Terminal

The Terminal tab is the SSH terminal built into Workbench. It connects directly to the Pico-G1 board and supports multiple parallel tabs plus a quick reference of common commands.

What it does

The Terminal tab embeds an SSH client into the IDE, so you can work directly in Workbench:

  • Connect to one or more boards in parallel with multiple tabs
  • Log in with the shimetad user (passwordless by default) or root
  • Run arbitrary shell commands, transfer files, and run SVP/XMM inference
  • Complements the shimeta-py IDE: the terminal runs commands, the IDE writes Python scripts

Where to find it

Top tab → "Terminal"

Terminal tab — shell 1 / + New at the top + black terminal window

Multi-tab support

Top tab list

shell 1    + New

Each tab is an independent SSH session:

  • shell 1: the first SSH session
  • + New: create a new tab
  • Click a tab name to switch sessions

Each tab can connect to a different board or a different user.

SSH connection

Default user

The terminal connects to the board as the shimetad user by default (no password needed):

ssh shimetad@192.168.49.10

Switching to root

When you need higher privileges:

ssh root@192.168.49.10
# Password: 123456

Status display

After the terminal starts, it prints:

Welcome to Linux.
None of nfsroot found in cmdline.
~ #

Common commands

Board information

# System info
uname -a
cat /etc/issue

# CPU / memory
top -bn1 | head -20
free -m

# Storage
df -h
ls /mnt

# NPU
ls /dev/npu.0

Model inference

# Start SVP scene detection
. /mnt/setup.sh
shimeta-svp person

# Custom model inference
shimeta-xmm /mnt/models/xmm/<model>.xmm.zip

File transfer

# From PC to board
scp <local_file> shimetad@192.168.49.10:/mnt/

# From board to PC
scp shimetad@192.168.49.10:/mnt/<remote_file> ./

shimeta-svp quick reference: 9 scene commands

CommandDetection
shimeta-svp personPerson
shimeta-svp faceFace
shimeta-svp carVehicle
shimeta-svp bikeNon-motorized vehicle
shimeta-svp face_emoFacial emotion
shimeta-svp dmsDriver monitoring
shimeta-svp headHead count
shimeta-svp fireFire / smoke
shimeta-svp person_kpHuman keypoints

See ch05 Vision - SVP for details.

Common shortcuts

ShortcutPurpose
Ctrl+CInterrupt the current command
Ctrl+DExit the current SSH session
Ctrl+LClear the screen
↑ / ↓Browse command history
TabAuto-complete commands/paths

Terminal vs. shimeta-py IDE

ItemTerminal tabshimeta-py IDE
FormPure command lineCode editor + command line
PurposeRun commands manuallyEdit and run Python scripts
Friendliness❌ Requires memorizing commands✅ Syntax highlighting + samples

The two complement each other:

  • Terminal: quick debugging, one-off commands
  • shimeta-py IDE: editing complex Python scripts

Troubleshooting

SymptomFix
Terminal unresponsive after startupBoard not connected; go back to ch02
Command produces no outputCheck the command
SSH connection failsWrong IP / on-board SSH service not running
Garbled charactersTerminal encoding setting; use export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

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