Gotcha and yes that was the problem I was having, I could transmit but would just get bounced but what I transmitted due to not being able to set transmit mode. So I basically have to use /drivers/serial/crisv10.c: serial driver used on the Cris ETRAX platform /drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c: serial driver used on Atmel platforms (AVR32 and AT91 included) for my drivers. Sorry I am not a fully hardware guy so am a little lost at some of this stuff, but I know the software is not working since the hardware has no way to know how to interact through software. On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:16 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/8/2014 1:55 PM, Jason Ricles wrote: >> >> I am not too sure, it is for work and we got a custom board. My co worker >> who is more the hardware guy set it up. I did notice it is thin before 3.0 >> kernal. I saw in the 3.0 kernal they have more support. So we are >> basically >> up the creek without a paddle with the device and kernal 2.6. Would a >> RS-485 to RS-232 converter possibly fix the problems? > > > the problem is, a 232-485 converter needs to be told when to be in transmit > vs recieve mode for a half duplex single pair circuit to function. as that > article says, this can be done by using the RS232 RTS signal to control the > RS485 line driver, but the linux driver has to know about this and support > it. > > > > > -- > john r pierce 37N 122W > somewhere on the middle of the left coast > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos