Am 20.05.2015 um 10:35 schrieb [email protected]:

> Thanks Nikolaus, tonight I will give it a try.
> 
> But where do I place the echo? Without an echo to write some character there 
> is nothing to read.
> 
> for ((x=0;x<100;x++)); do
>     echo -en '\xAA' > /dev/ttyO4
>     read -n 1 -t 1 < /dev/ttyO4

remove the < /dev/ttyO4 here or you have it twice

> done < /dev/ttyO4
> 
> Something like this? Just add the "< /dev/ttyO4" at the bottom to hold the 
> file descriptor open?

you can also move the > /dev/ttyO4 to the end of the do.

Basically this tells the shell to redirect for all commands inside the loop.

> 
> Op maandag 18 mei 2015 17:18:00 UTC+2 schreef Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:
> read </dev/ttyO4 opens the file and after the command is done it is closed.
> The UART throws away characters received while the tty is closed.
> 
> What you can do is 
> for … do
>       read
> done </dev/ttyO4
> 
> Am 18.05.2015 um 15:18 schrieb [email protected]:
> 
>> I have a problem with ttyO4. It looks like something is emptying the uarts 
>> buffer.
>> 
>> When is run two bash scripts at the same time I can send characters and 
>> receive characters at the same time. The two files running parallel look 
>> like this (simplified):
>> 
>> 1:
>> for ((x=0;x<100;x++)); do
>>     echo -en '\xAA' > /dev/ttyO4
>> done
>> 
>> 2:
>> for ((x=0;x<100;x++)); do
>>     read -n 1 -t 1 < /dev/ttyO4
>> done
>> 
>> Number 1 is sending and I receive the 0xAA at number 2.
>> 
>> Now I try to combine these two files:
>> 
>> for ((x=0;x<100;x++)); do
>>     echo -en '\xAA' > /dev/ttyO4
>>     read -n 1 -t 1 < /dev/ttyO4
>> done
>> 
>> This does not work. So I write one byte and I am to late to receive this 
>> byte. When I use the bash script reading parallel it works again.
>> 
>> The 0xAA received at the RX, where does it go? Why isn't it in the 
>> Beaglebones (hardware) buffer? Is there some linux process reading these 
>> bytes before my own read (from the bash file) is ready to read?
>> 
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