tinyG Recommended flow control

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  • April 21, 2014 at 11:27 am #5799
    cmcgrath5035
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    After a weekend of fun, I was re-reading this Wiki item

    In there, I find this statement:

    Are you using Coolterm to send files? Are you using Xon/Xoff mode? It is enabled in both Coolterm and on TinyG ($ex)?

    Is this correct for all tinyG FirmWare builds?

    I believe tgFX transitioned to RTS/CTS , which has
    [ex] enable flow control 2 [0=off,1=XON/XOFF, 2=RTS/CTS]
    set in the configuration.

    If possible, I try to avoid changes to configuration when switching between communications modes; it is too easy to miss one (or 2).

    I have been using RTS/CTS with plink (a linux utility similar to CoolTerm) with what I think are OK results.

    Of course I would not be rereading “Troubleshooting Wiki” if everything was OK.

    April 21, 2014 at 7:24 pm #5802
    Riley
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    I think this was posted before we used CTS/RTS for flow control. XON was the preferred method. That being said XON should work just fine as long as you set XON on both ends. Meaning TinyG $ex=1 and coolterm (or whatever).

    ril3y

    April 21, 2014 at 7:45 pm #5805
    cmcgrath5035
    Moderator

    I understand the time frame comment; it is what I expected.

    Would you also say that RTS/CTS, properly configured at both ends, should work as well?
    My evidence, using plink with RTS/CTS, would say yes.

    Again, my objective is to not have to [remember to] change the tinyG config when I move back and forth between tinyG and plink/Coolterm, etc.

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