Hello,

I am making a board coupled to a NanoPi Neo Core, and a RS485 converter to its UART2.

The chip is a MAX1478 and I use the RTS (PA2).

 

this is my armbianEnv

verbosity=1
bootlogo=false
disp_mode=1920x1080p60
overlay_prefix=sun8i-h3
overlays=cpu-clock-1.2GHz-1.3v i2c0 i2c1 uart1 uart2 usbhost0 usbhost1 usbhost2
rootdev=UUID=a37457d6-57d2-4f17-a684-157b1a309a73
rootfstype=ext4
user_overlays=neo-core-stable-mac double-spi ds1307
param_uart2_rtscts=1
param_uart3_rtscts=1
usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u

 

if i run the command,

cat /proc/tty/driver/serial  |head -8
uart:16550A mmio:0x01C28800 irq:53 tx:120 rx:0 RTS|DTR
command

mbpoll -a139 -b9600 -t3 -c2 -m rtu -R  /dev/ttyS2 -l 500
mbpoll 1.4-12 - FieldTalk(tm) Modbus(R) Master Simulator
Copyright © 2015-2019 Pascal JEAN, https://github.com/epsilonrt/mbpoll
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'mbpoll -w' for details.

Protocol configuration: Modbus RTU
Slave configuration...: address = [139]
                        start reference = 1, count = 2
Communication.........: /dev/ttyS2,       9600-8E1
                        t/o 1.00 s, poll rate 500 ms
Data type.............: 16-bit register, input register table

-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)
Read input register failed: Connection timed out
-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)
Read input register failed: Connection timed out
-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)
Read input register failed: Connection timed out
-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)
Read input register failed: Connection timed out
-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)
Read input register failed: Connection timed out
-- Polling slave 139... Ctrl-C to stop)

 

Apparently it is in RTS mode, it sends but it seems that it cannot receive. I do not know if it could be a failure that it does not change the sending / receiving.

I have to activate something else for the RS485 to work? How can I see if the RTS is working well?

 

 

@martinayotte talk about a patch but i dont know if it can work in my kernel.

Thanks in advance!

 

 

I suggest you check if UART2 RTS is working on this hardware/software first. You can connecting some state indicator (LED, voltmeter, ...) to its pin and manual change RTS state (eg. Ctrl-A Ctrl-G in picocom).

 

If RTS work OK you can try my patch. I'm not familiar with NanoPi Neo Core and I don't know how serial hardware is on its chip, so if it's not compatible with 8250_dw patch will not work. To use my patch you must build your own kernel image (https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/) with applying this patch (put it to "patch/kernel/sunxi-current" should do this).