Hi Hal, I tried messing with the serial port used for the system console at runtime and I lived to regret it;). You should be able use com1 for input, see here http://wiki.soekris.info/5501_Interfaces for details.
Bill On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 01:01 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm using a Net5501. I have a HD Radio that is controlled through a > program I wrote that can talk to it over a regular serial port or > through a USB port if I use a USB/serial adaptor. > > Right now I'm using it with the USB adaptor but I'd prefer to use the > serial port. I've noticed, though, when I try to access it > through /dev/ttyS0 I don't get consistent results, which I would > suspect is due to that port also being used for the console. > > Do I need to do anything special if I want to use the on board serial > port for something other than the null-modem cable? Preferably I'd > like to be able to have something in my boot procedure that changes > this over so if I have to, I can always reboot with the null modem > cable on instead and could use the console directly if I wanted to. > > I'm using Debian Etch on this system. > > Thanks! > > > Hal > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- "There is nothing to worry about" - unknown _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
