Serial port initialization

[Imanol]

I've been trying to send some data over a serial port on USB

it is correctly detected as ttyUSB0.

The device on the other end wakes up when receives the sequence $$$ without any CR or LF or anything else, so if I do

# screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600

and then I type $$$ it works!

but if I do

# stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 9600 -echo
# echo -n "\$\$\$" > /dev/ttyUSB0

it doesn't work! and it's driving me nuts!!

what is funny though is that the stty and echo solution works if minicom or screen is reading the serial port, so there must be some initialization I'm missing

doing stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 before running screen and while screen is running reveals there are NO differences on condiguration or whatsoever

Thanks a lot for your attention!

[atreyu]

Hello and welcome!

Does it work if you do the initial screen command first:

screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600

then, jump to another terminal and attempt the echo command:

echo -n "\$\$\$" > /dev/ttyUSB0

if it does work, maybe try the -sane arg to stty, sometimes that has helped me jiggle a serial port to life.

[Imanol]

It does work if screen is issued first (as I explained), so it means screen correctly initializes the port and the settings are the same, if I input stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 before screen and while screen is running it shows the same info.

sane did not help, but thanks anyway! any more suggestions?

[atreyu]

It does work if screen is issued first (as I explained)

I was suggesting that you only initialize the serial device with screen, but actually send the '$$$' to the device with the echo command. Did you try that?

Another thing to try:

before you run the screen command, print all the serial device settings:

stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 -a > /tmp/stty.before

then run the screen initialization command.

then print settings again:

stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 -a > /tmp/stty.after

then compare stty.before and stty.after - any differences?

[Imanol]

Yes, that's what I meant, I did the screen and then separately, did the echo $$$ on another console, then it works.

[atreyu]

okay, cool. did u try the before/after settings stuff?