That's really good news. I'd love for the Android mComm to auto-launch when the serial device is attached. As it stands this requires lots of tapping on my part, partly because it's constantly re-asking for serial device permission :(
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve been working on my stand alone Android TV TPDD box. Initial tests are > very promising. I have managed to tweak mComm so that whenever a USB to > serial adapter is inserted into an Android TV Box (Or phone), mComm starts. > I’ve added an AutoStart checkbox to it to tell the software to go into TPDD > mode. What this allows me to do is have a very inexpensive Android TV box > act as a stand-alone TPDD drive. The only cables hooked up to the box are > power and the USB serial adapter. The device is running Android 6.0.1, has > 1Gig of ram (Of which 512mb is being used by the system) and 8 gigs of > storage (Of which 3.25 gigs is being used by the system). What I end up with > is a 4.75GB TPDD emulator. To put that in floppy disk terms, that equals > just under 50 thousand TPDD1 floppies or just under 25 thousand TPDD2 > floppies. All enclosed in a 4”x4”x1” square. More than enough for anyone I > would imagine. > > > > Current issues that need to be ironed out are as follows. > > 1. No current way two automatically switch between TPDD and Virtual > modem mode. Not a huge issue and I think I may be able to solve this > eventually. > > 2. If you unplug the TV box and then plug it back in (Or reboot) with > the USB to serial adapter plugged in, mComm tries to start but doesn’t work > properly. I’m working on this in code and hope to have a solution soon. > > 3. If you don’t have WiFi or Ethernet enabled, there is no way to set > the clock. So the system time starts at 1/1/1970. Not sure there is anything > I can do about this one but it is what it is. > > 4. Only FTDI and Prolific serial adapters are able to autostart mComm > when plugged in. Sorry, but I don’t have any other kinds and since those are > the big two, I figure it’s not a huge deal. > > 5. Injecting TS-DOS or TEENY requires 4 lines of BASIC code rather > than a couple button pushes on the screen. Since there is no screen, this is > how it has to be done. > > 6. It’s not mobile. That’s just the reality of the power supply. 5v > 2amp. REX or your Android phone should be used for this. Or if you are lucky > enough to have a NADSBox, then you don’t need any of this. > > > > That’s all for now. I’ll keep everyone up to date on the progress. I plan to > post how to build one yourself, but if there is interest I could put these > together and offer them for sale. > > > > Kurt
