Armbian Mesh Station
The Mesh Station 23.04 is the Orange Pi PC
Debricking
Mesh Stations are very reliable when in production, however if you "bricked" your Mesh Station during development or at any other time, it can be debricked easily with its uboot failsafe feature.
1. Download Firmware
For recovery download the KERNEL version of firmware from https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org onto your computer.
2. IP Address
Set your computer’s IP address to 192.168.1.2
3. Cable
Connect only one cable to the router, and leave the other port (LAN or WAN) unconnected .
4. Test
Open the terminal of your computer, e.g: the MS-DOS Command Prompt and type "ping 192.168.1.1 -t"
There should be NO response, as the device is bricked.
5. Press
Press and hold the Reset button firmly on the router first and then power on.
6. Release
The 5G LED will blink 5 times before becoming steady, at which time the 2G LED shows up steady as well. Now release the finger, the terminal will show Reply from 192.168.1.1 from the previous "ping" command.
7. Browser
Use Firefox or Chrome and go to http://192.168.1.1. to enter the Uboot Web UI, browse to the location of the firmware downloaded and click on the Update firmware button.
8. Wait
Wait for around 5 minutes.
DO NOT power off your device while upgrading.
Note During this process, 5G LED initially blinks for a while, followed by both 5G and 2G rapidly blinking. Then only power LED remains steady for a while, followed by some blinking on power LEDs again, until it finally remains steady. Only then you will be able to access the router via 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.8.1 again.