First boot - Jetson headless initial setup

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Linux instructions

  1. Make sure screen is installed on your computer. If it is not, you can do so in e.g Ubuntu with the following command: sudo apt install screen.
  2. Connect your Open.OC 2 board with the provided USB cable to your computer.
  3. Power on the board.
  4. On your computer, a new serial device should appear (e.g. /dev/ttyACM0), connect to it: screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200. Note that the name of the serial device might vary depending on other connected devices, Linux distribution, etc.
  5. When successfully connected, you should be guided through NVIDIA's initial setup wizard. If this does not happen, press SPACE bar and/or ENTER to see if it appears. If that fails, power cycle the board and start again.
  6. Complete the initial setup wizard, where you will be able to set up a user account, keyboard settings, network settings, etc.
  7. When done, the board is ready for use. By default, SSH is enabled so if your board is connected to your LAN (using the Ethernet cable for example) you will not need the USB connection to your PC anymore.

Windows instructions

Tested on Windows 10.

  1. Download and install PuTTY from https://www.putty.org
  2. Connect your Open.OC 2 board to your computer with the provided USB cable.
  3. Power on the board.
  4. To determine the port name in Windows, open the Device Manager:
    Press Windows+R to open a "Run" window, type devmgmt.msc, then click "OK".
  5. Expand the "Ports (COM & LPT)" list, and look for an entry starting by "USB Serial Device". It will likely be the only entry. If not, please unplug the USB cable from the computer and plug it again to check what is the new entry created by plugging the board. The port name will be at the end of the entry name. For example, if the entry is "USB Serial Device (COM8)", the port name will be COM8.
  6. Open the program Putty, then click on Session in the left list. On the right, choose "Serial" as the connection type, then type the port name (e.g. COM8) in Serial line, and 115200 in Speed. The configuration should look as below:
    PuTTY configuration.png
  7. Click Open to start the terminal.
  8. When successfully connected, you should be guided through NVIDIA's initial setup wizard. If this does not happen, press SPACE bar and/or ENTER to see if it appears. If that fails, power cycle the board and start PuTTY again.
  9. Complete the initial setup wizard, where you will be able to set up a user account, keyboard settings, network settings, etc.
  10. When done with the wizard, the board is ready for use. By default, SSH is enabled so if your board is connected to your LAN (using the Ethernet cable for example) you will not need the USB connection to your PC anymore.

Troubleshooting

  • If you try exit or restart the configuration process through the wizard multiple times, it may not be recoverable. You will then need to flash the board again using the previous instructions.
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