OpenPCI USB Controller Working in Mediator

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@stopthegop

I'm trying to get this to work on a 1200LT4 board.  When you installed the Mediator drivers, did you install the Elbox USB driver or just ArakAttack/OpenPCI (I assume)?

[Argus]

wurzel wrote:
I`m guessing this is using OS4 on a A4000ppc? If so, then us A1200ers would need the Elbox drivers? I think ArakAttack & OpenPCI are for the PPC?

I believe he's using OS3.9 with his setup.  I've tried ArakAttack and Poseidon with a similar OEM Acer Labs 5723 card on a 1200LT4 under OS3.5 but so far no dice; I get an error message in Poseidon 'can't open openpci.library'  :-(
Update: still not working; tried a VIA USB card (pciinfo sees it) but it also fails to initialize under Poseidon 'OpenUSB.device failed'.  I'm using the latest ArakAttack (openpci.library 2.0beta1 68K), Poseidon v3.5 (registered full version), OS3.5, and pci.library 6.2.  So the short of this is that I at least can't get an OpenPCI USB card to work on a Mediator 1200LT4.  Oh well.... :-?

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@stopthegop

*edit* okay, I decided to switch the position of the USB card (I had it in the bottom pci slot) up to the first pci slot (before the Voodoo3000 card).  You are correct about the ALi card, now pciinfo shows 4 Acer Labs pci devices "unknown".  This wasn't the case with a VIA USB2.0 card I tried (it even correctly identified the Firewire ports on that one).  I open up Poseidon and I still get 'unable to open openpci.library' 'OpenUSB.device failed'.

I am now running OS3.9 with BB1&2 on a BlizzardPPC so maybe there are some Mediator variables that I need to change?  What are your variables in prefs:env-archive/mediator/? Do you have the spider USB driver installed (I don't)?

Btw, the ALi card I'm using looks similar to the one Chain photographed except mine has a small power connecter to power the USB ports.

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stopthegop wrote:
Sorry for the terrible pic, but this shows Poseidan with 4 ports active/in use.  Not sure why it would work in mine but not others?  My miggy is still apart otherwise I'd just have posted a screen grab..  :roll:  

ah, where's the picture?

I've been thinking about this problem. It must be that you have an OHCI card (USB1.1) while I (and others) have been trying to make an EHCI (USB2.0) card work (a no go).  I'm going to try again once I get my hands on an older OHCI card.