Getting started:
Shortest instruction getting Intel Edison up an running without any troubles:
use Windows, both USB, format Edison drive FAT32, PuTTy on USB Serial Port 115200, upgrade Yocto
Do NOT go the hard way doing the connection setup via MacOS … drivers on Microsoft Windows are running well and
you do get easily an PuTTY connection up and running, as stated connect both USB cables!!
Using Intel Edison Mini Breakout Board:
J3 - brings USB Serial Port (in my case COM18) connects internal to Edison UART2, this is one you connect with
PuTTY (serial,115200 Baud) to get a remote console!!
J16 - brings power and Intel Edison Virtual Com Port (in my case COM17)
Next make sure you get the latest Edison Yocto image installed on Edison! (as of today version 68)
Before making an OS upgrade - ensure that the shared Edison volume is formatted FAT32 (factory is FAT only) !
Before running "reboot ota" ensure the shared Edison drive is safely unmounted from any Windows
you can check version cat /etc/version or configure_edison --version
I started with build 56, Poky 1.6 Edison (factory) upgraded to build 68
>>> with these tricks, welcome to the new Intel Edison world!
now you can configure_edison --setup, the option --setup is not present before doing an successful upgrade
hint: if you are on build >=68 you can activate the Wifi AP mode (see section down) and run the configuration
via webconsole 192.168.42.1<your Edison IP address>
Turning Edison Wifi remote SSH on:
First make sure you have set Wifi and root pwd running configure_edison --setup
usb0 on 192,168.x.15 and wlan0 on 192.168.x.y can't be up together link
to fix: vi /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/network-gadget-init.service
and change both both occurrences of 192.168.2.15 to 192.168.99.15, reboot!
>>> with these tricks, welcome to remote access via ssh root@192.168.2.122<your Edison IP address>
>>> even more you can now access from Edison the WWW - isn't that magic ;-)