OpenPCI USB Controller Working in Mediator

[stopthegop]

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....  

Does pciinfo show each usb port as a separate entry named "unknown"?  Mine does -- and I suspect that may be why it works.  What I mean is..  perhaps the Elbox driver, not knowing what the card is, lets it pass without running interference?  I tried lots of (mostly newer) USB cards in the mediator before I discovered this card.  I always got weird problems if I had a USB card plugged in.  The weirdness correlated with whether or not pciinfo identified a non-Spider USB card.  The Ali card was the first USB card not to be identified by pciinfo as a "USB" card.  Instead it was "Unknown", and no system instability like with the other USB cards.  Funny, because Poseidan knows exactly what it is!  

[stopthegop]

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?

wurzel

Argus is right.  Its OS3.9 bb1 and 2 with 6 slot mediator and CstormPPC.  

[Argus]

@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.

[wurzel]

Ok, I got my card from Germany and eagerly fitted it.

Whilst PciInfo finds it, reports it as "unknown" and I have Poseidon & ArakAttack intalled, it doesn`t work

Trident (& Snoopdos) say that the system can`t find OpenPci library, Version 2. I have V2.1 installed in Libs:

So, I`m stumped

wurzel

[balrogsoft]

Very interesting thread, i get an old conceptronic usb 1.1 (2 ports) detected on Trident, but i can't get an usb device working, i tried a mouse and a card reader, here is the trident log about usb:

 0-OpenUSB.device: OpenUSB.device 1.23 (4.1.2007) ©2004 by Guido Mersmann
 0-OpenUSB.device: OpenPCI type is: MediatorA1200! 1
 0-OpenUSB.device: Welcome unit 0 - Type: 'OHCI Host Controller'
 0-OpenUSB.device: Name: 'OPTi 82C861/2/3 FireLink PCI-to-USB Bridge' (0x1045/0xC861/0x1045/0xC861)
 0-poseidon.library: New hardware DEVS:USBHardware/OpenUSB.device/0 added. Plug in, baby!
 0-poseidon.library: Root hub has been enumerated.
.....................
 0-hub.class: Hub with 96 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'USB OHCI Root Hub'.

Any suggetion to make any usb device working?

[humppa]

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)?

How did you set the memory window jumper? 8 MB? You might try changing it to different values, e.g. 0MB. As far as I know the "hackish" memory window is one of the differences between A1200 and A4000 Mediator.

[balrogsoft]

I just tried a Conceptronic usb 2.0 (6 usb ports) with a ALI M5273, but it didn't work, i tried different pci ports, different window memory configurations, sometimes the system boots up, but when i execute pciinfo, it don't recognise the card, or appears 18 devices!!!  :-o

I will try again with the old usb 1.1 Conceptronic card, my system is stable and Trident recognise it and mount a usb hub but i can't get any usb device working. I forget to mention that the Conceptronic usb 1.1 card, don't use a ALI chipset, it use a OPTi 82861 chipset. Maybe exist more compatible chipsets...

[quenthal]

stopthegop wrote:

Does pciinfo show each usb port as a separate entry named "unknown"?  Mine does -- and I suspect that may be why it works.  What I mean is..  perhaps the Elbox driver, not knowing what the card is, lets it pass without running interference?

You can easily make usb-card (or any pci-card) "unknown" - check with pciinfo what name it returns for that card, search it from vendors.txt (that probably is in your S:) and remove that line from it. I haven't tried, but I don't think this causes the problem, but who knows.

[MASACREWILL]

..hi guys, is there anybody who got the card working in the Mediator LT4 in an Amiga 1200? Thanx

[stopthegop]

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:


 

[Argus]

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.

[dirtiemds]

After reading this thread I bought a ali-based card with the mentioned chipset. Pciinfo finds the ports and named them "unknown" although the vendor was detected as "Acer Labs Inc".
I installed the demoversion of ARAKATTACK and Poseidon. The Hubs were "in use" in Trident, but everytime when I plug in a USB-Device the system freezes... whats wrong?!? I have openpci.lib version 2.1?  :roll:

My System: Amiga Blizzard1260/128MB, MediatorSX, Voodoo4, Soundblaster, Realtek Ethernet, OS3.9BB2 Dopus5.82 Magellan 2

[stopthegop]

Mine is OHCI.  

[dirtiemds]

I have OHCI and one EHCI Port... all these ports were listed in Trident!
Now I tried it with a nearly clean AMiGAOS3.9 on another boot-partition. Same failure... everything is detected well but when I insert my usb-stick the machine freezes

Any hints?

gtx, thx d!RT!E

[evi73]

hello,

i have the card in my mediator . trident have correct usb information .

i have with cam and mouse tested . all insert and my system freeze . one insert my system freeze :-(

by evi


-- sorry my bad english , my german is better :-) --

[magnetic]

Any more news on this? Anyone have any luck with non Spider usb boards??