How to install a series C test-box from scratch.

  1. Open the case and install a RIPE-NCC TTM GPS Interface 2.0 card.
    WARNING: When you are about to install the card it is nice to check if the resistor array R7 which is very close to the DB9 connector is actually a '6X-2-102'. If it is something else by accident DO NOT install it. Grab another one with correct part for R7 on it. This warning is here because a wrong R7 component once caused problems too cumbersome to analyse.
  2. Mount the antenna and connect its serial&UTP cable;
  3. Connect all TB components:
  4. Switch on the box and enter the BIOS. Set the (approximate) time and date in the BIOS. Use GMT, so Amsterdam time minus1 (winter) or 2 (summer) hours.
  5. Boot the TB using the install floppy. If you don't have it, the latest image is in (must be put into the tree)
  6. After the boot, answer to the asked questions: the network interface is "xl0" as it already is; give to the TB one usable(free) "install" IP: and leave the other fields (netmask, dns...) untouched unless needed otherwise. After this this new box is on the DEVEL network with the IP you gave it.
  7. Clean up the e-mail you got the application form in and save it to

    /ncc/ttpro/application_forms/

  8. with the corresponding testbox name (e.g. tt75). Do not over clean. Keep the original e-mail header as it shows the submission date of the form. Nothing relies on this file anymore. It is kept for purely archival purposes.
  9. At a linux box as ttraffic execute:

    app2ttreg (application_form_file_named_as_ttid)

    If you are lucky this will fill up the ttreg entry from the application form as much as possible and pop up your configured editor for corrections. Continue accordingly and save. If it does not look good or work correctly, don't get disappointed, fill it by hand by executing:

    ttreg -n ttid

    Creation of the corresponding test-box software tree only depends on this ttreg entry anymore.

Notes


When the box comes online at the site: