Hello,
I bought my bone a few days ago, I installed Ubuntu on it and it works perfectly. I installed some additional packages, python modules, as I do it on my desktop.
Now I encounter a problem trying to connect via the USB host to a FTDI port on a arduino card.
It works fine with my desktop, but not with the beaglebone. All look like perfect (/dev/ttyUSB0 appears, ftdi module is loaded in the kernel, dmesg seems to be happy, ...).
The ttyUSB0 are configured the same way on both desktop and bone, stty and /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices are identicals. At bootup, the arduino card is powered up, it blinks its led the normal way. I have no error when I open ttyUSB0 through python. But the communication refuses to work, the arduino card blinks its led claiming an error each time I send data to it from the bone.
Have you an idea of what is wrong ? Do you think it could work using the clent USB port ?
Thank you in advance.
USB/serial/FTDI problem
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Is the bone pulling DTR low on transmit? That would reset the 'duino.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Hum, I don't understand your question, I'm not familiar with electronic. But I can say that the duino is not reseted, it simply blinks to signal an error.Is the bone pulling DTR low on transmit?
Maybe important : I am using a 5V 1.6 Ah (not 2 Ah) power supply. The result is the same whether the duino is powered by the bone through FTDI or by an external lipo battery.
Thanks for your reply.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Here's a little background info: http://arduino.cc/playground/Hacking/FTDIAutoResetI don't understand your question
It blinks when it resets too. How do you know there is an error?But I can say that the duino is not reseted, it simply blinks to signal an error.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Yes but in this case it blinks differently : one long blink, 2 s silence, then one medium blink and 2 short ones.It blinks when it resets too. How do you know there is an error?
I think there is an error because normally (as it is on my desktop), the duino should answer to a question (in fact, I use the Multiwii Serial Protocol (MSP)). I wrote a python script which works correctly on my desktop. With the bone, the duino gives no answer at all, it simply blinks the way I described above.
I can be seen with simple shell commands, for example:
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echo '$M>' > /dev/ttyUSB0; cat /dev/ttyUSB0
Some commands :
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alain@omap:~$ stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 # same on desktop
speed 115200 baud; line = 0;
eof = ^A; min = 0; time = 0;
-brkint -icrnl -imaxbel
-opost -onlcr
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoctl -echoke
alain@omap:~$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices # same on desktop
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0403 ProdID=6001 Rev= 6.00
S: Manufacturer=FTDI
S: Product=FT232R USB UART
S: SerialNumber=AE01A9ZG
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 90mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=ftdi_sio
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
alain@omap:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nfsd 225010 2
ftdi_sio 30552 0
usbserial 32085 1 ftdi_sio
spidev 4708 0
snd_soc_tlv320aic3x 32602 0
alain@omap:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Not being familiar with what is running on the Arduino, it is difficult to diagnose. Are you sure that the baud-rate of the Arduino sketch matches the speed you are using on the bone?
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Yes I am sure. All works on the desktop, and the bone is configurated exactly the same way. The question, in fact, is : is it normal that the USB, on the desktop and the bone, with same drivers and configuration, have a different behaviour ?Are you sure that the baud-rate of the Arduino sketch matches the speed you are using on the bone?
Thanks for your patience.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Serial port driver implementations are all over the place because the RS-232 standard is pretty vague on more than a few things. That is why I asked about the DTR. But if it is the same driver on both platforms, I would expect them to behave the same.
You might try to connect up a terminal emulator in place of the Arduino so you can see what is actually coming over the line.
You might try to connect up a terminal emulator in place of the Arduino so you can see what is actually coming over the line.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Hum, I have to apologize: you were right, the duino is resetted. So your first proposal should be right, the bone is maybe pulling DTR low on transmit. But I have no idea how to deal with that... Could you explain what I have to do to fix this ?
Thanks you very much.
Thanks you very much.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem (solved, thanks a lot)
SOLVED Thanks to your first idea, the DTR low.
Diving into the stty manual, I found the parameter to set :
It disables sending a hangup signal when the last process closes the tty. Strangely, this option is not listed when querying stty. I hope this could help somebody else.
So thanks a lot, and sorry for my mistake.
Diving into the stty manual, I found the parameter to set :
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stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 -hupcl
So thanks a lot, and sorry for my mistake.
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Re: USB/serial/FTDI problem
Good to hear that you got it working. And thanks for the follow up! Someone may find this useful in the future.
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