[Flashforth-devel] Fwd: Sending Forth files with macOS over USB

[Peter C. H. <pet...@un...>]

CoolTerm (https://freeware.the-meiers.org) has the option to set character and line delays, and has worked well for us to send files.

Peter


> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Grant Olson <kg...@gr...>
> Subject: Re: [Flashforth-devel] Sending Forth files with macOS over USB
> Date: 23 November 2019 at 15:18:49 CET
> To: fla...@li...
> 
> I had the same problem and did this writeup:
> 
> https://www.grant-olson.net/news/2019/09/04/using-minicom-with-flashforth-on-osx.html
> 
> -Grant
> 
> On 11/23/19 7:23 AM, Tristan Williams wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am using a PIC18F14K50 with FlashForth 5 connecting over USB on
>> macOS (10.11 & 10.14). I can enter Forth interactively using both Minicom
>> and ff-shell.py. However, with my setup, neither Minicom nor
>> ff-shell.py is able to successfully send a file of forth source. The
>> PIC appears to be overwhelmed by a torrent of Forth. I did wonder
>> whether the PIC was making a value judgement about quality of my code,
>> but think it more likely that my setup has a flow control
>> problem. Both Minicom and ff-shell.py were setup to use CRTSCTS
>> (though changing to XON/XOFF made no difference) which I think is
>> correct for a USB CDC serial connection. Running Minicom and
>> ff-shell.py interactively and checking the USB CDC serial port
>> settings with stty whilst they are running showed that neither CRTSCTS
>> nor XON/XOFF appeared to be set. I do not know if that is normal for
>> macOS with CDC.
>> 
>> If anyone is using macOS and is able to send files via Minicom or
>> ff-shell.py over USB I would appreciate any pointers as to where I am
>> going wrong.
>> 
>> I've written a small transfer program for my setup, so I can send
>> Forth files and am enjoying using FlashForth greatly. However, I am
>> new to USB/CDC and would like to know what is wrong with my setup and
>> how to fix it (if possible!) so I can use the existing shells.  All
>> help gratefully received.
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> Tristan
>> 
>> 
>> 
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