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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS 7800 Serial port doesn't appear
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:02:54 -0000
--- In  al l <> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> 
> Trying to do things better and listen to some advices... I am going to create 
> a new Thread. 
> 
> I'm trying to connect a PC shell serial emulator (putty) to the COM2 
> connector of the TS 7880 board and I don't success. I have checked all the 
> configuration parameters and the mailing list mesages, tried all I have 
> thought and it is like COM2 doesn't exist!!! I copy some chekings I have done:
> ls -l /dev
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root         5 Sep  1 02:26 ttAM1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root         5 Sep  1 02:26 ttAm1

These two are normal files, 5 bytes long (and contain hola + CR :)

> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty     5,   0 Feb 18  2009 tty
> crw------- 1 root tty     4,   0 Aug 31 03:43 tty0
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   1 Sep  1 01:07 tty1
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   2 Sep  1 01:07 tty2
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   3 Sep  1 01:07 tty3
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   4 Sep  1 01:07 tty4
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   5 Sep  1 01:07 tty5
> crw------- 1 root root    4,   6 Sep  1 01:07 tty6
> crw------- 1 root tty     4,   7 Feb 18  2009 tty7
> crw------- 1 root tty     4,   8 Sep  1 02:58 tty8
> crw------- 1 root tty     4,   9 Feb 18  2009 tty9
> crwxr-xr-x 1 root root  204,  16 Mar 16  2006 ttyAM0

ttyAM0 is OK here, a special character device, major=204 and minor=16

> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root         5 Sep  1 02:35 ttyAM1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root         5 Sep  1 02:35 ttyAS1

More test files, not char devices

> crw------- 1 root tty     4,  64 Sep  1 03:17 ttyS0
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root        34 Sep  1 02:58 ttyS1

Here is a problem:  ttyS1 is not a character device but just a regular file. Do 
this:
cd /dev
rm -rf ttyS1
mknod ttyS1 c 4 65

This creates a character device, major 4, minor 65, named ttyS1

> So it seems ttyS1 ie COM2 exists....
> ps aux
> root       715  0.0  0.9   2948  1208 ttyS0    Ss   03:08   0:00 /bin/login --
> root       716  0.0  1.2   2956  1544 ttyS0    S    03:08   0:00 -bash
> www-data   720  0.0  1.6  14228  2064 ?        S    03:08   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/apach
> www-data   721  0.0  1.9 235648  2528 ?        Sl   03:08   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/apach
> www-data   723  0.0  1.9 235648  2536 ?        Sl   03:08   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/apach
> root       786  0.0  0.7   2476   936 ttyS0    R+   03:19   0:00 ps aux
> 
> So it seems that console is in ttyS0 ie COM1
> 
> nano /etc/inittab
> #1:2345:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> #2:23:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> #3:23:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> #4:23:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> #5:23:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
> #6:23:respawn: /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
> T0:23:respawn: /sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100
> #T1:23:respawn: /sbin/getty -L ttyS1 115200 vt100
> So it seems that console is in ttyS0 and ttyS1 is free!!
> If I do: ts7800:~# echo hola > /dev/ttyS0 It prints hola in ttyS0 (just where 
> I am ie my shell serial emulator) so it seems that ttyS0 is console.
> If I do: 
> ts7800:~# echo hola > /dev/ttyS1
> ts7800:~# echo hola > /dev/ttyAM1
> ts7800:~# echo hola > /dev/ttyAS1
> nothing!!!!
> ts7800:~# echo hola > /dev/ttyAM0   
> -bash: /dev/ttyAM0: No such device or address  It doesn't exist...
> As you can see it is like COM2 doesn't exist!!!!
> I have checked serial bus cable and it is ok.... (red line just on the board 
> dot) I am using TS manufactured cable.... so....
> I am lost..... I have no more ideas....

In general:

* Check your boot messages: dmesg |less
* Need tsuart module(s) loaded for other ports
* Read the right docs: serial handling, naming, etc is different between the 
TS-7800 and TS-7[234]xx series.
* you can have udev running to create the nodes (special character devices), or 
create them yourself as above.

regards, ....... Charlie

> 
> Would you be so gratefull to help me with this???
> thanks!!
> 
> PD: Sorry for my bad english
>




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