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To run minicom to test a usb/serial port you should first kill the Luup engine, the serial proxy, and Network Monitor which reboots Vera when it detects the Luup engine isn't running. Do this by running these 2 commands:
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To run minicom to test a usb/serial port you should first kill the Luup engine, the serial proxy, and Network Monitor which reboots Vera when it detects the Luup engine isn't running. Do this by running these 2 commands:  
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<pre>kill $(ps ax | grep 'Start_serproxy.sh.$\|Start_serproxy.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh.$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh.$')
  
kill $(ps ax | grep 'Start_serproxy.sh.$\|Start_serproxy.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh.$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh.$')
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killall LuaUPnP NetworkMonitor serproxy</pre>
 
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Next, download the minicom package, and extract the minicom program, with the commands:
killall LuaUPnP NetworkMonitor serproxy
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<pre style="padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 1em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-right-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-bottom-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-left-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 1.1em;">mkdir /tmp/minicom
 
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Next, download the minicom package and extract the minicom program with the commands below.  Afterwards you can setup and start using minicom by running ''/tmp/minicom/usr/sbin/minicom -s -o'' and specifying the port options.  Reboot when you're done and want Vera to startup with the normal Luup engine serial port handling and minicom will not be on the device anymore since these commands just put it in a temporary ram drive:
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mkdir /tmp/minicom
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cd /tmp/minicom
 
cd /tmp/minicom
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tar zxvf /tmp/minicom.ipk
 
tar zxvf /tmp/minicom.ipk
  
tar zxvf data.tar.gz
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tar zxvf data.tar.gz</pre>
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Afterwards you can setup and start using minicom by running the following command and specifying the port options.:
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<pre>/tmp/minicom/usr/sbin/minicom -s -o
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</pre>
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When you're done, rebooting Vera will restart the normal Luup engine, and serial port handling. &nbsp;The minicom program will not remain on the device after reboot as the previous commands put minicom into a temporary ram drive.<br>

Revision as of 03:45, 21 July 2009

To run minicom to test a usb/serial port you should first kill the Luup engine, the serial proxy, and Network Monitor which reboots Vera when it detects the Luup engine isn't running. Do this by running these 2 commands:

kill $(ps ax | grep 'Start_serproxy.sh.$\|Start_serproxy.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh$\|Start_LuaUPnP.sh.$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh$\|Start_NetworkMonitor.sh.$')

killall LuaUPnP NetworkMonitor serproxy

Next, download the minicom package, and extract the minicom program, with the commands:

mkdir /tmp/minicom

cd /tmp/minicom

wget -O /tmp/minicom.ipk http://downloads.x-wrt.org/xwrt/kamikaze/snapshots/brcm-2.4/packages/minicom_2.3-1_mipsel.ipk

tar zxvf /tmp/minicom.ipk

tar zxvf data.tar.gz

Afterwards you can setup and start using minicom by running the following command and specifying the port options.:

/tmp/minicom/usr/sbin/minicom -s -o

When you're done, rebooting Vera will restart the normal Luup engine, and serial port handling.  The minicom program will not remain on the device after reboot as the previous commands put minicom into a temporary ram drive.

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