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Old 08-02-2010, 01:15 PM   #1
zdenekkrejci
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Serial flow control


Hi guys,
do you know how to configure serial port RS-232 to use flow control??
The reason is without flow control is is not working properly(dala loss etc...)
Im trying to run it as it is just with setting the flow control flag and Im sending my data via loop-back on the rs-232 to GTK TERM on the same computer... but when I enable IXON/IXOFF in GTK TERM, my sending program cant even open the port...

My current settings is:
Code:
struct termios termios_p;
	//ferme_port();
	tcgetattr(sc.fd, &termios_p);
	termios_p.c_cflag = B9600;
	termios_p.c_cflag |= CS8;
	termios_p.c_cflag |= CREAD;//Enable receiver
	termios_p.c_cflag |= CLOCAL;//Ignore modem status lines
	//termios_p.c_cflag &= ~ICANON;
	termios_p.c_iflag = IGNPAR | IGNBRK;//Ignore characters with parity errors | Ignore break condition
	termios_p.c_iflag |=(IXON);//|IXOFF|IXANY);
/*
	termios_p.c_cflag &= ~PARENB;
	termios_p.c_cflag &= ~CSTOPB;
	termios_p.c_cflag &= ~CSIZE;
	termios_p.c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
*/
	termios_p.c_oflag = 0;
	termios_p.c_lflag = 0;
	termios_p.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
	termios_p.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
	printf("Configuring the port...");
	if(tcsetattr(sc.fd, TCSANOW, &termios_p)==-1){
		printf(" ERROR: Unable to configure the port correctly\n");
	}else{
		printf(" OK\n");
	}

	tcflush(sc.fd, TCOFLUSH);
	tcflush(sc.fd, TCIFLUSH);
Thank you guys

Last edited by zdenekkrejci; 08-02-2010 at 01:19 PM.
 
Old 08-03-2010, 12:01 AM   #2
Wim Sturkenboom
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CTS/RTS is the hardware flow control; it requires the pins to be physically wired.
XON/XOFF is a software flow control that needs to be implemented at both sides in software.

http://www.aggsoft.com/rs232-pinout-...and-signal.htm for some info on RS232 ports
 
Old 08-04-2010, 02:25 AM   #3
zdenekkrejci
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Hi yes I know about the pins in case of HW flow ctrl and also know XON/XOFF in case of software flow ctrl.
but when I enable IXON/IXOFF in GTK TERM, my sending program cant even open the port... Thats the problem
 
  


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