Given that you have: local # Do not use modem control lines; assume a then pppd ought to tell the TTL to ignore DCD drops. Is this a real serial connection, or actually serial over USB or PPPoE? Looks like USB0. USB/TTL adapter I bet. Are other pins being used for (JTAG) programming, reset? Maybe "stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 -a" (as root) during your magic 6s. Is clocal set?
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