Thanks, got it working now this way.

Op woensdag 20 mei 2015 10:51:29 UTC+2 schreef Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:
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> Am 20.05.2015 um 10:35 schrieb [email protected] <javascript:>:
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> 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
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>
> 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]:
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>> 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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