Gateway app /serial port not running

[HeneryH]

I just build a system and found a couple of trouble areas. 

The new version of Raspian handled serial ports differently than the older ones.  You need to make sure that you have a /dev/tty* active.  I'll post my notes in a couple of minutes.  I need to log off/on to get them.

[HeneryH]

The Jessie and newer versions of raspbian handle serial ports differently than the older versions.  When all is said an done, make sure that if you "ls /dev/tty*" you see the ttyAMA0 device

https://www.cube-controls.com/2015/11/02/disable-serial-port-terminal-output-on-raspbian/   or if I try to go to the documentation from the Pi itself https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/uart.md

[frix]

Ahh... Thanks for those links. I think I should read more about the UART and how to configure it.

If I'm reading it right (and please correct me if I'm wrong), the new raspbian distributions assume you'll have a new  pi with Bluetooth, so the serial pins are being assigned to it. This would mean that besides disabling the serial in the config, I need to enable device tree overlays so the kernel knows how to use the TX RX pins.

I'll try that and let you know if I blew up my life or not.

Cheers!

[HeneryH]

Two impactful changes recently 1) Jessie version does things differently and 2) the Pi3 has the Bluetooth issue with serial port.  Look into both.

[Kilo95]

As far as having a ttyAMA0...that is correct unless you're using a Moteino USB. In that case, you want to see ttyUSB0

[Felix]

frix,
Good that you got it working with the MoteinoUSB + /dev/ttyUSB0.
I will check the script with the latest distro as time permits.
Thanks for coming to the forum.