[beagleboard] Setting both UART pins to LOW from python

2017-06-19 Thread ssposnov
In a UART line one of the pins on the Beaglebone Black is configured to HIGH in an idle state when it is not sending anything. However, for my project I need both UART pins to be low when I am not using them. A possible solution would be reconfiguring those pins to GPIO every single time and se

[beagleboard] Re: UART5 not working on Beaglebone Black

2017-05-24 Thread ssposnov
I tried uncommenting the lines in /boot/uEnv.txt about disabling HDMI, but it did not help. I also tried typing in *optargs=capemgr.enable_partno=BB-UART1,BB-UART2,BB-UART3,BB-UART5* at the end of that file. Then I was trying to type optargs=quiet capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT

[beagleboard] UART5 not working on Beaglebone Black

2017-05-22 Thread ssposnov
I am using a Beaglebone Black on a student project. In order to activate the UART5 port, I type in “echo BB-UART5 > /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots” every time I power the board on. However, even though the port does seem to be activated, uart5 never works for any of the BBB’s I try