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Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:29 am
by Corjan
Yeah, that is the goal still :)

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:23 am
by Keith Baxter
Corjan,

Any progress?
Do you perhaps have a image that just works on the pi4 for us to test and play with?

Keith

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:22 am
by Corjan
Hi,


Oh, sorry, never posted an update here.

There is a new BETA SD image available here:
https://siminnovations.com/wiki/index.p ... ry_Pi_BETA

This image works both on the Pi 2, 3 and 4.

There are some limitations on the Pi 4 though:
- second HDMI port cannot be used
- Only panels that have the same resolution as the screen show up correctly. All others look distorted
- Mouse control doesn't work (touch does).


Corjan

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:50 pm
by Keith Baxter
Thank you for the update Corjan,

I am particularly interested in the dual display so I will wait for you to get that sorted before i start to play with the Pi4.

Keith

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:51 pm
by Corjan
Hi,

Not sure if I ever can to be honest.
Also, the Pi 4 is not really powerfull enough to render to two displays anyways. Maybe with low resolution, but even then...

What kind of displays do you want to hook up?

Corjan

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:59 pm
by Keith Baxter
Corjan,

They are small 4", 5" , 7" and 10" displays.

For the Garmin 430 the 4" and for the 530 the 5"
For the FMC the 5"
For the zibo efb the 10"

Mainly these ones
https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/lcd-oled.htm

Keith

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:57 pm
by Keith Baxter
@Corjan

I already have 2 x RPi licences so was hoping to save a bit there by being able to have 4 instruments running.

1 x RPi4 will run the EDAI (3,5" screen) on one hdmi and the EFB (10.1" screen) on the other hdmi
1 X RPi4 will run the CPT & FO CDU/FMC both (5" screens)



After lock-down is over and my fiber is installed, It would be appreciated if we can do a session to resolve the crash and also the touch screen issue on my 10.1" RPi


That would be around the 23 April I will assume If all go well our side.

Keith

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:40 pm
by X-ray_Mike
Thanks for the "Air Player 3.7 Home Use (BETA 20)" update, but I am unsuccessful getting it downloaded. Tried a couple of times, but after a few hours I get a download error, and only about 1.60 GB of the file, when i resume it starts from the beginning. I am located in the US (Florida) on a satellite connection so bandwidth and speed are limited. I may wait till things get better before trying again.

Thanks...Stay Safe
X-ray_Mike

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:47 am
by Corjan
Hi,

That is annoying. I might be able to support resumes on the server.
I'll have a look at that today.

Corjan

Re: Rpi 4

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:16 am
by X-ray_Mike
UPDATE - download workaround

I had a friend with Google Fiber service download sd_card image. Then broke it down into smaller pieces and uploaded it to Dropbox. I downloaded it and reassembled "sd_card" file and flashed the card. That went well.

Running on Pi4 - not so good

Booted the Pi4 but it hangs on the Sim Innovation screen Hit enter key and takes me back to the TEXT screen displaying:

ERROR Platform HTTP: GET request failed: Couldn't resolve host name

That's as far as I can get, what have I done wrong?

Mike