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[ts-7000] Re: TS-7390 - How to get the serial ports working?

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7390 - How to get the serial ports working?
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:24:26 -0000
--- In  Paul Breneman <> wrote:
>
> Charlie,
> 
> > Seems the TS-7390 isn't too well documented.  Looking at the
> > schematic, COM1 header carries signals for the UART1 serial ports at
> > RS-232 level.  I believe other pins on COM1 header can either serve as
> > the modem control / flow control signals of UART1, or as Tx/Rx of two
> > other RS-232 ports, depending on how the port is opened in linux.
> 
> There is no flow control for any serial port available on the TS-7390. 

Oh, sorry.  I looked at the schematic, and thought it was the same as
the TS-7800, which *does* double-up the pin functions for flow control
or other ports.  See the TS answer in this thread, for example:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/12200

> I left a few messages on this forum a couple of months ago about my 
> difficulties finding a USB serial adapter where flow control worked 
> properly.
> 
> The only port with flow control is the port used for the console and TS 
> didn't connect the flow control pins on the micro.  I wish they had
used 
> the second port for the console and wired those pins so there would
have 
> been at least one port with flow control.

I thought these were wired up to the FPGA, and driven by the TS kernel
module xuart.ko, rather than the standard ep9302 UART lines?  Do you
use ttyS? or ttz? ?

> In the final product I guess I'll need to use some DIO lines for flow 
> control as I don't want to use a USB serial adapter in the product.

Wow, too bad.

It seems that TS schematics intended flow control be available
(assuming headers are wired to FPGA and you do really have the line
driver chip as shown).  Also I remember seeing a note that said
basically the FPGA UART stuff was released early, and to check with TS
for updates.  Did you check with TS directly to see if they could
update the FPGA and/or xuart module to give you flow control, like the
schematic indicates?  

regards, ........ Charlie

> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Paul Breneman
> www.TurboControl.com
>



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