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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:30:23 -0500
Got it to work.  You have to disable the consol on the com ports.   
Look at your /etc/inittab.  Comment out any lines with the com ports  
name in it.  I am using both ports so I commented out both: ttyAM0 and  
ttyAM1.

Quoting tedapt <>:

> OK, I'll let you know whatever I find too. Won't be able to get back
> to this and retest for a few days though.  My test plan is to write a
> Java app that will listen for data on the serial port, and echo it
> when received.
>
> One thing I've noticed is that if I try to start a listening app on
> the port it seems to lock the port at the OS level. I was then unable
> to access the port through the command line (e.g., echo
>> /dev/ttyS0).  Wonder if this may be related to the read problem? If
> that's so, wonder if there's a way to share the port between multiple
> clients?
>
> --- In   wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Yeah, I am having a similar problem.  I can write just fine.  I set
> up
>> a comm connection to the hyper term.  But I can't receive anything
>> back.  I'll let you know what I find.  I ended up building my own
> rxtx
>> lib, but same problem so I don't think thats the issue.
>>
>>
>> Quoting tedapt <>:
>>
>> > thanks Justin.  I seem to have had some limited success with rxtx
> 2.1
>> > (the one you mention first) by simply creating a symlink
>> > from /dev/ttyAMO to /dev/ttyS0 (ln -s /dev/ttyAM0 /dev/ttyS0).
> Still
>> > having problems communicating with a Modbus device, but otherwise
>> > Java is acting like it finds and can open the serial port (of
> course
>> > my "solution" may be part of the problem!)
>> >
>> > Current problem is that though my app claims to open connections
> and
>> > make Modbus requests on /dev/ttyS0, I'm unable to get a readable
>> > response back (this code works properly on another platform).  I
> need
>> > to do some further testing with some simple Serial code to prove
> to
>> > myself I can really write and read with the port properly.
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if I need to configure my serial port somehow (not
> very
>> > experienced with serial ports, not sure if that's required or
> takes
>> > care of itself). My app sets connection params of 9600 baud, no
>> > parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit.  Anyone know if the linux system
>> > (perhaps using stty) needs to configure the port to match this,
> or is
>> > it only the client app at the other end of the communication that
>> > needs to match the same parameters?
>> >
>> > Also, I'm using JamVM, so my RXTXcomm.jar was placed
>> > in /usr/lib/jamvm (also where I placed librxtxSerial.so)
>> >
>> > Further, I was unable to enumerate the serial ports using rxtx
> 2.0.
>> > I would settle for a working rxtx 2.1 solution, and from the rxtx
>> > documentation it seems that rxtx 2.1 is the preferred solution
> when
>> > possible to use it (i.e., when have ability to import gnu.io
> classes
>> > instead of javax.comm).
>> >
>> > --- In  justin@ wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am working on the same thing, didnt want to respond till I an
>> > answer
>> >>
>> >> You can download the most current version of the arm-unknown-
> linux-
>> > gnu
>> >> binary at rxtx site:
>> >> ftp://ftp.qbang.org/pub/rxtx/ToyBox/2.1-7-build1/Linux/glibc-
>> > 2.3.5/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/
>> >>
>> >> The easyest way to add the ttyAMx com ports is to set the system
>> > properties:
>> >> jamvm -Dgnu.io.rxtx.SerialPorts=/dev/ttyAM0:/dev/ttyAM1 foo
>> >>
>> >> The other way:
>> >> RXTXCommDriver.java is
>> >> available in ftp://ftp.qbang.org/pub/rxtx/rxtx-2.0-7pre2/src/
>> > Download the
>> >> RXTXCommDriver.java. In this code, you will find
>> >>
>> >> if (osName.equals ("Linux")) { String[]Temp = { "ttyS", // linux
>> > Serial
>> >> Ports "ttySA" // for the IPAQs }; CandidatePortPrefixes = Temp;
>> >>
>> >> Replace this code with
>> >>
>> >> if (osName.equals ("Linux")) { String[]Temp =
>> > { "ttyS", "ttyAM",  // linux
>> >> Serial Ports "ttySA" // for the IPAQs }; CandidatePortPrefixes =
>> > Temp; }
>> >>
>> >> Compile the RXTXCommDriver.java and add the resulting
>> > RXTXCommDriver.class
>> >> file to RXTXcomm.jar
>> > in /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/jre/lib/ext/RXTXcomm.jar
>> >>
>> >> Hope this help,
>> >> Justin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Quoting tedapt <tedapt@>:
>> >>
>> >> > Can anyone clarify Dave's statement about the use of rxtx:
>> >> >
>> >> >    > note: you have to add the arm's /dev/ttyAMx to rxtx, it
>> > doesn't
>> >> > know about them
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, any notes from anyone who has successfully setup and used
>> > rxtx
>> >> > with jamvm would be appreciated!
>> >> >
>> >> > The setup I'm attempting to get working is:
>> >> >
>> >> >    - TS-7250
>> >> >    - debian on a USB thumbdrive
>> >> >    - jamvm installed via apt-get
>> >> >    - downloaded rxtx rxtx-2.0-7pre1 for Linux from:
>> >> >       http://users.frii.com/jarvi/rxtx/download.html (file at
>> >> > ftp://ftp.qbang.org/pub/rxtx/rxtx-2.0-7pre1-i686-pc-linux-
>> > gnu.tar.gz)
