Just a few technical notes on debugging the SSL Nucleus (mk1) through serial port. I will enventually update this article with additional commands tests.
First of all, you’ll need a USB to serial cable, which can easily be found on amazon, aliexpress and so on. Such a cable it about 1€, don’t spend more on it!
On macOS: open a Terminal and type:
screen /dev/tty.wchusbserial141330The actual name of the device may differ, but it’s probably be something close.
You now have a pretty nice shell, opened on your Nucleus, type « help » to show all available commands:
CMD>help
TP220_3 [] Daw channels layer 3 diags
ALLOC_3 [] DAW allocator
TP220_2 [] Daw channels layer 2 diags
ALLOC_2 [] DAW allocator
ACTIVE [] Ptoosl active send
TP220_1 [] Daw channels layer 1 diags
ALLOC_1 [] DAW allocator
TP180 [] Soft key diag
TP186 [] Layer Control
TP215 [] control groups
TP177 [] UDP midi
IP [] TCPIP Diags
ETHer [] PX1 Ether diags
DAW [] DAW config
CCC [] cc config
SOKS [] Soft key diag
FLIST [] function lists
TP234 [] Centre meters
TP199 [] USB KBD Functions
SVEN2 [] 7 seg diag
SURF [] ctrl surface diags
TP5 [] Control manager
TP86 [] Power up restore
LOG [] Logging
FRAM [] FRAM cmds
FS [] File system
RTC [] Real time clock
USB [] USB Kbd Diags
TH6 [] SPI Access
TH17 [] 675 Live Bus
TH16 [] MD Bus
REP [] Diags
TH18_0 [] LCD Driver
TH19 [] Firmware Revision
INTEG check code integrity
CRASH crash system
VER SW version
G Flip back to the trusty "G" interpreter; same as <ctrl D>
DEBUG [] Stuff which should probably be somewhere else
HEAP [] Heap diags
MOS [] Operating system diagnostics
FILES Show file task ids
REPort [] Diagnostic reporting
CMD>
Now, it’s probably the best time for the traditional disclaimer: you may break things here, I’m not responsable for anything.
| Command | Short description | Description |
| TP220_3 | Daw channels layer 3 diags | untested |
| ALLOC_3 | DAW allocator | untested |
| TP220_2 | Daw channels layer 2 diags | untested |
| ALLOC_2 | DAW allocator | untested |
| ACTIVE | Ptoosl active send | untested |
| TP220_1 | Daw channelslayer 1 diags | untested |
| ALLOC_1 | DAW allocator | untested |
| TP180 | Soft key diag | untested |
| TP186 | Layer Control | untested |
| TP215 | Control Groups | List all internal states for all DAW sync-ed items (faders, buttons, pots, etc.). |
| TP177 | UDP midi | untested |
| IP | TCPIP Diags | untested |
| ETHer | PX1 Ether Diags | untested |
| DAW | DAW Config | untested |
| CCC | CC config | untested |
| SOKS | Soft key diag | untested |
| FLIST | function lists | untested |
| TP234 | centre meters | Setup the MIC meter (from 1 to 2) led display to a given value (from 0 4000) to . Ex: « TESTmtr 1 2000 » lights up half the left channel leds. |
| TP199 | USB KBD functions | untested |
| SVEN2 | 7 seg diag | Shows a 2 letter text on the center « MODE » 7 segments display. |
| SURF | ctrl surface diags | untested |
| TP5 | Control manager | untested |
| TP86 | Power up restore | untested |
| LOG | Logging | Dumps the last boot message (see below) |
| FRAM | FRAM cmds | untested |
| FS | File system | untested |
| RTC | Real Time Clock | untested |
| USB | USB kbd diags | untested |
| TH6 | SPI Access | untested |
| TH17 | 675 Live Bus | untested |
| TH16 | MD Bus | untested |
| REP | Diags | untested |
| TH18_0 | LCD Drivers | A set of commands to display text on the left/right two lines LCD |
| TH19 | Firmware revision | Shows the firmware revision « FPGA Firmware version is : V2.01 » |
| INTEG | check code integrity | Check the OS integity, supposed to show « Code integrity test passed. » |
| CRASH | crash system | untested |
| VER | SW version | Shows the software version: « Software : Nucleus Version : V1.6/2 I Build : Tue 17 Jun 14, 15:59:17 by alanj » |
| G | Flip back to the trusty « G » interpreter; same as | untested |
| DEBUG | Stuff which should probably be somewhere else | untested |
| HELP | Heap diags | untested |
| MOS | Operating system diagnostics | untested |
| FILES | Show file task ids | untested |
| REPort | Diagnostic reporting | untested |
Boot logs:
Version : V1.6/2 I
Build : Tue 17 Jun 14, 15:59:17 by alanj
TP96: Monitor type is SSL Aude 505 CPU Monitor
TH19: Firmware: V2.01
th5_control_bus
th16_bud_md_bus
th5_control_bus
th17_bud_live_bus
TF1: File system
th12: MMC/SD init: Caching ON
th12: card type 8
TF1: File system status: OK
TF1: 3896246272/3942645760 bytes free
tp301: Read 8192 bytes of FRAM data from disk (requested 8192)
TS4: Crash logger
tp86: Valid console PUR data found
TP5: Control manager
tp299: xdaw control surface
tp234_bud_centre_meters
TP226: Function lists
TP184: Soft Key Manager
TP253: CC Config
TP190: DAW config
tp190: setting profile 'BG Protools' ('/userprof/4') on daw layer 1
tp190: setting profile 'B Logic Standard' ('/userprof/2') on daw layer 2
tp190: setting profile 'Live Standard' ('/sslprof/14') on daw layer 3
PX1: Ethernet
PX1: mem map B
PX1: 82559 Detected
TC4: TCPIP setup
TC4: 31 bytes of FRAM used
TC4: Using DHCP assigned addresses
TC1: OpenTCP Init
TC1: Using DHCP assigned addresses
TC1: MAC address is 58:0c:13:04:02:90
TP185: Soft Key Assignments
TP219: Layer 1 initialisation for protocol 'HUI'
TP212 Creating HUI layer. First chan 1, last chan 16
tp75: constructing HUI LUT
TP219: Layer 2 initialisation for protocol 'Logic Audio'
TP213 Creating MCU layer. First chan 1, last chan 16
tp75: constructing MCU LUT
TP160: Starting 2 MCU handhake ports for layer 2
tp160: rcvd port active on port 0
tp160: rcvd port active on port 1
TP219: Layer 3 initialisation for protocol 'Logic Audio'
TP213 Creating MCU layer. First chan 1, last chan 16
tp75: constructing MCU LUT
TP160: Starting 2 MCU handhake ports for layer 3
tp160: rcvd port active on port 0
tp160: rcvd port active on port 1
TP176: AWS90 Remote [serial no. 262800]
TC1: Starting IP services
TC1: got DHCP IP address 10.0.1.107
TP277: Calibrating fader touch 1...16
TP277: Calibrating faders 1...16
Software : Nucleus
Version : V1.6/2 I
Build : Tue 17 Jun 14, 15:59:17 by alanj
Code integrity test passed.
Boot completed in 1030 ticks.