How to send Lopy received data to a computer via serial port?

[monersss]

@robert-hh Hello, thanks for a fast answer. I still cannot get anything printed out on my putty screet. The code in my main.py in first lopy is this one:

from network import LoRa
import socket
import time
from machine import UART

uart = UART(1, 115200)

lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=863000000)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
s.setblocking(False)
while True:
s.send('In range?')
my_message = s.recv(64)

if len(my_message) > 0:
    uart.write("my_message\n")
else:
    uart.write("out of range\n")

time.sleep(10)

it is connected via serial to PC and when i connect via Putty I get nothing

the code on second lopy is this one:

from network import LoRa
import socket
import time

lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=863000000)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
s.setblocking(False)

while True:
if s.recv(64) == b'In range?':
s.send('You are within LORA range!')

time.sleep(10)

everything works perfect when i operate with Atom....

Where do i make a mistake??

[robert-hh]

@monersss Which USB/UART connection do you use? If you use the expansion board, the you have to open UART 0. So the line above must read as:
uart = UART(0, 115200)
Then you should see something in Putty.
Another reason why you may not see messages with Putty may be its flow control. Please set Putty's flow control to 'off'.

[monersss]

@robert-hh I am connecting via expantion board micro usb, so I understand that i need to update my code changing uart: uart = UART(0, 115200) right?
PS there are two uart buses that i can connect to, does it mean i can connect lopy to one device to receive data from one source and to another one to receive data from another data source?

[robert-hh]

@monersss Yes, you can use both UARTs.But only one of them is connected to the USB/Serial bridge on the expansion board. UART1, connected to P3/P4, has just it's digital outputs. So if you want to use it for USB or standard RS232, you have to add an appropriate adapter.

[monersss]

@robert-hh i cannot see the messages on putty. I have set the flow control to none and still not working. The code is ok, when running it from atom i am getting response, so it seems there is a problem with my uart code i guess?

[robert-hh]

@monersss How do you connect with Atom? Are you using Telnet? If not, did you close Atom when you tried to use the UART? And are you sure that you are using the right COM port on your PC?

[monersss]

@robert-hh i connect to atom via serial, before trying to connect with putty to serial port i disconnect with atom. the port i am using is ok. serial setting are speed 115200, data bits 8, stop bits 1, parity none, flow control none.

Maybe i am missing part of the code where i define data bits and stop bits so they are defined exactly like the ones in putty?

PS i have updated the firmware on my lopys and running my code from main.py on both. in atom everything is ok

[robert-hh]

@monersss 8 data bits/1 stop bit is the default.
When you have connected Putty and push reset, do you see the boot messages ot the bootstrap loader in Putty, and the first Microypthon Banner? Because these are definitely sent to UART0. If not, then there is a problem with Putty. If yes, then UART0 is properly connected, and unless you changed _boot.py, REPL is connecetd to the UART, and you can for instance terminate your code with Ctrl-C. If you want to disconnect REPL from the UART, you have to use the statement os.dupterm(None)
If you keep REPL connected to UART, you can use print() statements instead of uart.write() in your code.

[monersss]

@robert-hh yes i can see the rester going on on putty and the micropython prompt. I did not change boot.py, only main.py which looks like that now:

from network import LoRa
import socket
import time
from machine import UART
uart = UART(0, 115200)
lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=863000000)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
s.setblocking(False)
while True:
s.send('In range?')
my_message = s.recv(64)
if len(my_message) > 0:
uart.write(my_message)
else:
uart.write("out of range")
time.sleep(10)

I do not want to run a code from putty but to run it from main and only see messages sent between two lopys in putty, the final step will be to receive through spyder, but as a first step i wanted to see if they are sent by lopy to a computer correctly.

[monersss]

@robert-hh maybe here is the answer:

seems that there is some error in main.py line 6 OSError: the requested operation failed, thats what i get when restarting the board:

rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff9010,len:12
ho 0 tail 12 room 4
load:0x3fff9020,len:388
load:0x40078000,len:11584
load:0x4009fb00,len:848
entry 0x4009fc9c
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 6, in <module>
OSError: the requested operation failed
MicroPython v1.8.6-796-g489fafa0 on 2017-10-15; LoPy with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.

and the line 6 in main.py is an uart line:
uart = UART(0, 115200)

[robert-hh]

@monersss Then, start your script with:

from network import LoRa
import socket
import time
import os
os.dupterm(None)
...