Requirements

In order to get started with the CORE9G25-CON Board you need:

• a CORE9G25-CON Board
• a bootable microSD (you can buy it from our webshop or make it by yourself following this article)
• a DC 12V adapter power supply
• an ethernet cable to wire the CORE9G25-CON to your LAN
• an active DHCP server on your LAN
• a PC with Linux or Windows wired on the same LAN
• a Serial cable

CORE9G25-CON kit which contain all you need to follow this article are available on the our webShop. Each single part is also available.

Step-by-step guide

• Insert the bootable Linux SD into the SD card holder.
• Plug in the LAN cable
• Insert the power supply cable

CORE9G25-CON Board has not power switches on-board so when the power is plugged in, it turns on immediately.

After about 1 second the green led on CORE9G25 module will start to blink in this way:

SHORT ON - SHORT ON - PAUSE
this means that the Linux Kernel is loading.

If you are using the Debug Port Interface, you will see the boot sequence on your terminal emulator.

The CORE9G25 Board gets its IP address from your DCHP server so in order to know what this IP is, read Discover the IP address assigned by DHCP.

Knowing the IP address, it is possible to communicate with the CORE9G25-CON Board using:

• a Web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome to have access to the CORE9G25 Board web page (WEB access)
• a SSH client like Putty on Windows or SSH on Linux to have access to the command line prompt (Using the SSH session)
• a SCP client like WINSCP on Windows or SCP on Linux to move the file between your PC and the file systems on the CORE9G25 microSD (SCP to remotely browse the microSD file system)
• a Serial Terminal Emulator like Putty, Hyperterminal on Windows or Minicom on Linux using the serial debug port(Debug Port Interface)