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1. Flash Image by Ubuntu

1.1 Recovery Mode

System Requirement

• Linux Host Computer (x86 Ubuntu 18.04 and above)

• Micro USB cable
Enter Force Recovery Mode

For PE1000N Box, the Flash Port is number ❸, and the Force Recovery Button is number ❺.

Please perform the following steps to force the PE1000N to enter force recovery mode:

[PE1000N]

Power off the PE1000N and remove the power cable.
Connect Host Computer and PE1000N Flash Port (number ❸) with Micro USB cable.
Press and hold the Force Recovery Button (number ❺).
Connect the power cable and Power ON the PE1000N.
After 3s release the Force Recovery Button.

[Host Computer]

Make sure PE1000N is entered to force recovery mode, type command ‘lsusb’, you can see: “NVidia Corp”, it means PE1000N is in force recovery mode.

1.2 Flash Image

[Host Computer]

Extract BSP file on Host Computer.

BSP file example :

System	File Name
PE1000N Nano	PE1000N Nano JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x
PE1000N TX2 NX	PE1000N TX2 NX JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x
PE1000N Xavier NX	PE1000N Xavier NX JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x

1.sudo tar emmc-nx-PE1000N-1.0.0-official-202206270615.tbz2
2.cd emmc-nx-PE1000N-1.0.0-official-202206270615
3.sudo ./nvmflash.sh –showlogs

Flashing the image takes around 10 minutes.

For kernel 5.10, please use these commands to flash:

To flash the eMMC:

 sudo tar -xvf xxxxx.tar.gz
    cd mfi_PE1000N-nx
    sudo /etc/init.d/ds_agent stop
    sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --erase-all --flash-only --massflash 2 --showlogs PE1000N-nx mmcblk0p1

[PE1000N]

After 10 minutes, PE1000N will auto reboot.

NOTE :

Do not use a USB Hub between Host Computer and PE1000N.

You can know the process of flashing image from “emmc-nx-PE1000N-0.0.5-official-202201031710\mfilogs\log”.

2. Flash Image by Windows

2.1 Preparing your Environment

Update Windows version to build 19041 or higher
Open Windows PowerShell as administrator mode
Type the command below in PowerShell to enable WSL and Virtual Machine

1.dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
2.dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Restart your computer
Run Windows PowerShell as administrator mode
Type the command below in PowerShell to update WSL and ensure WSL kernal version is higher than 5.10.60.1

1.wsl -v
2.wsl --update

Type the command below in PowerShell to set WSL default version

1.wsl --set-default-version 2

Type the command below in PowerShell to install Ubuntu 20.04 and please enter new username and password after the installation

1.wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04 (after enter username and password, please type "exit" to quit Ubuntu)

Type the command below in PowerShell and make sure the version of Ubuntu 20.04 is 2 and has the mark of *

1.wsl -l -v

If your Ubuntu 20.04 WSL version is 1, Please Type the command below in PowerShell (you can skip this step if your Ubuntu 20.04 WSL version is 2)

1.wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2

If your Ubuntu 20.04 WSL doesn't show the mark of *, Please Type the command below in PowerShell (you can skip this step if your Ubuntu 20.04 shows the mark of *)

1.wsl --set-default Ubuntu-20.04

Download USBIPD 2.3.0 (usbipd-win_2.3.0.msi) and install
- USBIPD_v2.3.0
Run Windows PowerShell as administrator mode, and type the command below in PowerShell to run Linux and install USBIP

1.winget install --interactive --exact dorssel.usbipd-win
2.wsl
3.sudo apt update
4.sudo apt upgrade
5.sudo apt install bzip2
6.sudo apt install linux-tools-virtual hwdata
7.sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/usbip usbip `ls /usr/lib/linux-tools/*/usbip | tail -n1` 20

2.2 Flash Image

[PE1000N]

In power-off state, use a Micro USB cable to connect the PE1000N interface (Diagram ❸) to the PC's USB port
Press the Recovery Button (Diagram ❺), then simultaneously plug in the power. Wait for 3 seconds and remove the recovery button

[Host Computer]

Open PowerShell in administrator mode and type in below command to list all USB devices connected to Windows

1.usbipd wsl list

Open Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS APP
At PowerShell Enter the following command based on the BUSID corresponding to the Device APX to connect the device, do not close PowerShell after attach wsl

1.usbipd wsl attach -a -b 1-4 (Note: 1-4 followed by your BUSID)

To Make sure PE1000N is in recovery mode. Open Ubuntu 20.04 APP and type the command 'lsusb', and you will see 'NVidia Corp'. This indicates that PE1000N is in forced recovery mode.

The provided image file is in zip format. Extract the image file on Windows until the entire folder should be named /mfi_PE1000N-nx-emmc
After extracting the image file, open Ubuntu 20.04 APP.
At Ubuntu 20.04 the Windows hard drive is directly mounted at /mnt/. Please directly locate the directory to /mfi_PE1000N-nx-emmc folder in /mnt to access it

1.Example: if your username is 'myname', you would change the directory by typing cd /mnt/c/Users/myname/Desktop

Enter the following command to start flashing the image (takes around 10 minutes)

1.sudo ./nvmflash.sh --showlogs

PE1000N will autoreboot after finishing flashing the image, and you will see 'flash complete' in Ubuntu

3. Startup from external storage

(This method only supports for OS V1.x.x, it is not compatible with the new version of OS V2.x.x)

3.1 Mount rootfs to external storage

NOTE : Please flash Image first. (Refer to 1. Flash Image)

Open Disk Manager to make sure the external storage was empty

Ex: SD

Ex: NVMe
Copy initrd to the /boot path in PE1000N

initrd_230707.zip

sudo cp /media/xxx/xxx/initrd_230707 /boot/initrd
Reboot PE1000N
After booting, the HDMI screen will display as below, please connect the keyboard to select the device you want to install, 1: EMMC, 2: SD, 3: USB, 4: SSD (select “2” here as an example)
And you can see the copy process.
After booting, type command ‘df’, you can see filesystem info is as: OS is install on SD card

OS is installed on SD card now.

