Help with Blizzard SCSI kit Mk IV and Zulu SCSI RP 5040

[xavlahaye]

Hi everybody,
I've been struggling all night with the Zulu SCSI RP 5040.
I created an RDB hdf file with FS-UAE and placed it on the Zulu's SD card
Settings are default
Zulu reports finding the diskimage by flashing LED once. It is also reported on the ZuluLog file.
I then boot on HDSetup 3.2 and launch HDToolBox set on 1230scsi.device (version 8.1, using softSCSI)
During the device check, HDToolBox stops for a while on unit 0, which is the diskimage.
The drive is then seen at address 0 LUN 0 and the status is unknown
When I click on "change drive type", "Define new" and "Read configuration", I get an "insufficient data returned by inquiry" message.
could somebody help me thru the configuration process?
I've watched videos and read reviews and all, but it seems ultra simple for everybody???`
Many thanks!

[xavlahaye]

Here's the ZuluLOG file:
[10ms] Platform: ZuluSCSI RP2040
[10ms] FW Version: 23.04.11-release Apr 11 2023 16:09:22
[11ms] DIP switch settings: debug log 0, termination 1
[11ms] SCSI termination is enabled
[12ms] Flash chip size: 4096 kB
[14ms] SCSI target/disk mode selected by DIP switch, acting as a SCSI disk
[20ms] SD card detected, FAT64 volume size: 29506 MB
[21ms] SD MID: 0x27, OID: 0x50 0x48
[21ms] SD Name: SD32G
[21ms] SD Date: 12/2022
[22ms] SD Serial: 0xDA8C697B
[24ms] Config file zuluscsi.ini not found, using defaults
[26ms] Active configuration:
[28ms] -- SelectionDelay = 255
[29ms] -- EnableUnitAttention = No
[30ms] -- EnableSCSI2 = Yes
[31ms] -- EnableSelLatch = No
[33ms] -- MapLunsToIDs = No
[34ms] -- EnableParity = Yes
[225ms] Finding HDD images in directory /:
[236ms] -- Platform supports ROM drive up to 3740 kB
[236ms] ---- ROM drive image not detected
[237ms] No images found, enabling RAW fallback partition
[237ms] Limiting RAW image mapping to SD card sector count: 60440576
[238ms] ---- Read prefetch enabled: 8192 bytes
[1738ms] Initialization complete!

[Toni Wilen]

There was another zuluscsi log here: https://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=18 which also included processes SCSI commands. They are not listed in your log. Perhaps some logging command is missing?

[xavlahaye]

Originally Posted by Boing-Ball

So a couple of questions

1)… HDToolBox is looking at 1230scsi.device and NOT scsi.device? Try the following in a shell window. HDToolBox 1230scsi.device

I've modified the tooltype entry in HDToolBox's icon. It reported scanning 1230scsi.device for drives. Also tried from the Shell

Originally Posted by Boing-Ball

2)… Have you downloaded and installed the Phase 5 Blizzard SCSI set? This has a Unit Control which will show which SCSI devices are being shown.

I've tried with Phase5's SCSITools v2 without any success. Absolutely nothing appears. I also changed the device to 1230scsi.device of course.

Originally Posted by Boing-Ball

3)… The 1230 MKIV SCSI card does work? Been tested on anything else? On the latest ROM?

Well, that's a good question. I think so, I bought on Amibay about a month ago. The second ram simm is recognized, and the 1230scsi.device is present in the rom. I don't have any other scsi device but will also try with a cd-iso, it somehow feels easier to achieve. No the newest ROM I could use is 8.1

Originally Posted by Boing-Ball

Link for Phase 5 SCSI software

http://aminet.net/package/driver/media/CS-SCSI-Tools-31

Great! I've got an older version apparently

Originally Posted by Boing-Ball

Link for latest ROM which can be blizkicked

http://aminet.net/package/driver/med...d_1230_SCSI_IV

Fantastic, I knew it was 8.5 but could not find it so far
Thanks a lot for your input already, that gives me some hope! I'll report back when I get a chance to try all this again...

[xavlahaye]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

There was another zuluscsi log here: https://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=18 which also included processes SCSI commands. They are not listed in your log. Perhaps some logging command is missing?

Thanks Toni, I think it's debug mode, I turned it on now. Seems like everything is normal from the Zulu side. I'll concentrate my efforts on trying to mount a cd image and update the 1230scsidevice, maybe that will make a difference. I also noted on the log file you've shared that there is a newer firmware for the Zulu, I'll hunt it down!

[10ms] Platform: ZuluSCSI RP2040
[10ms] FW Version: 23.04.11-release Apr 11 2023 16:09:22
[11ms] DIP switch settings: debug log 1, termination 1
[11ms] SCSI termination is enabled
[12ms] Flash chip size: 4096 kB
[14ms] SCSI target/disk mode selected by DIP switch, acting as a SCSI disk
[20ms] SD card detected, FAT64 volume size: 29506 MB
[21ms] SD MID: 0x27, OID: 0x50 0x48
[21ms] SD Name: SD32G
[21ms] SD Date: 12/2022
[22ms] SD Serial: 0xDA8C697B
[24ms] Config file zuluscsi.ini not found, using defaults
[26ms] Active configuration:
[28ms] -- SelectionDelay = 255
[29ms] -- EnableUnitAttention = No
[30ms] -- EnableSCSI2 = Yes
[31ms] -- EnableSelLatch = No
[33ms] -- MapLunsToIDs = No
[34ms] -- EnableParity = Yes
[232ms] Finding HDD images in directory /:
[233ms] -- Opening /hd0.hda for id:0 lun:0
[234ms] DBG ---- Image file is contiguous, SD card sectors 16798144 to 18895295
[235ms] ---- Read prefetch enabled: 8192 bytes
[246ms] -- Platform supports ROM drive up to 3740 kB
[246ms] ---- ROM drive image not detected
[247ms] SCSI ID:0 BlockSize:512 Type:0 Quirks:0 ImageSize:1048576kB
[347ms] Initialization complete!

[xavlahaye]

I took time to test everything out and it turns out that it was not the 1230scsi.device version or any kind of software related issue: I just needed to clean the scsi-kit connector and it worked!

It's probably good advice for anybody with a new accelerator: It's always good to clean their connectors with Isopropanol (including any expansion connector they might have like for the SCSI-kit), as it can really remove some instability issues!

Thanks, everybody for your input I learned some things those past weeks
(Other threads are on the way!)