>> >> >    - extracted librxtxSerial.so and placed it in /usr/lib/jamvm
>> >> >    - using Sun's comm.jar (from a Java 1.3 distribution)
>> >> >
>> >> > When I invoke the test class (source below) I get these
> results:
>> >> >
>> >> >    root# /usr/bin/jamvm -cp .:comm.jar SerialTest /dev/ttyAM0
> 9600
>> >> >    Specified serial port (/dev/ttyAM0) does not exist
>> >> >    null
>> >> >    javax.comm.NoSuchPortException
>> >> >       at
>> >> > javax.comm.CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifier
>> > (CommPortIdentifier.java:105)
>> >> >    at SerialTest.main(SerialTest.java:32)
>> >> >
>> >> > Here's source for SerialTest.java:
>> >> >
>> >> > import java.io.IOException;
>> >> > import java.io.InputStream;
>> >> > import java.io.OutputStream;
>> >> > import java.util.Enumeration;
>> >> >
>> >> > import javax.comm.CommPortIdentifier;
>> >> > import javax.comm.NoSuchPortException;
>> >> > import javax.comm.PortInUseException;
>> >> > import javax.comm.SerialPort;
>> >> > import javax.comm.UnsupportedCommOperationException;
>> >> >
>> >> > public class SerialTest {
>> >> >
>> >> >         private static SerialPort sp;
>> >> >         private static InputStream sin;
>> >> >         private static OutputStream sout;
>> >> >
>> >> >    public static void main(String[] args) {
>> >> >                 try {
>> >> >                         if (args.length != 2) {
>> >> >                                 System.out.println("Usage: java
>> > SerialTerm.tini port_name data_rate");
>> >> >                                 System.out.println("Available ports
>> > are:\n");
>> >> >                                 Enumeration ports =
>> > CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifiers();
>> >> >                                 while(ports.hasMoreElements()){
>> >> >                                         System.out.println
>> > (ports.nextElement() + "\n");
>> >> >                                 }
>> >> >                                 System.exit(1);
>> >> >                         }
>> >> >          String portName = args[0];
>> >> >          int baudRate = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
>> >> >          try {
>> >> >             sp =
>> >> > (SerialPort)CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifier(portName).open
>> > ("SerialTerm",
>> >> > 5000);
>> >> >             sp.setSerialPortParams(baudRate,
>> > SerialPort.DATABITS_8,
>> >> >                                    SerialPort.STOPBITS_1,
>> >> >                                    SerialPort.PARITY_NONE);
>> >> >             sin = sp.getInputStream();
>> >> >             sout = sp.getOutputStream();
>> >> >          } catch (NoSuchPortException nsp) {
>> >> >             System.out.println("Specified serial port
> ("+portName+
>> >> >                                ") does not exist");
>> >> >             throw nsp;
>> >> >          } catch (PortInUseException piu) {
>> >> >             System.out.println("Serial port "+portName+
>> >> >                                " in use by another
> application");
>> >> >             throw piu;
>> >> >          } catch (UnsupportedCommOperationException usc) {
>> >> >             System.out.println("Unable to configure
>> > port:"+portName);
>> >> >             throw usc;
>> >> >          } catch (IOException ioe) {
>> >> >             System.out.println(
>> >> >                                "Unable to acquire I/O streams
> for
>> > port
>> >> > " + portName);
>> >> >             throw ioe;
>> >> >          }
>> >> >                 } catch (Exception e) {
>> >> >                         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
>> >> >                         e.printStackTrace();
>> >> >                 }
>> >> >         }
>> >> >
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > --- In  Dave Cramer <davec@> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've been running jamvm on mine for quite a while. You don't
> need
>> >> >> jikes, unless you plan to compile on the arm (Very slow)
>> >> >> I pulled alot of the gnuclasspath out, and the whole thing is
>> > quite
>> >> >> small. Around 4M or so
>> >> >>
>> >> >> you need rxtx for serial port work with java,, other than that
>> > it's
>> >> >> write once deploy everywhere
>> >> >>
>> >> >> note: you have to add the arm's /dev/ttyAMx to rxtx, it
> doesn't
>> > know
>> >> >> about them
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dave
>> >> >> On 7-Nov-06, at 8:57 PM, gunghoiguana wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > The install was much easier than I anticipated:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > apt-get install jikes
>> >> >> > apt-get install jamvm
>> >> >> > apt-get install jikes-classpath
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Everything seems to work fine, and I can run class files
> that I
>> >> >> > compiled on my desktop PC. I've only checked out basic
>> > functions and
>> >> >> > console IO so far, but I'll be checking out the serial port
> and
>> >> >> > network interfaces soon. Java is *supposed* to make those
>> > things
>> >> >> > easy...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Brian
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>





 
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