I would investigate running stty on bootup. You can set up the tty parameters, then save them in a string and jam that string into the tty on boot.
I have another application around here where I am using that. Let me know if you want details. Chris On 11/16/2015 11:52 AM, Wayne Merricks wrote: > Hi again all, > > I've made progress but I'm still stuck. > > I was routing the RJ11 "telco" cables through standard CAT5. It didn't like > that so I bit the bullet and cut an RJ11 cable in half, soldered it directly > onto about 10 metres of CAT5 and plugged it back into the RJ11 the other > side. My servers actually have a standard serial port (yay for proper > servers). > > Using minicom, I can talk to the device on /dev/ttyS1 as the user that > rivendell runs under (I had to add the user to the dialout group to get > serial permissions). > > Here is the weird/stuck part. If I click my switcher macros, nothing > happens. If I open minicom and connect to /dev/ttyS1, then click my switcher > macros, the previous commands all flood through. > > I can probably set up screen/minicom to run on reboot but is this meant to be > the way it works? > > Wayne Merricks > The Voice Asia > > On 16/11/15 17:42, Rob Landry wrote: >> >> I've set up several ACS8.2's and have never had a problem getting them to >> work with Rivendell. >> >> Can you talk to the switcher using Putty or minicom via the serial port? >> >> If so, have you checked to see that the serial port is set up properly in >> Rivendell and that the switcher is defined to use the correct port? >> >> Also, are you using a USB-to-serial converter? If so, it will probably show >> up as ttyUSB0, but I have known them to suddenly rename themselves ttyUSB1. >> The only way I know around that is to write a udev rule to alias it to a >> name you specify, like SWITCHER0, and set up Rivendell to use that name. >> >> >> Rob >> >> On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Wayne Merricks wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Thanks for the hints. Had to wrestle the thing out of a rack to change DIP >>> switches all while trying to stay on air (not fun). >>> >>> I've also enabled the serial ports (didn't even know this was an option) >>> thanks to John's info. >>> >>> Still coming up short, I'm going to step back from Riv and try and get a >>> direct serial connection working before I go any further. >>> >>> Thanks for the help so far. >>> >>> Wayne Merricks >>> The Voice Asia >>> >>> On 16/11/15 13:32, Cowboy wrote: >>>> On 11/16/2015 07:54 AM, Wayne Merricks wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I have a Broadcast Tools ACS 8.2 Plus. I'm trying to use it with >>>>> Rivendell although at this point I'd settle for any old bash script that >>>>> would make it work. >>>>> >>>>> I've added the switcher to the host as matrix 0 (using the ACS 8.2 >>>>> profile) and tried to use the ST commands but nothing seems to work. Do >>>>> I need to set up the port speed or anything else under linux before I try >>>>> using macro commands or does Rivendell do this? >>>>> >>>>> Basically I can't find a decent guide to this and wondering if anyone has >>>>> an idiots guide to getting these things going? >>>> >>>> It's been a while, but I do distinctly remember that you must get the dip >>>> switches >>>> inside the switcher right, else nothing works. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
