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Advanced Usage

Communication with Galileo

Open a network share to your Galileo

Open up a file explorer window and type the following into the address bar:
\\YourGalileoName\c$

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        Configure remote debugging
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      <p>
        With your project open in Visual Studio:
        <ul>
          <li>
            Right click on your project (not solution) in the Solution Explorer and select <kbd>Properties</kbd><br/>
            <img src="images/ConfigureRemoteDebugger1.png"/>
          </li>
          <li>Expand <kbd>Configuration Properties</kbd></li>
          <li>Select the <kbd>Debugging</kbd> tree item</li>
          <li>Change the <kbd>Debugger to launch</kbd> to <kbd>Remote Windows Debugger</kbd></li>
          <li>
            Configure the debug page like the following picture, paying close attention to the debug settings:<br>
            <img src="images/ConfigureRemoteDebugger.png"/>
          </li>
        </ul>
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        <div class="panel-heading">Visual Studio Debug Settings</div>
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          Please change the following settings to configure remote debugging:<br/>
          Remote Command: <kbd>c:\test\$(TargetFileName)</kbd><br/>
          Working Directory: <kbd>c:\test</kbd><br/>
          Remote Server Name: <kbd>mygalileo</kbd><br/>
          Deployment Directory: <kbd>c:\test</kbd><br/>
          <br/>
          <b>NOTE:</b> If you want to change the directory that your project is deployed to and run out of you will need to change all of the places it says c:\test\ to your desired path.<br/>
          <b>NOTE:</b> If you change your Galileo's name, you will need to change the Remote Server Name to match.
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      <h4>Configure remote deploying</h4>
      Before you close the Property Pages, select the <kbd>Configuration Manager...</kbd> button from the upper right corner.<br/>
      Make sure "Deploy" is checked for your project<br/>
      <img src="images/EnableDeployment.png"/><br/>
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        Allow UART port to be used by HardwareSerial
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        This will change it from Kernel Debugger use.
        <ol>
            <li> Shut down Galileo and remove power </li>
            <li> Remove micro-SD card and plug it in to a PC--it mounted as drive “K:” </li>
            <li> In Admin cmd window on PC: </li>
                <ul>
                    <li> <kbd>bcdedit /store k:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /enum</kbd> </li>
                    <li> Verify you got bcd contents </li>
                    <li> <kbd>bcdedit /store k:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {default} debug No</kbd> </li>
                    <li> <kbd>bcdedit /store c:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {default} testsigning OFF</kbd> </li>
                    <li> <kbd>bcdedit /store k:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /enum</kbd> </li>
                    <li> Verify debug and testsigning are now “No” </li>
                </ul>
            <li> Safe dismount of micro-SD from PC (eject from Windows Explorer) </li>
            <li> Put micro-SD in Galileo and powered up </li>
        </ol>
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Customized Experience

Making your Galileo run an exe on boot

From a file explorer window, navigate to \\mygalileo\c$\Windows\System32\Boot
If prompted enter the username as \Administrator and the password as admin
Right click on autorun.cmd and select Edit
At the end of the file add: start YourAppLocation\YourAppName.exe

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        Changing your Galileo's Name
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      <p>
        Through telnet, run SetComputerName using the following line<br/>
        <kbd>SetComputerName YourNewName</kbd><br/>
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        <div class="panel-heading">Note:</div>
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          If you change your Galileo's name, it will break remote deployment and you will need to change the remote debugging/deployment settings on all projects to match.
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View/Kill Active Tasks

Through telnet, run 'tlist' to view currently running tasks
C:\>tlist
0 System Process 4 System 176 smss.exe 256 csrss.exe 284 wininit.exe 292 csrss.exe 308 winlogon.exe 328 services.exe 340 lsass.exe 420 svchost.exe 752 cmd.exe 764 msvsmon.exe 772 Galileo_eboot.exe 780 httpsrv.exe 788 ftpd.exe 796 telnetd.exe 804 mwstartnet.exe 860 msvsmon.exe 1284 TemperatureSensor.exe 1472 cmd.exe 112 tlist.exe

Through telnet, run 'kill PID' or 'kill Name' to kill a currently running task
C:\>kill 1284
process TemperatureSensor.exe (1284) - '' killed
C:\>kill TemperatureSensor.exe
process TemperatureSensor.exe (1284) - '' killed

Note:

Using 'kill Name' on will close all tasks with that name.

