Are you sure it’s in KISS mode?

That would equate to a bunch of binary garbage for the packet headers plus some 
readable text that’s the payload. 

And maybe triple check the baud rate?

-Jason


> On Feb 8, 2021, at 6:30 AM, Eric Chamberlain <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That certainly prevents the port from blocking.  The interface in xastir 
> returns as 'up' but it doesn't appear to be reading packets off the TNC in 
> the view-incoming data window.  Looking in putty it still shows the incoming 
> packets.  So its not quite fixed yet.
>  
>  
>  
> 
> From: "Jason KG4WSV" <[email protected]>
>  
> Try the /dev/cu.whatever device special file.
> 
> It’s been a few years but when I hit the same problem (well, Kermit not 
> putty) switching to cu did the trick.
> 
> -Jason
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Eric Chamberlain <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I've been trying to configure an interface to read the tinytrak4 TNC, which 
>> is supposed to operate as KISS according to their docs. When I run PuTTY on 
>> the /dev/tty.usbserial-1430 port I can see packets coming in from a test 
>> transmitter. I close putty and open xastir so the port isn't blocking. When 
>> I go to start the TNC interface, in mac it hangs without messages in the 
>> terminal window. On the putty it doesn't hang but there's nothing. There are 
>> never incoming packets from the view data window. Unfortunately, Byonics say 
>> they don't know much about xastir. I've tried this both on my mac and my 
>> raspberry. The cable setup works for programming and PuTTY, so I don't think 
>> its that or drivers. I think it comes down to settings. Is there anything I 
>> can try?
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