Under "Edit TTY's", for entry "Serial0", I have "/dev/ttyS0" in the
TTY Device field
That may be the problem then, like I said I wasn't sure what to put
there....(is that documented anywhere?)
Also you will find you need to put the switcher into the
non-factory-default of "Mix Mode" for it to switch correctly.
I did find that nugget in switchers.txt.....
Thanks, I'll let you know if that does the trick.
Nathaniel C. Steele
Chief Engineer/Technical Director
WTCF-Southernlight
and
TheCross Online
On 5/20/2014 4:03 PM, Jim Stewart wrote:
My Rivendell works perfectly with a BT ACS 8.2 Plus, including all the
GPIO and silence sense capabilities.
Under "Edit TTY's", for entry "Serial0", I have "/dev/ttyS0" in the
TTY Device field with 9600, None, 8, 1, and "None" in the rest of the
fields
Than just selected "Serial0" under the Edit Switcher section for the
BT ACS 8.2.
Assuming you are actually sending strings out of your serial port
(perhaps need to test with a PC on the other end):
Note that there are some different modes the BT switcher can be in.
Perhaps is this NOT a factory new device? if so note that you can
optionally hang several of these things on a single serial line if you
enable a special addressing mode. When enabled you then have to
specify the address of the unit you want to talk to on the front of
each command. You may need to make sure your switcher is NOT in this
mode as I'm thinking Rivendell doesn't support this.
Also you will find you need to put the switcher into the
non-factory-default of "Mix Mode" for it to switch correctly.
If in doubt plug the BT switcher into a PC running a serial terminal
program you are familiar with and send some raw commands yourself and
see what happens. There is a little program called "minicom" available
on Linux, but unsure if it is included with the Appliance, if not
maybe you can install it with "yum".
On Tuesday 20 May 2014 10:37:36 am Nathan Steele wrote:
Is there a difference with the PLUS version? I tried controlling it last
night with the setting for the ACS 8.2, no dice....
Not sure anything is actually going out the seriel port. the SER light
on the switcher flashes at bootup, but then nothing when trying to test
my macro cart.
I tried playing with the seriel port settings in rdadmin also? not real
clear on whether i need to enable the seriel port there to work with the
switcher or not. tried both ways. still no dice. not sure what I"m
supposed to put in the ttydevice field.....
The seriel port is shown by dmesg | grep tty
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