[Twisted-Python] Rts/Cts Serial port flow control in twisted

dsturmfels at gmail.com dsturmfels at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 23:07:49 EST 2011


On 9 November 2011 01:57, <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:

> On 11:59 am, dsturmfels at gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi,
> >Has anyone had much experience with serial flow control in twisted?
>
> I don't. :)  It sounds like this may not really have much to do with
> Twisted, though.
> >I've been using a twisted serial port in my gtk+ software for quite a
> >while
> >now, and I can get xonxoff flow control to work, but for some reason,
> >rtscts flow control isn't working (or I may be using it wrong).
> >
> >I'm connecting the software, via a usb-serial cable, to a Datalogic
> >barcode
> >scanner cradle.
> >I've been able to replicate this problem with pyserial as well.
>
> As you perhaps already know, Twisted's serial port support is
> implemented in terms of pyserial - and the layer Twisted adds is very
> thin.  So the problem you experience with pyserial is probably exactly
> the same as the problem you experience with Twisted, since the latter is
> actually the same code as the former.
> >
> >Without flow control on, I can for example, send a particular serial
> >string
> >to the cradle, and the cradle replies instantly with it's software
> >version
> >(as a string).
> >If I scan a barcode, this also instantly shows up in
> >twisted/pyserial/etc
> >(as a string).
> >
> >With xonxoff flow control on in both the software and cradle, the
> >serial
> >connection works exactly the same as having no flow control on.
> >
> >With rtscts flow control on in both the software and cradle however,
> >the
> >cradle doesn't reply instantly with it's software version when the
> >correct
> >string is sent.
> >However, a scanned barcode shows up instantly in the twisted/pyserial
> >software, and if you've previously requested the cradle software
> >version,
> >the software version string only shows up directly after receiving a
> >barcode string.
> >
> >Am I doing something wrong, or does anyone know what might be going on
> >here?
>
> Do you know that the device supports RTS/CTS?  Do you know that the USB
> driver for the device supports it?  Do you know that the USB driver
> support for it is bug free? :)
>
> Sorry I can't add anything more helpful.  I think you want to be looking
> for the problem at a pretty low level, though.  Perhaps even at the
> level of measuring voltage on the RTS pin...
>
> Jean-Paul
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Thanks - I was assuming it probably was a hardware problem, but I just
thought I'd check to see if I'd been doing anything wrong.
The hardware definitely supports rts/cts flow control, so I'm guessing the
problem then might possibly be with the usb-serial cable, or the driver for
it.

Either way, I've decided to stick with xon/xoff flow control for now - it
seems to work quite well.

Thanks anyway!
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