Device Guide

The device guide is an extension of the user guide. It gives an overview of supported Nerve Devices and the device specific information that is required for installing and operating Nerve software.

Each device chapter includes the following information:

• Links to documentation material from the manufacturer
• Hardware setup for getting the device Nerve ready

• First steps after the installation
• Overview of physical ports and node internal networking

All devices share the base functionality of Nerve but differ in the extent of functionality.

MFN 200	MFN 100
fitlet3	Kontron Kbox A-250
Siemens SIMATIC IPC427E	Siemens SIMATIC IPC BX-39A
Vecow SPC-5600-i5-8500

Installing Nerve

The following instructions guide you trough the installation of Nerve on a supported device from different manufacturers.

Note that in the following instructions <version_number> and <drivename> are used as a placeholders.

To obtain the correct version number for your device, contact sales@tttech-industrial.com or submit a request through the TTTech Industrial support portal. Requirements for installing Nerve on the device:

In addition, a workstation is required to prepare the bootable USB drive. Connect the monitor and the keyboard to the device.

Before beginning with the installation, make sure that the device will boot from the USB drive. Press Del when the device is booting to enter BIOS and change the boot device settings.

On Windows

1. Download the Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img.tar.gz from the Nerve Software Center to a workstation.
2. Extract the
   Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img.tar.gz file to retrieve the Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img file. Depending on the program used, the file might need to be extracted more than once.

3. Transfer the extracted
   Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img file to the USB drive using Rufus.

   Note

   Make sure to replace <version_number> with the version number needed for your device.

4. Plug the USB drive into a USB port of the Nerve Device.

5. Make sure that the device will boot from the USB drive and power on the device.

The setup will start automatically and take a few minutes to complete part 1 of the installation. After a reboot, part 2 of the installation will continue. Once the installation is finished, follow the on screen instructions to either close the installation window or reboot the device. The device will then reach a log in screen, asking for host access log in credentials. Make sure that the device will boot from the hard disk if rebooting the device again.

On Linux

1. Download the Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img.tar.gz file from the Nerve Software Center.

2. Enter the following commands to extract the Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img.tar.gz file and transfer the extracted file to the USB drive:

   tar xf Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img.tar.gz
   sudo dd if=Nerve_Blue_USB-installer_<version_number>_for_generic.img bs=4M of=/dev/sd<drivename> status=progress
   sync
   

   Note

   Make sure to replace <drivename> with the system name of the USB drive. Make sure to replace <version_number> with the version number needed for your device.

3. Plug the USB drive into a USB port of the Nerve Device.

4. Make sure that the device will boot from the USB drive and power on the device.

The setup will start automatically and take a few minutes to complete part 1 of the installation. After a reboot, part 2 of the installation will continue. Once the installation is finished, follow the on screen instructions to either close the installation window or reboot the device. The device will then reach a log in screen, asking for host access log in credentials. Make sure that the device will boot from the hard disk if rebooting the device again.