Do you guys think i should also try a FTDI USB to Serial Adapter for BBB?
It might eliminate the voltage issue altogether.

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Shaurabh Kumar Singh <[email protected]>
wrote:

> CTS and DTR were not activated at the PC interface, i had looked up the
> serial port settings on which it was working. Anyway i did try with and
> without both and individually as wel.
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Shaurabh Kumar Singh <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The RX and TX at the beaglebone are working just fine. The TX output from
>> the RS-232 is 5V.  Also i tried with and without connecting the red
>> wire(5V) from the RS 232. The necessary connections are GND (black wire) ,
>> RX and TX(green and white wires) of the PL2303 USB to Serial adapter.
>> I also tried using a BeagleBone Black RS-232 Serial Micro-cape (see
>> http://www.logicsupply.com/cbb-ttl-232/).
>>
>> Note: RX and TX are working just fine for all the UART ports.(i confirm
>> after every try)
>>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:32 AM, evilwulfie <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> if he connected it to the cnc with no 3.3v adapter it also could have
>>> fried the bbb.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/20/2016 7:08 AM, Wally Bkg wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> You do realize that on your PC the RS232 signal levels from the COM
>>> ports are +/- 12V while without extra hardware the Beaglebone levels are
>>> 0-3.3V?  You may have fried the RX input on the Beaglebone if you've
>>> connected it directly to a +/- 12V RS232 TX output.
>>>
>>> Assuming you've got the logic levels right, If you used a "standard"
>>> serial cable on your PC to the CNC machine it probably activated the CTS or
>>> DTR automatically,  you may need to run one more wire from the Beaglebone,
>>>  or tie it active on the CNC interface side.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 7:36:15 AM UTC-5, Shaurabh Kumar Singh wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The cnc is dte as far as I know.
>>>> And I am assuming since it worked without hardware handshaking on my
>>>> pc, it shouldn require the same for the bbb either.
>>>> That said, I have tried both the settings. With and without hardware
>>>> handshaking.
>>>> The only thing I can think of is for some reason perhaps, the default
>>>> serial port settings must be different on the bbb (with debian) than my pc
>>>> (where I previously successfully had communicated-windows)
>>>> On 20 May 2016 08:19, "Wally Bkg" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 7:08:55 PM UTC-5, Shaurabh Kumar Singh
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay. I shall look it up.
>>>>>> By the way, i did confirm the working of the UART pins(UART1 RX to
>>>>>> UART4 TX and vice versa).
>>>>>> I had two terminal tabs open and when i typed into one and
>>>>>> entered(UART1 settings) it showed up on the other terminal with UART4
>>>>>> settings. I inferred that the Adafruit libraries work just fine for the 
>>>>>> BBB
>>>>>> (correct me if i am mistaken)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is just that while interacting with a CNC machine(with a HAAS OS)
>>>>>> it is not communicating rather just showing up what is being sent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You may need CTS or DTR active for the other end to accept data and
>>>>> respond.  Are you sure the CNC machine doesn't need a "hardware
>>>>> handshaking" protocol?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have uart1 talking to uart4 on the Beaglebone, that says the
>>>>> problem is the physical connection and/or the protocol to the CNC machine.
>>>>> Is the CNC machine wired to be DTE or DCE?
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point I think you need help from the CNC machine's
>>>>> documentation, or from someone familiar with that particular machine.
>>>>>
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