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Re: [ts-7000] Serial problems

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Serial problems
From: Michael Van Orden <>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:56:45 -0700

Jamey wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> Been havin some issues with serial accesses and maybe someone has
> experienced something similar.
>
> >From fresh boot, I want to use the serial port to talk to a device at
> a lower baud rate (19.2k). Currently, I use a "su -c chown butteris
> /dev/ttyAM1" command to get control of the port. I have tried to use
> setserial to alter the baud rate, but it does not seem to work
> consistently. If I use minicom, I can sometimes get it to switch baud
> rates, but then it switches back to 115k right in the middle of a
> terminal session. My last "success" was to enter minicom with my
> default settings at 19,2k. I could then use my shell script to talk at
> the right baud rate. A short time later (and without any warning), my
> baud rate changed to some weird rate and my shell script did not work.
>
> I am not running any other programs (than the "stock" board and see no
> reason for this change.
>
> minicom is 19,2k no HW handshake; no sw handshake.
>
> Any help would be appreciated and I hope it is something simple.
>
> Thanx,
> Jamey


You might be having the same problem I was and is addressed in the 
following message. Basically you need to stop the tty console running on 
the port you are attempting to use.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/564


Mike 






 
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