DNP/EVA2: Using the COM2 Port from Linux

The following C source codes is a simple example for using the DNP/EVA2 COM2 serial port from Linux. The Linux device name for this port is /dev/ttyS1. Please note: The ADNP/1486 needs a BIOS with COM2 support for running this sample code on a DNP/EVA2.

// SERIAL1.C
// Test program for DNP/EVA2-COM2-Port (/dev/ttyS1)
// Vers. 1.01 / 20-Jan-2002 / kdw@ist1.de

#include ‹sys/types.h›
#include ‹sys/stat.h›
#include ‹fcntl.h›
#include ‹termios.h›
#include ‹stdio.h›
#include ‹string.h›

#define LINESPEED B115200

int main (void)
{
   int fd,                                // Handle for POSIX I/O
       i;
   struct termios otios, ntios;           // Terminal I/O structures
   char buf[255];                         // Buffer

   // Open /dev/ttyS1 (COM2 port of DNP/EVA2)...

   fd= open ("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY );
   if (fd < 0) {
      perror ("/dev/ttyS1");
      exit (-1);
   }

   // Save current /dev/ttyS1 setup

   tcgetattr (fd, &otios);

   // Define new setup for /dev/ttyS1...

   bzero (&ntios, sizeof (ntios));
   ntios.c_cflag= LINESPEED | CRTSCTS | CS8 | CLOCAL | CREAD;
   ntios.c_cc[VTIME]= 0;      // No timeouts
   ntios.c_cc[VMIN]= 1;       // Wait for one char (and not more)

   // Write new setup to /dev/ttyS1...

   tcflush (fd, TCIFLUSH);
   tcsetattr (fd, TCSANOW, &ntios);

   // Send sign-in message to terminal program on /dev/ttyS1

   sprintf (buf, "Test Program for DNP/EVA2 COM2 (/dev/ttyS1)\n\r\n\r");
   write (fd, buf, strlen (buf));

   // Wait for char from /dev/ttyS1. Display all char's.

   while (1) {
      i= read (fd, buf, 255);              // Receive from /dev/ttyS1
      buf[i]= 0;
      printf ("%s", buf);
      fflush (stdout);
      write (fd, buf, strlen (buf));       // Send echo over /dev/ttyS1

      // Make new line if necessary

      if (buf[0] == '\r') {
         printf ("\n");
         sprintf (buf, "\n");
         write (fd, buf, strlen (buf));
      }
   }

   // Restore old setup for /dev/ttyS1...

   tcsetattr (fd, TCSANOW, &otios);
   exit (1);
}