I used this website http://domoticx.com/digitale-fotolijst-merkloos/ to get some reference into accessing the photoframe. Wanted to translate some of it as well as add some of my own notes.
- Uses 5v power
- Has 7 buttons on the right-side of the unit
- Can read USB sticks and SD/MMC/MS Cards
- PC, Mac or Linux
- Cheap FTDI serial adapter, try to get one that can do 3.3V and 5V both
- Guitar picks
- Breakout cables (preferably with Dupont connectors)
You can pop out the backside by using guitar picks. After that I will advice you to unplug the ribbon cable to the display, as well as other wires going into the buttons inputs and power into the screen unit.
First, plug power back into the photo frame, and measure the voltage between VCC and GND. Adjust your serial adapter to 3.3v or 5v accordingly. My measures showed somewhere around 3.3v, so that is the logic level that I'm going to use with the serial adapter.
Disconnect the power to the photo frame at this point.
The UART pins on my board are visible on the right side of the USB port. I connected the serial pins like this:
| FTDI Pins | Picture frame pins |
|---|---|
| GND | GND |
| TX | RX |
| RX | TX |
- Connect your PC to your serial adapter
- Start a new screen session with the serial adapter, baud rate 115200
- Plug power back into the photo frame
Boot logs:
BOOT SPI
.B(128)P(1)D(1)M(0)
..
------------ [0x0(F1) Socket Power On ] ------------
------------ [0x5(F2) Socket Power Gpio Number ] ------------
------------ [0x0(F3) Socket Power Gpio Group Number] ------------
------------ [0x0(F4) Detect Mode ] ------------
------------ [SPMF28XX Boot Loader] ------------
VERSION 5865
=========>new buddy system<============
new buddy system start_addr=0xA02FF000, size=0x100000
BOOT SPI
..Using LZO firmware
.......... buf=B0001000,size=16
EXEC round=1
0 | 00;00;00;00;00;20;06;00;00;00;00;00;00;00;01;00;
Power Key Counter (1)
2800 sysAppInit run
Module[Evm Board Config] init
BoardConfig init
MS Card Function Open
Module[A070FW05 Display Driver] init
Module[Evm RC Driver] init
Module[Evm Key Driver] init
Total Dev [5]
manu ID = 20
Device ID 1= 20
Device ID 2= 15
Disable write protection, Status = 0
RSV Disk A mount SUCCESS
[Jfs_findLastBlock:168] block=1
[Jfs_findLastSector:200] sector=129
[Jfs_mount:428] sector=129
[Jfs_findLastBlock:168] block=1
RSV Disk B mount SUCCESS
No [DI[ERR rtc]timer read tiERROR !!! rtc reliable code not matERROR !!! rtc reliable code not match : 0
USB BIG MEMLOCK SIZE [8192]
After Create2 [usbMemCreate], ptr = A01C56C8, size = 8096
[USB HOST] Initial
[hostDrvMsdcDriverInit]
[USB HOST] Enable
SD Revision: 7505
MS Revision: 5988
USB HOST Revision: 7379
SPGUI Revision: 0
Module[3D Flip Effect] init
Module[3D Circle Effect] init
Module[3D Float Effect] init
Module[3D Cube Effect] init
Module[Shutter Effect] init
Module[Boxing Shutter Effect] init
Module[Cross Comb Effect] init
Module[Insert Effect] init
Module[News Effect] init
Module[Plus Sign Effect] init
Module[Flabellate Effect] init
Module[Fade Effect] init
Module[Shrink Effect] init
[USB HOST] Power On1
[USB HOST] Initial
[hostDrvMsdcDriverInit]
[USB HOST] Enable
sysAppInit OK
******************************
* Press 'Enter' to continue *
******************************
cmd>spGuiTask thread start!
AUO a070fw05 INITIAL
reconstruct display region
CPU update sync with sof !!
open [A:\res\COLOR.BIN]
MatrixA[0]=[133][ 307]
MatrixA[1]=[FFFFFFE6][- 26]
MatrixA[2]=[FFFFFFE6][- 26]
MatrixA[3]=[FFFFFFCD][- 51]
MatrixA[4]=[166][ 358]
MatrixA[5]=[FFFFFFCD][- 51]
MatrixA[6]=[FFFFFFDA][- 38]
MatrixA[7]=[FFFFFFDA][- 38]
MatrixA[8]=[14D][ 333]
MatrixB[0]=[0][ 0]
MatrixB[1]=[0][ 0]
MatrixB[2]=[0][ 0]
[Jfs_findLastBlock:168] block=1
[Jfs_findFile:232] file=B:\settings.dat sector=129
[Jfs_open:484] pFile=-2146711024
[Jfs_read:563] fd=1, nbytes=756
[Jfs_close:533] fd=1
bri=[FFFFFFF6] con=[FF] sat=[100] hue=[0]
con=[FF],bri=[FFFFFFF6],hue=[0],sat=[100]
MatrixB[0]=- 80 MatrixB[1]=- 80 MatrixB[2]=- 80
[_jpegReaderLoad] 4 mini second, ret=0
open dev /dev/input0 00000000
spGuiInputTask thread start!
open dev /dev/input1 00000001
spGuiInputTask thread start!
Load Image A:\res\logo.jpg
[_jpegReaderLoad] 84 mini second, ret=0
[4097][jpegReaderLoad] 4 mini second, ret=0
[4128][jpegReaderLoad] 5 mini second, ret=0
decodeWithoutGpe : outRect 0, 0, 432, 234
ERROR !!! rtc reliable code not match : 0
Load Image A:\res\source_bg.jpg
[_jpegReaderLoad] 97 mini second, ret=0
[4097][jpegReaderLoad] 4 mini second, ret=0
[4128][jpegReaderLoad] 5 mini second, ret=0
decodeWithoutGpe : outRect 0, 0, 432, 234
spFontLoad A:\font\arial16.fnt
spFontLoad 0x801D7490
You can browse the filesystem using the "cd" command as usual. However, "ls" doesn't work, use "dir" instead.
You can also type "help" to display all of the commands.
cmd>help
cd cmd copy cpdir
del dir dump fill
fmt help hw info
lua mkdir os pintest
read rmdir search ui
write
SD Cards and USB memory is mounted like this
| Storage type | Drive letter |
|---|---|
| USB Stick | I: |
| SD Card | D: |
You can copy different directories or files into these storage devices by using
cpdir to copy directories
copy to copy single files