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Hi, I am trying to set up communication between a PC and a DE2-70 board running uCLinux via the serial port. When booting uCLinux it detects the UART component alright. I naively assumed that i...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- AFAIK, the default setup of the driver when initiated is 19200,8,1, no parity. But maybe I'm wrong. --- Quote End --- The default baudrate can be set in the Linux kernel menuconfig. There is no error when opening the UART - or for that matter when writing to it or reading from it. From what I can tell though nothing ever comes out of the RS-232 port. I mean even if I did get the baudrate and parity wrong, one would still expect *something* to come out, right? By now I checked that I have the correct pin assignments many times... Does anyone know whether the RS-232 port is wired as DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) or DCE (Data Circuit-terminating Equipment)?
