Half and Full Duplex (RS232)

youngfeng · 2023-07-12 05:37

Does anyone know what is the protocol format (Half and Full Duplex (RS232) ) of the C function call, fdserial_rxChar and fdserial_txChar , as well as serial_rxChar and serial_txChar? I use baudrate, 9600 and 8-N-1. But the serial terminal (virtual terminal) like TeraTerm shows very crazy characters with the “Hello, RS232”, message in the tutorial. The receiving side couldn't show any characters. I can use two Propeller chips to talk to each other by using those c functions, but not a standard virtual terminal. Any helps are most welcome. Thanks.

VonSzarvas · 2023-07-12 06:50

First things to check would be that the tx and rx are wired the right way around, and that the serial port configuration call "fdserial_open" has the correct mode set (the 3rd param I think ?).

The required mode can vary, depending on what device you are connecting to.

iseries · 2023-07-12 11:01

Here is some sample code to loop back data from two other pins back to the console.

#include "simpletools.h"
#include "fdserial.h"

fdserial *trm;
terminal *dft;
int c;

int main()
{
  simpleterm_close();

  trm = fdserial_open(31, 30, 0, 115200);
  dft = fdserial_open(0, 1, 0, 115200);

  pause(1000);
  dprint(trm, "Ready\n");

  while (1)
  {
    c = fdserial_rxCheck(trm);
    if (c > 0)
      fdserial_txChar(dft, c);
    c = fdserial_rxCheck(dft);
    if (c > 0)
      fdserial_txChar(trm, c);
  }
  fdserial_close(trm);
  fdserial_close(dft);
}

Mike

youngfeng · 2023-07-12 17:28

Thank you very much VonSzarvas and iseries. Here was the test results I had yesterday. By define: fdserial_open(-1, 21, 0, 9600), the input character '1' (0011 0001), then the terminal shows 'g' (0110 0111); input '2' (0011 0010) shows '3' (0011 0011); input '3' shows 'f'; input '4', didn't show anything; input '5', shows 'e' . . . . . .

By choosing Mode = 1, the same results as Mode = 0.

Good news are that this morning, following VonSzarvas' idea, I made a brave try: set Mode = 2. Than it works great. I don't know the logic because it doesn't follow the description in the fdserial.h. But I will try fdserial_rxChar to see whether it also work as fdwerial_txChar. I will report back my luck.

Again, thank both of you very much.

Half and Full Duplex (RS232)

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