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BobDevries Senior Member  Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 266 |
Hi all, Has anyone here had any success in connecting the MM to a Linux terminal programme? I have tried "minicom", but its use is limited in that it doesn't appear to transmit all the keyboard keys, in particular the function keys (F1... etc) If the F keys don't work, I can't use the MM full-screen editor. Regards, Bob Devries Dalby, QLD, Australia |
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| ThierryP Newbie  Joined: 12/04/2012 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 12 |
Bob I'm using minicom and most times picocom without problems, incl F-keys and Esc. Only keystroke I have difficulty with is Ctrl-C. Thierry |
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crackerjack Senior Member Joined: 11/07/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 164 |
Hi Bob, I use minicom - the only issue I had was I could not get the F-keys (1 thru 4) to work. Minicom kept sending ESC-OP, ESC-OQ, etc. So I setup some macros, to send characters Hex 91, etc (see the MM Manual for the details of which characters to send in one of the Apendices - I can't recall them right now). I just moved the F-keys from 1 - 4 to 6 onwards. Having done that the Fill Screen editor is usable again. Don't forget to set the size of your terminal window to 80x36 and then do a resize command before starting minicom. Good luck. If you can't get it right, shout out and I'll be more detailed in reply. |
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panky Guru  Joined: 02/10/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1101 |
Bob, Have a look at my post 'DM Inerface to Linux' on previous page - I went the Virtual Box route as I knew TerraTerm would work with function keys but also that I could use the Windows only MMEdit (fantastic program Jim) and MMIDE (fantastic program CG) natively under XP as well as Geof's DOS MM. I am in the process of a detailed write-up on install/config of this scenario for both the boys above - will post soon when ready. Cheers, Doug. ... almost all of the Maximites, the MicromMites, the MM Extremes, the ArmMites, the PicoMite and loving it! |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3802 |
I use screen and it does all I want. John |
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| ThierryP Newbie Joined: 12/04/2012 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 12 |
Meant to say: I can use Ctrl-C, but I can't interrupt an already running autorun.bas program on the MM/DM from a Teraterm terminal that is logging into a remote Linux PC / Embedded system, that is physically connecting to a MM/DM via USB (picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyACM0). However, if I start the autorun.bas (or any .bas) from the terminal, I can interrupt it via Ctrl-C, any suggestions? |
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vasi Guru Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
A fast solution. I don't know what version of linux you have, but if Arduino is available, just install it. It have a serial terminal you can start. Other solutions: cutecom, gtkterm - also, don't remember if I mentioned them on the other topic? Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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| crackerjack Senior Member Joined: 11/07/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 164 |
Hi JohnS, I am trying out GNU Screen (an interesting concept is Screen - and a utility I was not aware of - so thanks for pointing it out). Works fine (with some modified key bindings for backspace, etc.), but I am unable to send a Ctrl-C to the *Mite connected to it to stop a running program... Have you (or anybody) any experience with this and could possibly suggest a fix/workaround or appropriate keybinding? Thanks in advance... [EDIT] I have done the pre-requisite Googling to no avail... |
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