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? >> _______________________________________________ >> Xastir mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir[http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir] > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
