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Trouble with ttl to usb interface

Former Member
Former Member over 10 years ago

Hey guys, riotboard noob here!  A local computer store had a USB to TTL serial cable based on the PL2303 chip and I can see the boot information through screen and minicom as my riotboard is booting up so that's working just fine.  However, when it comes to the prompt where I can press any key to interrupt the boot sequence, nothing works.  Neither keypresses on the host computer (Ubuntu Linux) or an attached usb keyboard will interrupt the 3 second timer.  What am I doing wrong?  I apologize in advance if this is a painfully obvious problem.  I'm really stumped, though!

 

Background: I purchased the 7" LCD display and connector board for my riotboard.  I'm following the documentation where it instructs me to interrupt the boot sequence so I can enter the appropriate parameters to enable the screen.

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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 10 years ago +1
    I'm not a RIoTboard user but I've done a lot of UART. Here are a few things I'd try. First, make sure the USB UART dongle is working by itself. Unplug it from the RIoTboard and connect the RX and TX bits…
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  • radiatortwo
    0 radiatortwo over 10 years ago

    To cancel the boot you have to do that over your serial connection.

    With an attached USB Keyboard this won´t work.

     

    What terminal progam are you using to connect on the serial port?

    You have to press a key in this terminal program to cancel the boot.

     

    I´m mainly using putty in Windows. But as far as I know "screen" should be working on the terminal in Ubuntu.

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    0 radiatortwo over 10 years ago

    To cancel the boot you have to do that over your serial connection.

    With an attached USB Keyboard this won´t work.

     

    What terminal progam are you using to connect on the serial port?

    You have to press a key in this terminal program to cancel the boot.

     

    I´m mainly using putty in Windows. But as far as I know "screen" should be working on the terminal in Ubuntu.

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    0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to radiatortwo

    I've used both screen and minicom.  They both allow me to see the output when the board is booting but it's not accepting any keystrokes in return.

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