Thank you Andy, that was helpful as I had noticed the console
appearing on COM2 - I also had some sporadic results with my test
program.
However, it hasn't helped me with my COM3 problem (i.e. my TS-SER1).
It's the third serial port (ttyAM2) that I can't get to work.
Cheers
Andrew
--- In Andy Gryc <> wrote:
> This is probably the most common issue that people have first using
the
> TS72xx, and I had the same problem myself.
>
> The issue is that it is configured to allow a serial terminal on
both
> ttyAM0 and ttyAM1, and the tty will fight for control with anything
else
> using serial. Go into /etc/inittab, and find the lines that
launche
> /sbin/getty and comment out the one using the serial port you want
to
> use. Note that of course if you comment out both, you'll make it
very
> difficult to use the serial console to the board! Then reboot, and
you
> should be up and running...
>
> --Andy Gryc
>
> >Hello all from New Zealand,
> >
> >I have purchased a TS-7200 which I want to use as a data logger
for a
> >weather station (via serial).
> >
> >I'm a relative Linux newbie and I'm trying to get the TS-SER1
serial
> >port working. After reading the post
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/597 I have done the
> >following
> >
> >Connected a RC-DB9 cable to the TS-SER1 with the red strip against
the
> >white dot.
> >
> >I have set the jumpers on the TS-SER1 to IRQ6 and COM3.
> >
> >At power on time I see
> >
> >Off-board serial at: COM3
> >
> >and in the dmesg I see
> >
> >ttyAM0 at MMIO 0x808c0000 (irq = 52) is a AMBA
> >ttyAM1 at MMIO 0x808d0000 (irq = 54) is a AMBA
> >ttyAM2 at MMIO 0x808e0000 (irq = 55) is a AMBA
> >pty: 1024 Unix98 ptys configured
> >Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ
> >enabled
> >ttyS02 at 0x89c003e8 (irq = 40) is a 16550A
> >
> >I have used setserial to change the irq to 33, and a display shows
the
> >following
> >
> >$ setserial -a /dev/tts/2
> >/dev/tts/2, Line 2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x89c003e8, IRQ: 33
> > Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
> > closing_wait: 3000
> > Flags: spd_normal skip_test
> >
> >However, if I try to use the port, it opens alright, but I cant
read
> >or write from it.
> >
> >My test involves connecting COM2 on the TS-7200 to a PC running
> >hyperterm, and copying some test to it via "cp test.txt
/dev/ttyAM1".
> >My test file appears on the screen. I then swap to the COM3 port
on
> >the TS-7200 and change the command to "cp test.txt /dev/ttyAM2".
> >Nothing appears on the screen.
> >
> >My second test involved writing a short program to write some test
to
> >the port. The result is the same, it works on COM2, but not on COM3
> >
> >What am I missing?
> >
> >Kind regards
> >Andrew
> >
> >
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