Interoperable Firmware Upgrades for PICMG Management Controllers
RTC Magazine, August 2007

MicroTCA.0 Spec Adapts and Extends PICMG Hardware Platform Management
RTC Magazine, November 2006

AdvancedTCA Specification Revision Adds Hardware Platform Management Benefits
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, September 2006

Hardware Platform Management Building Blocks Speed ATCA and AMC Product Development
RTC Magazine, Februrary 2006

Removing ATCA's Architected Single Point of Failure
RTC Magazine, October 2005

Remote Reliable Firmware Upgrade on PICMG Board Managament Controllers
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, May, 2005

The Quickest Way to Compliant & Interoperable Intelligent Platform Mgmt for AdvancedMC Carriers & Modules
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, October, 2004

Platform Managagement for PICMG Architectures
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, Spring, 2004

AdvancedTCA Revision Further Strengthens Shelf Management
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems E-Letter, June, 2004

The Quickest Way to a Compliant and Interoperable Intelligent Platform Management Controller for AdvancedTCA
CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, April, 2004

ATCA E-Keying Aids Fabric Management
RTC Magazine, February, 2004

Management Building Blocks Speed AdvancedTCA Shelf & System Development
CompactPCI Systems, September, 2003

Off-the-Shelf Management Solutions
CompactPCI Systems, May/June, 2003

Management Building Blocks Speed AdvancedTCA Product Development
CompactPCI Systems, March, 2003

Adding Compatible Hot Swap Support to Linux
RTC Magazine, March, 2002

CompactPCI Report: Hot Swap Infrastructure Interface Specification - PICMG2.12
CompactPCI Systems, July/August, 2000

PICMG Hot-Swap Software: A Progress Report
RTC Magazine, March, 1999

Software Strategies for Hot Swap CompactPCI
Embedded Systems Programming, August, 1998

Software Closes the CompactPCI Hot-Swap Circuit
RTC Magazine, June, 1998


The first presentation below is a tutorial on hardware platform management in AdvancedTCA + AdvancedMC and MicroTCA + AdvancedMC. Pigeon Point has presented such tutorials in various public venues every year since 2003.

PICMG Hardware Platform Management
Material presented at various recent public forums, including AdvancedTCA Summit and PICMG China Tech Forum

Applying OpenHPI to xTCA Platforms
MVA Communications Ecosystem Conference, March, 2008

Removing the Architected Single Point of Failure in AdvancedTCA
AdvancedTCA Summit, December, 2005

Robust Hot Swap Infrastructure: the Key Ingredients
Applied Computing Conference, May, 2001


Pigeon Point Shelf Manager User Guide
An introduction to configuring, using and updating the Shelf Manager, including specific aspects for the ShMM-500R.

Pigeon Point Shelf Manager External Interface Reference
A reference for the command line, Web, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and RMCP (Remote Management Control Protocol) interfaces of the Shelf Manager.

Pigeon Point OpenHPI User Guide
An introduction to configuring and using Pigeon Point’s augmented distribution of OpenHPI.

Monterey Linux User Guide (Au1550 Edition)
An introduction to installing, configuring and using Monterey Linux, Pigeon Point’s Linux distribution that hosts the Pigeon Point Shelf Manager on the ShMM-500R.