raisdfist Posted May 26, 2008 CID Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hi Everyone, I have been playing with this canopy equipment for a good while ( I am an installer for a local WISP and I am an IT Tech ). I am currently working on a project and I have been trying to access the MAXII and the CycloneII chip to dump the firmware on them so that I can compare the differences between an AP and a SM ( I know of a WISP that does mod their SM into AP as they cost a lot less and is the exact same hardware, but they dont want to say how they do it ) I know that the actual software for both units is exactly the same as I was able to get the boot.image from both an AP and a SM and they are both Identical. I would like to know if someone here is aware of which pads are to be used for the JTAG port or if someone does have a Schematic of a canopy unit (900 MHz would be the best as this is the equipment I am working with, but I guess the same would apply to the 2.4 and 5.8GHz). I know that those chips can be both read and written from a software that Altera is supplying. If someone would have some good Technical info to share on this topic it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted May 27, 2008 Author CID Share Posted May 27, 2008 Thanks anyways, but I found out where the pads are, all I need now is to build myself a ByteBlaster cable. Would by any chance someone know if a regular Bufferred JTAG would be good to read the chip or if I absolutely need a Byteblaster cable to access the MAXII ? Thanks, hope someone can help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedMan Posted May 27, 2008 CID Share Posted May 27, 2008 You can get one of those cables here: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Altera-CPLD-FPGA-ByteBlaster-II-JTAG-Cable-Programmer_W0QQitemZ140236171034QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4663QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted May 27, 2008 Author CID Share Posted May 27, 2008 I am not quite sure you can use that cable as it states 5V and 3.3V, but the EMP240G (MAXII) uses 1.8V if I am not mistaken, correct me if I am wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedMan Posted May 27, 2008 CID Share Posted May 27, 2008 There are a few other choices on ebay. This is a little more expensive but it is a USB-Blaster (Supported by Quartus II) that supports 1.8v. http://cgi.ebay.ca/Altera-USB-FPGA-CPLD-Downloader-USB-Blaster-compatible_W0QQitemZ110256709373QQiHz001QQcategoryZ4663QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD3VQQcmdZViewItem Manufacturers specifications: http://www.minford.ca/html/mf162.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted May 28, 2008 Author CID Share Posted May 28, 2008 I guess this cable could work, with minor modifications as this is not a test board but a unit build by moto, therefore there is no 10 pin connector as this cable uses, I do believe at this point that we only need to work with 4 points (TDI, TCM, TMS, TDO) which are on the pic I made and sent you, I found a tutorial to build a byteblaster cable for about 15$, The hardest part to get is the 74LS244 Octal Buffer, I will have to check online if I can find one somehwere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted May 28, 2008 Author CID Share Posted May 28, 2008 I took a look at the connector from the cable that you gave the link to, the pins for tdi, tdo, tms and tck matches, so it just might work! I will try to build my own and if it dont work, i think ill order one like this to try it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedMan Posted May 28, 2008 CID Share Posted May 28, 2008 I didn't receive an email from you. Check your PM for my email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpopc79 Posted June 14, 2008 CID Share Posted June 14, 2008 guys one simple quiestion..im not a techy guy i just want to ask WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE?????????? thats all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedMan Posted June 18, 2008 CID Share Posted June 18, 2008 Any progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted June 24, 2008 Author CID Share Posted June 24, 2008 I am still waiting for a Byteblaster Cable... Ill keep you guys updated once I start back my work on this project if there is enough interest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedMan Posted June 25, 2008 CID Share Posted June 25, 2008 Keep me posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retali8 Posted July 15, 2008 CID Share Posted July 15, 2008 Any progress on this?? I'm getting a Altera USB Jtag and am going to play with this myself once I can find the right 10-pin SMT male header. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindong Posted October 6, 2008 CID Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just an update, what happened do you succeed in your conversion of SM to AP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DG3 Posted October 7, 2008 CID Share Posted October 7, 2008 this is a great deal of innovation if this would be successful but i think i wont b able to try this cuz i've had enough of smartbobos crap, i think i'll transfer to pldt next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindong Posted October 9, 2008 CID Share Posted October 9, 2008 I'm interested in this Because if we succeed in converting SM to AP's there are lots of SM out there and even converting lite to advantage ones. I think their board are all the same so if we could just built a flasher like in the cellphones shop we can modify one i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassasin Posted October 21, 2008 CID Share Posted October 21, 2008 http://www.cepd.com/altera/picousb.htm I recently found this device on-line that can be used to program other Altera EPLD devices via USB or serial port by just jumping your device through the jtag port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnpyuser Posted November 6, 2008 CID Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hello, a newbie question: could this be used to read/write Canopy flash memory? Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisdfist Posted November 16, 2008 Author CID Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hi Everyone, Here is what I think the correct pinout for jtagging the board, someone correct me if I am wrong, I did not get my cable as the WISP I was working for has been bought by Xplorenet and they only use contractors around here :/ but I Still have an SM and AP that I can use to play with, so If I see interest I might start back on this project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priit Posted May 5, 2009 CID Share Posted May 5, 2009 Any news ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoxWireless Posted October 18, 2009 CID Share Posted October 18, 2009 Has anyone experienced any luck with this project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Thought Posted November 12, 2009 CID Share Posted November 12, 2009 Hi, Any update on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liscol Posted December 3, 2009 CID Share Posted December 3, 2009 Is there anybody successful in converting sm into ap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liscol Posted December 3, 2009 CID Share Posted December 3, 2009 2 years ago one man write me a letter in which he said that can upgrade canopy SM to AP, I have send him ESN of SM and he send me a link. It worked!!!! Later I lose my contact with this man((( Can you say something about it? It's a links how to make AP from SM and back to SM!!! I don't know how it works((( to AP: http://169.254.1.1/himom.cgi?FeatureKey=89843A1C2C8B20&himom.cgi?FeatureKey2=C79D203D07290000 to SM: http://169.254.1.1/himom.cgi?himom.cgi?FeatureKey=390FE5A110D40000&himom.cgi?FeatureKey2=C79D203D07290000 Can anybody helps me how to make it? ESN on which keys are generated I can write here later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bonald Posted December 16, 2009 CID Share Posted December 16, 2009 please pm me your esn or post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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