Nice! Thanks, Tom.
On 12/22/15, Tom Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought this looked intriguing as well: > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37203 > > https://github.com/mholling/rpirtscts > > Being able to connect the M100 directly to the Raspi and not have to mess > with USB is very compelling :) > > Tom Hoppe > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tom Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I had an idea of directly connecting to the M100 over BT, but it sounds >> like it may not work with no hardware flow control...I recently purchased >> a >> Bluetooth 4.0 Console Adapter for Raspberry Pi (see >> http://www.mindsensors.com/rpi/75-bluetooth-40-console- >> adapter-for-raspberry-pi) and it works great for its intended use. It is >> essentially a BlueSmirf module soldered to a shield that snaps onto a >> Raspberry Pi computer. It is designed to allow a serial terminal >> connection to be created to the Raspi using an Android phone or other BT >> enabled device. No configuration is necessary on the Raspi side as it >> uses >> the GPIO serial port on the Raspi itself (Raspbian has ttyAMA0 configured >> by default for console connection). >> >> My thought was, the BlueSmirf has an interesting AdHoc mode that I was >> thinking *might* be made to work with Steve's BlueM device. My hope was >> to >> create a "zero config" solution to connect the M100 to the Raspi (the >> "config" would be permanently saved inside of the two BlueSmirf modules). >> In theory, all that would be needed would be LaddieAlpha/DLPlus running >> on >> the Raspi (talking via ttyAMA0) and NEWDOS on the M100 talking via the >> BlueM. >> >> So far, I have not had any luck getting into the BlueSmirf configuration >> mode on either module (hitting the "$$$" on startup, etc). >> >> Tom Hoppe >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:17 AM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Yuen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > Congratulations on your pi. You know that there IS a serial port >>> > built >>> in on the GPIO bus and you don't really need a USB-RS-232 converter. >>> But >>> the signal levels on the GPIO need a converter from ttl to rs-232 signal >>> levels. Look for something with a MAX232 on it. That's how I connect >>> my >>> m100 to a pi. >>> > >>> > Jonathan >>> > >>> >>> That's true... but FWIW, that won't give you flow control since the Pi >>> is a straight 3 wire affair for the built in serial port. HTERM uses >>> hardware flow control. >>> >>> -- John. >>> >> >> >