3.2 Deploy to multiple devices

If you want to deploy to multiple devices, you can follow the steps below. (Take SD card as an example)

Take the SD card that mounts rootfs.
Select the Clone drive through balenaEtcher to clone the content of original SD card to another SD card.
Start Flash!
Use the following command to change the root mount point of the PE1000N that has already flash the official image.
sudo vi /boot/exlinux/extlinux.conf
Change the original dev/mmcblk0p1 to /dev/mmcblk1p1, and save the file.
Insert the SD card you just cloned from step 3 into the PE1000N, and reboot PE1000N .
After booting, you can see OS is installed on SD card now.

4. LTE Setting

4.1 How to set up a SIM card

NOTE : Please insert the SIM card and power on the device.

Click to open the settings bar at the top right side of the desktop.
Click Mobile Broadband Settings
Switch on the Mobile Broadband to enable LTE function
Open the Network bar below the IMEI
Select Add new connection
Click Next on the top right of the window
Select your country
Select your provider
Select your plan
Click Apply on the top right of the window
It will use this configure to connect to the internet automatically
The current signal strength also appear on the settings bar

4.2 How to switch SIM card slot

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type command ‘sudo PE1000N-config’, if it asks for a password, enter the password set by yourself. Press Enter.
Select Ok
Select 5. SIM Select SIM slot and press Enter
Select 1 SIM1 or 2 SIM2 and press Enter
Select Finish and press Enter
Select Yes and press Enter to reboot

4.3 How to check SIM card status

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type command ‘sudo PE1000N-config’, if it asks for a password, enter the password set by yourself. Press Enter.
Select Ok
Select 7. Configuration and press Enter
Check SIM slot and SIM state on the screen

5. Minimizing Storage Usage

If you have installed the full set of JetPack components (libraries and SDKs) either with the ‘sudo apt-get install nvidia-jetpack’ command or by using SDK Manager to install all, you may have packages that you do not need for your application. You can take the following actions to regain disk space.

5.1 Remove samples package

  sudo rm -rf usr/local/cuda/samples   
  sudo rm -rf usr/src/cudnn_samples_*   
  sudo rm -rf usr/src/tensorrt/data   
  sudo rm -rf usr/src/tensorrt/samples   
  sudo rm -rf usr/share/visionworks* ~/VisionWorks-SFM*Samples   
  sudo rm -rf opt/nvidia/deepstream/deepstream*/samples

5.2 Remove static libraries

  sudo rm -rf usr/local/cuda/targets/aarch64-linux/lib/*.a 
  sudo rm -rf usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcudnn*.a 
  sudo rm -rf usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libnvcaffe_parser*.a 
  sudo rm -rf usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libnvinfer*.a 
  sudo rm -rf usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libnvonnxparser*.a 
  sudo rm -rf usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libnvparsers*.a

6. Switching M.2, COM Mode, and SIM

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type command ‘sudo PE1000N-config’, if it asks for a password, enter the password set by yourself. Press Enter.
Select Ok
Select the M.2, COM Mode, and SIM you want to switch

7. Switch DIO Instructions

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type below command to switch DIO

Set one DO Value: sudo dio_out #DO_Num # Value
Get one DI Value: sudo dio_in #DO_Num
Get all DO Value: sudo dio_out
Get all DI Value: sudo dio_in

8. LED Functions

8.1 Turn on/off LED

Open Terminal on the desktop
Below command are examples to turn on LED (Type Echo 1 or 0 for turning on/off LED)

ETH0 : sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/eth0-led/brightness
ETH1: sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/eth1-led/brightness
UART0: sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/uart0-led/brightness
UART1: sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/uart1-led/brightness
CAN: sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/can-led/brightness
WIFI: sudo echo 1 > "/sys/class/leds/wifi-led/brightness
LTE: sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/lte-led/brightness

8.2 Disable kernel LED function

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type below commands to disable kernel LED function

ETH0: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/eth0-led/trigger
ETH1: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/eth1-led/trigger
UART0: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/uart0-led/trigger
UART1: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/uart1-led/trigger
CAN: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/can-led/trigger
WIFI: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/wifi-led/trigger
LTE: sudo echo none > /sys/class/leds/lte-led/trigger

8.3 Recover Kernel LED function

Open Terminal on the desktop
Type below commands to recover kernel LED function

ETH0: sudo echo eth0 > /sys/class/leds/eth0-led/trigger
ETH1: sudo echo eth1 > /sys/class/leds/eth1-led/trigger
UART0: sudo echo uart0 > /sys/class/leds/uart0-led/trigger
UART1: : sudo echo uart1 > /sys/class/leds/uart1-led/trigger
CAN: sudo echo can > /sys/class/leds/can-led/trigger
WIFI: sudo echo wifi > /sys/class/leds/wifi-led/trigger
LTE: sudo echo lte > /sys/class/leds/lte-led/trigger

9. Others

9.1 ASUS API

Asus_API_Programming_Guide_v1.05_20240223.pdf

ASUS API (Library, Header files, Sample code)