Testing WIFI and GPS hardware

[arne anka]

> strength of 27/94 according to the "iwlist eth0 scan" command. Other
> people have reported that WIFI to unsecured WAPs worked out-of-the-box,

i think, you need at least to associate with the ap, ie use iwconfig to  
set the ap and maybe the channel.

>    Although I couldn't get WIFI to work under the "Locations" graphical
> application (which says "Searching for your location" and then "ERROR:
> Unable to locate a fix" when I turn on GPS), I haven't heard of much
> success from others either.


not sure, what you're talking about -- wifi or gps?

>    It would be nice if the wiki had some simple procedures for testing  
> the
> Freerunner to verify that the hardware works as it should

- check whether wifi and gps are enabled
- make sure you got a recent kernel (ie one that includes the gps fix,  
_not_ the one the fr came with)
- make sure you are in a spot where gps works! use a second gps device to  
check, if possible
- do iwconfig eth0 and check the output, do iwlist eth0 scan and check the  
output. if you see meaningful lines (with an wpa nearby you should see it  
as well), he wifi hw is ok
- do
echo 1 >  
/sys/devices/platform/s3c2440-i2c/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/neo1973-pm-gps.0/pwron
cat /dev/ttySAC1
and watch the output, after a while the should be lines with all fields  
filled