Since the end of last week, I have been the proud owner of a 16 GB Jetson Orin NX. I have set up the device so that I can access it via an SSH connection from my Windows computer. Unfortunately, the device turns off by itself after a certain time. Initially, I thought it might be due to the power supply, but I was able to rule out this problem with a different power adapter.
As soon as the Jetson Orin turns off, I can no longer establish a connection. The small fan stops spinning, and the signal light on the Ethernet port goes out. The only thing that still lights up is the power LED. I never had these problems with my previous Jetson Nano.
Could it be that the Jetson Orin is switching to standby mode? If so, it should respond again as soon as I do something with the mouse or keyboard, but nothing happens. I have already tried a few things, unfortunately without success.
I would be very grateful for any help or suggestions.
Since I want to access the Jetson Orin with other devices and it should not be so freely accessible, I would prefer the connection via Ethernet. I can successfully establish an SSH connection from my Windows computer to the Jetson Orin NX, but the device turns off by itself after a certain time. This behavior does not occur when I directly access the device via keyboard, mouse, and monitor – in this case, it remains active continuously.
My first guess was that the device might be switching to a standby or power-saving mode, although I would have expected it to stay awake during SSH activity. I now believe that it could be a matter of settings. With the Jetson Nano, which I used before, this problem did not occur.
My questions to the community:
Are there specific settings in the operating system or in the BIOS/UEFI of the Jetson Orin NX that prevent the device from switching to standby mode, especially during an active SSH connection?
Is it necessary to set a jumper or make another hardware adjustment to prevent the device from turning off automatically?
Has anyone had similar experiences and could share solutions that can be implemented without direct physical access to the device?
I am very grateful for any help or suggestion and hope that together we can find a solution that allows me to use the Jetson Orin NX as I was accustomed to with the Jetson Nano.
You don’t get my point. I am not talking about your normal usecase.
We are doing debug process here. Nobody knows what is going on with your board.
What you need to do now is connect the serial console. Put your board there and do whatever you did before. Make the situation happened again and share us the log.
We can reply your questions later because they do not really matter now. Maybe the board is not in any standby mode. This is just your guess but not with any concrete evidence.