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    <h4 class="panel-title"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion1" href="#collapseAddDriver"> Add a driver to Windows</a> </h4>
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      <p> <strong>1.</strong> Copy your windows image (.wim file) to "C:\Temporary\images"<br/><br/>
          <strong>2.</strong> Copy the drivers you wish to add to "C:\Temporary\drivers"<br/><br/>
          <strong>3.</strong> Create an empty folder named "offline" to "C:\Temporary\" so the final path would be "C:\Temporary\offline"<br/><br/>
          <strong>4.</strong> Run a Command Line (cmd.exe) as Administrator.<br/><br/>
          <strong>4a.</strong><i> Get Informations about the image file.</i><br/>
        <kbd>Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\Temporary\images\9600.16384.x86fre.winblue_rtm_iotbuild.140731-1000_galileo_v1.wim</kbd><br/>
        <samp>Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool<br/>
              Version: 6.3.9600.17031<br/>
              Details for image : C:\Temporary\images\9600.16384.x86fre.winblue_rtm_iotbuild.140731-1000_galileo_v1.wim<br/>
              Index : 1<br/>
              Name : MODERNCORE_INSTALL<br/>
              Description : <undefined><br/>
              Size : 800,100,664 bytes<br/>
              Index : 2<br/>
              Name : MODERNCORE_BOOT<br/>
              Description : <undefined><br/>
              Size : 763,402,132 bytes<br/>
              The operation completed successfully.<br/>
        </samp><br/>
          <strong>4b.</strong><i> Mount the offline Windows image file.</i><br/>
        <kbd>Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\Temporary\images\9600.16384.x86fre.winblue_rtm_iotbuild.140731-1000_galileo_v1.wim /Name:"MODERNCORE_INSTALL" /MountDir:C:\Temporary\offline</kbd><br/>
        <samp>Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool<br/>
              Version: 6.3.9600.17031<br/>
              Mounting image<br/>
              [==========================100.0%==========================]<br/>
              The operation completed successfully.<br/>
         </samp><br/>
          <strong>4c.</strong><i> Add the specific driver to the offline image.</i><br/>
        <kbd>Dism /Image:C:\Temporary\offline /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Temporary\drivers\'your_driver_name.inf'</kbd><br/>
        <samp>Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool<br/>
              Version: 6.3.9600.17031<br/>
              Image Version: 6.3.9600.16384<br/>
              Found 1 driver package(s) to install.<br/>
              Installing 1 of 1 - C:\Temporary\drivers\'your_driver_name.inf': The driver package was successfully installed.<br/>
              The operation completed successfully.<br/>
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        <div class="panel-heading">Note:</div>
        <div class="panel-body"> For adding multiple drivers use /Recurse option.<br/>
        <kbd>Dism /Image:C:\Temporary\offline /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Temporary\drivers\ /Recurse</kbd><br/>
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      <p>
          <strong>4d.</strong><i> Commit the changes to the image.</i><br/>
        <kbd>Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\Temporary\offline /Commit</kbd><br/>
        <samp>Image Index : 1<br/>
              Saving image<br/>
              [==========================100.0%==========================]<br/>
              Unmounting image<br/>
              [==========================100.0%==========================]<br/>
              The operation completed successfully.<br/>
         </samp><br/>
          <strong>6.</strong> Now you can apply Microsoft Windows to an microSD card as described here: <a href="https://ms-iot.github.io/content/IBoughtAGalileo.htm" target="_blank">Bought or updating your Intel Galileo?</a><br/>
          <strong>7.</strong> To see if your driver works through telnet use 'devcon' command. For devcon command help look <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff544746(v=vs.85).aspx" target="_blank">here.</a><br/>
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Network Connectivity

Setup a Wi-Fi to Ethernet adapter

An often overlooked option for wirelessly connecting your Galileo to the internet is to use a Wi-Fi to Ethernet adapter.

Netgear WNCE2001 pictured

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        Bridge your PC's network connection to the Galileo
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      <p>You can provide internet connectivity (wireless or other) by sharing, or "bridging", your PC's network connection.</p>
      <p>When you connect your Galileo to your PC directly (as outlined <a href="./SetupGalileo.htm" target="_blank">here</a>), then you can share the network connection the PC is using to connect to the internet with the Galileo by following these steps:</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Open the "<b>Network and Sharing Center</b>" from the Start Screen.</li>
        <img src="images/Start_NetworkandSharingCenter.png"><br/><br/>
        <li>Select "<b>Change adapter settings</b>" from the left hand column.</li>
        <img src="images/NetworkandSharingCenter.png"><br/><br/>
        <li>In the network connection settings select "<b>Layout->Menu bar</b>" from the "<b>Organize</b>" drop down menu.</li>
        <img src="images/NetworkConnections.png"><br/><br/>
        <li>Select your "Ethernet" connection (to the Galileo) and your other connection (to the internet) [<i>"Wi-Fi" pictured</i>].</li>
        <img src="images/NetworkBridgeConnections.png"><br/><br/>
        <li>Wait for connection to be created...</li>
        <img src="images/Status_BridgeWait.png"><br/><br/>
        <li>Once the bridge has been created and new connection will appear, labelled "Network Bridge".</li>
        <img src="images/NetworkBridge.png"><br/><br/>
      </ul>
      <p>Now that your network bridge has been setup, your Galileo should be able to access the internet via your PC's internet connection.</p>
      <p>Use <kbd>ping bing.com</kbd> from a telnet session to your Galileo to confirm.</p>
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Advanced Usage

Communication with Galileo

Open a network share to your Galileo

Customized Experience

Making your Galileo run an exe on boot

View/Kill Active Tasks

Network Connectivity

Setup a Wi-Fi to Ethernet adapter

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Communication with Galileo

Open a network share to your Galileo

Customized Experience

Making your Galileo run an exe on boot

View/Kill Active Tasks

Network Connectivity

Setup a Wi-Fi to Ethernet adapter