If putty sees that, then it's not KISS. That looks like normal TNC
ASCII output, not KISS.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:16 AM Eric Chamberlain
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The code hangs at this line, so the mutex is opened.
> port_data[port].channel = open(port_data[port].device_name, O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY);
>
> Jason, I think its in KISS.  Regarding the readable payload with binary 
> garbage, I'm getting it.  Here's some of what putty sees, so I think the baud 
> rate is good too.
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:>MT-Omega v1.47
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,190857,A,4015.8900,N,07946.0796,W,000,057,080221,,*03/TT3
>  ROCKET|!"#c'6|!w!x!
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,190958,A,4015.8927,N,07946.0753,W,000,169,080221,,*0D|!##c':|!w:Q!
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,191059,A,4015.8942,N,07946.0762,W,000,169,080221,,*05|!$#c'<|!wGY!
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,191159,A,4015.8922,N,07946.0766,W,000,169,080221,,*06|!%#c'>|!w5]!
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,191300,A,4015.8922,N,07946.0776,W,000,169,080221,,*09/TT3
>  ROCKET|!&#c'?|!w5f!
> KC3OBB-1>APT314,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1:$GPRMC,191401,A,4015.8930,N,07946.0789,W,000,169,080221,,*0C|!'#c'@|!w<r!
>
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>
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> From: "Jason KG4WSV" <[email protected]>
>
> 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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