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Re: [ts-7000] Help connecting to GPS on com2

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Help connecting to GPS on com2
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:04:24 +0100 (BST)


On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Rob wrote:

> I have been trying to connect to a Garmin GPS and just echo the NMEA
> data to the console for a proof of concept.  While I think I am getting
> closer it still just shows zero for the data received.  I have looked at
> many examples here and the code is starting to look correct.  Also if I
> log onto the board using COM2 it asks for a password ???

You say you can login to "com2". That means you have a "getty" running on
that line too. You will need to stop the getty process so your program has
sole access to the port.

comment out the line in /etc/inittab that tells init to run getty on
/dev/ttyAM1, then send init a HUP signal to reread the inittab file
(kill -1 1)

>
> Here is the code and the settings are the standard ones on the Debian
> release (using the CF card and Debian)
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <termios.h>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/stat.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
>
>
> int open_port(char* device_name)
> {
>       int file_id;
>
>       file_id = open(device_name, O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
>       if(file_id == -1)
>       {
>         printf("Failed to open device\n");
>       }
>       return file_id;
> }
>
> int read_port(int file_id)
> {
>       char            buffer[512];
>       int             count=0;
>       int             lines = 0;
>
>       while(lines < 50)
>       {
>               read(file_id, buffer, count);
>               lines++;
>               /* Add terminator and print if non-zero */
>               if(count > 0)
>               {
>                       buffer[count] = '\0';
>                       printf("Line %d has %d characters\n", lines, count);
>                       printf("%s\n", buffer);
>               }
>               else
>               {
>                       printf("Zero characters read\n");
>               }
>       }
> }
>
> void port_configuration(int file_id)
> {
>       struct termios options;
>       int            x;
>
>       tcgetattr (file_id, &options);
>       printf("speed in %d out %d\n", options.c_ispeed, options.c_ospeed);
>       printf("mode in %d out %d\n", options.c_iflag, options.c_oflag);
>       printf("control flag %d\n", options.c_cflag);
>       printf("local flag %d\n", options.c_lflag);
>
>       cfsetispeed(&options, B4800);
>       cfsetospeed(&options, B4800);
>       options.c_cflag = 2096;
>       options.c_lflag = 4;
>       options.c_oflag = 0;
>       options.c_cflag |= (CLOCAL | CREAD);
>       options.c_cflag &= ~PARENB;
>       options.c_cflag &= ~CSTOPB;
>       options.c_cflag &= ~CSIZE;
>       options.c_cflag |= CS8;
>       options.c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
>       tcsetattr (file_id, TCSANOW, &options);
> }
>
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>       int file_id;
>
>       /* Check the command */
>       if(argc < 2)
>       {
>               printf("serial_tester <device>\n");
>               return 0;
>       }
>       /* Open the port */
>       printf("Opening device %s\n", argv[1]);
>       file_id = open_port(argv[1]);
>       /* Get port configuration */
>       port_configuration(file_id);
>       /* Set the port to non bolocking and Read the port */
>       read_port(file_id);
>       close((file_id));
> }
>
>
> Thanks for helping a newbie out.  Also I am open to any suggested reading 
> that would
> have let me find it myself.
>
>
>
>
>
>


 
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