HIP:YSI-600R:minicom

Setting-up minicom

The following minicom screen shows the correct configuration to use with a YSI sonde on comm 2 of the TS-7260 board.

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| A -    Serial Device      : /dev/ttyAM1                              |
| B - Lockfile Location     : /var/lock                                |
| C -   Callin Program      :                                          |
| D -  Callout Program      :                                          |
| E -    Bps/Par/Bits       : 9600 8N1                                 |
| F - Hardware Flow Control : No                                       |
| G - Software Flow Control : No                                       |
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|    Change which setting?                                             |
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Using minicom with Sonde

• Enabling VT100 emulation in the sonde will make it clearer to use the menu. To do this, set Main > Advanced > Advanced setup > VT100 emulation.
• Many of the sonde commands and menus available via RS-232 are documented in the YSI sonde manual. However, there are some that are worth noting here.
• Typing "run" at the sonde prompt will cause the sonde to print data lines after a pause of a few seconds. The printing of lines continues until a "0" is sent to the sonde. The "0" will cause the sonde to immedaitly stop printing at a new line without echoing the "0". Which data values are printed can be set in the sonde menu Main > Report.