CubeNode eth connection

Cube Autopilot
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Dear all,

I need to set up a ethernet port on a cube orange+, I followed this documentation Setting Up the Physical Connection between the Cube, CubeNode, and laptop/PC | CubePilot

When booting I get also this message

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I can ping the the address 192.168.13.14. The documentation says:

The IP address for the Cube will be automatically set to the CubeNode’s IP address+1, which is 192.168.13.14+1 = 192.168.13.15.

However I cannot ping 192.168.13.15. So put a logic analyzer between cube node eth and cubepilot. But there is no communication at all. I tried with a second node but same, no communication. Both CTS and RTS are all time high (busy).

I think I have more a firmware or parameters issue. If someone who was able to get a success connection could share the firmware setting and also the parameters for the node and cube, I would be really happy.

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Hi Yann,

Since you can ping 192.168.13.14, the Ethernet side of the CubeNode seems alive. The issue is probably on the PPP/UART side between the CubeNode and the Cube.

Please check the Cube firmware and parameters first:

NET_ENABLE = 1
SERIAL2_PROTOCOL = 48
SERIAL2_BAUD = 12500000

assuming the CubeNode UART is connected to Serial2. Also confirm the Cube is running ArduPilot 4.5+ and that the selected serial port supports RTS/CTS flow control.

On the CubeNode side, set manual IP, for example:

NET_DHCP = 0
NET_IPADDR = 192.168.13.14
NET_NETMASK = 24
NET_PPP_PORT = 1

Then restart both CubeNode and Cube.

If RTS/CTS remain high and there is no serial activity, I would strongly suspect either the wrong Cube serial port is configured, TX/RX/RTS/CTS wiring mismatch, or PPP not actually enabled on the autopilot firmware/port.

Wish you all the best.

Regards,

Dr. Fares Aldhaheri