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Hello! |
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On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:41 AM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> this is complicate for me to explain...let' try it nvertheless ;) |
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> I am experimenting with FORTH (punyforth) on an ESP8266. |
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> FORTH has a REPL, which -- especially in the beginning -- is |
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> very helpful to try things out. |
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> With cutecom I can connect to the ESP8266 and get a response. |
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> Unfortunately - in this particular case - cutecom separates the |
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> input line from what the ESP8266 i sending back. |
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Like this (https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/24578/how-to-filter-a-blank-line-received-over-serial-esp8266)? |
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It sounds like the firmware on the chip is written incorrectly. If it |
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is doing something like echoing lines back with \r\n at the end you |
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can usually configure your terminal software to translate them to \n, |
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but if it's doing it sporadically you may need to put a layer in |
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between you and the terminal. |
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> With Arduino devices I had no problem to do the same thing with |
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> gnu-screen like this |
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> screen /dev/ttyUSB1 115200 |
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> ...with the ESP8266 (using the same baudrate as with cutecom |
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> before) the cursor get glued in the upper left corner. |
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> Hitting a key, CTRL-D. CTRL-C, <RETURN> and other obvious |
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> candidates does not help. The only waty out is killall. |
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I think screen can support dumb terminals, but this behavior makes it |
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sound like it is expecting smart hardware terminal feedback. Check the |
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manual. |
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> Now I am in search of a "real terminal"-like thing, which |
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> allows me to interactively connect to the ESP8266 while |
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> maintaining the chronological sequence of my inputs and |
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> the returns of the ESP8266. |
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> I tried minicom, but I always dislike the way that beast |
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> is configured, |
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> Is there anything reliable available...may be even without a gui? |
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http://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tools.html#module-serial.tools.miniterm |
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pySerial ships with a minimal terminal emulator which is perfect for |
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reading device output. I tend to use it above anything else because it |
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is sufficient and I am generally working with Python. There is no |
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readline support, but you didn't ask about that. |
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Importantly it doesn't cook the input in any way or expect the |
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terminal to do anything, so you can use it to better figure out what |
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the ESP8266 firmware is doing. |
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Cheers, |
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R0b0t1 |
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