Use Terminal app (PuTTY) to communicate to R1 Serial Port 0?

[philip]

@ktgaston

One of my complaints with the new EPIC stuff – there’s not a way to use a terminal program to communicate to the GRV-CSERI-4 (at least there wasn’t the last time I asked about it). I’ve often fallen back on this to troubleshoot serial comms a bit easier.

You can accomplish this with Node-Red. I do this with USB to serial adapters all the time, but the same technique works with the CSERI module:

RS232 and RS485 SERIAL ADAPTERS FOR RIO

I received the cable I ordered, it is a DTECH DT-5119 (The model # is on the package, but not on the device). It supports 4-wire RS-422 and 2-wire RS-485 capability. I’m only testing RS-485. Comes with a DSUB-9 to terminal block break out which is nice. Got it for under $17, so definitely on the cheap side. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076WVFXN8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Unfortunately, I could not test it in my RIO because the USB port is plugged up with conformal …