Terminal Programs

[Patrick Doyle]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com> wrote:
> We need a better serial Terminal Program. I would think that you should
> not lose data if you have HW handshaking, no matter how the data is
> displayed.
>
Are you certain the microcontroller is honoring HW handshaking?  I
agree that you should not lose data if you have HW handshaking.  Are
you certain that GtkTerm is configured to use HW handshaking?  (I've
never used GtkTerm -- I've used Minicom quite extensively, but I've
never needed a real time hex dump.)

If you only need hex dumps once in a while, you could exit out of your
terminal program and try something like:

$ od -tx2 /dev/ttyS0

Finally, check your dmesg to see if there are any messages related to
buffer overflows, dropped interrupts, or something that just plain
smells.  It might give you a pointer for where to look for more help
(especially if my lame tips don't help at all).

--wpd