Not a problem. You will have helped others that read this later for sure. Gerald
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Einar Bjorgvinsson < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gerald and thank you for you response. > > This was a big oversight and on my behalf, I was a bit hasty posting here > because I hadn't looked at the schematics or done much reading. > One of those days when you forget to think :-/ > Apologize for this post and thanks again. > > regards > Einar > > On Friday, October 24, 2014 3:40:37 PM UTC, Gerald wrote: >> >> There is no issue with the A5B. We use that port to test every board that >> goes out and always have. >> >> Now, the cable you are using, well that will certainly blow up the buffer >> sooner or later if it hasn't already. That is an RS232 cable. We use TTL >> cables at 3.3V. >> >> Go here to get a line on the right cable http://www.elinux.org/ >> Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial and as long as the buffer still >> works, you should be OK. >> >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Einar Bjorgvinsson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi there >>> >>> I have been trying to connect to my BBB Rev. A5B by serial and haven't >>> managed to get any fully functional serial communication. >>> I use minicom with 115200 8N1 and get som action on the screen but >>> gibberish data is appearing. Seems like it is some baudrate issue but it >>> doesn't matter what I change it to it stays like this. >>> >>> I hooked the board up with a USB-to-serial converter from Trendnet, see >>> here: http://trendnet.com/langen/products/proddetail. >>> asp?prod=150_TU-S9#tabs-solution02 >>> >>> Is there some issue with Rev. A5B ? >>> >>> regards >>> Einar >>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
