this BSP?
    • Binary package contents
    • Source package contents
    • Documentation package contents
  • Installation
    • Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts
    • Solaris hosts
  • Documentation

What's in this BSP?

Two BSP bundles are available:

  • Binary bundle, which contains:
    • Binary package
    • Documentation package
  • Source bundle, which contains the binary and docs packages, as well as:
    • Source code package
The source bundle requires a license.

Binary package contents

  • IPL
  • Startup
  • Ethernet driver
  • Flash filesystem driver
  • Serial driver (included with 6.2.1B PE)
  • Graphics driver (included with 6.2.1B PE)
  • Input driver
  • Audio driver

Source code package contents

  • IPL
  • Startup
  • Flash filesystem driver (FFV2)
  • Ethernet driver
  • Serial driver
  • Audio driver
  • Input driver

Documentation package contents

  • RPX Lite BSP Guide (HTML), which covers the HIOX module

Installation

Before you install this BSP, you must have already installed QNX Momentics PE 6.2.1B or later on a supported host.

To install this BSP:

  1. Start by downloading the appropriate QPR file:

    rpxlite-hiox-src-621.qpr (source bundle)

    or:

    rpxlite-hiox-bin-621.qpr (binary bundle)

  2. Remember the name of the directory that you downloaded the package into.

Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts

To install this BSP on Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts:

  1. Launch the QNX Installer and input the path to the downloaded package.
  2. Select the Embedded Planet RPX Lite BSP package(s), then click Install.
  3. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Note that you can also run the installer from the command line. For example: 

qnxinstall download-dir/rpxlite-hiox-src-621.qpr

Solaris hosts

To install this BSP on a Solaris host:

  1. Run cl-installer.
  2. Type i to install. When prompted to select a repository to open, choose o (to open an "other" repository).
  3. Enter the path to the downloaded package (i.e. the .qpr file).
  4. Select the Embedded Planet RPX Lite BSP package(s).

Documentation

Assuming you've installed your development suite, you'll find an extensive set of online documentation in HTML format. The "roadmap" page contains links to the various HTML booksets that accompany the OS (e.g. System Architecture, Programmer's Guide, Library Reference, Utilities Reference, etc.), as well as docs for BSPs, DDKs, etc.

You can find the docs for all BSPs under:

${QNX_TARGET/usr/help/product/bsp_en/bookset.html