SimpleIDE terminal does not work on Raspberry Pi

Bill Henning

Ray was using SimpleIDE on a Raspberry Pi to program RoboPi.

The terminal built into SimpleIDE would not connect on /dev/ttyAMA0 ... is there some place that can be configured?

I tend to use minicom, so I did not run realize this issue existed, but it would be nice to get the built-in serial terminal to work.

Heater.

Presumably the problem here that simple IDE won't look for and use the "/dev/ttyAMA0" device name.

I think a solution to this is to create symbolic link in /dev that points to AMA0. The sym link having a name SimpleIDE can see. For example:

$ cd /dev
$ ln -s ttyAMA0  ttyUSB4
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Not a very sustainable solution.. Ultimately SimpleIDE needs tweaking to look for ttyAMA*

Bill Henning

Thanks Heater!

Your nice simple solution gave me a Homer-style "DUH" moment!

Heater. wrote: »

Presumably the problem here that simple IDE won't look for and use the "/dev/ttyAMA0" device name.

I think a solution to this is to create symbolic link in /dev that points to AMA0. The sym link having a name SimpleIDE can see. For example:

$ cd /dev
$ ln -s ttyAMA0  ttyUSB4
[/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]

Not a very sustainable solution.. Ultimately SimpleIDE needs tweaking to look for ttyAMA*