Serial port crashes

steve64 · 2025-05-13T16:00:14+00:00

I'm observing total crashes when using the serial module. It's difficult to give you a full example since I got the problem when interacting with a special d...

steve64

The device generate a '->' prompt as last sequence, I can not use '\n' in this case.
I tried to pass the prompt string to readline() but it's not yet reliable enough .
Anyway, I'm happy with single read(). Maybe I will try again readline() in the future,
So far so good, my app is working now!

Samir

so maybe you should use port:readline("\n->") that will read until next prompt

Samir

Hi steve,

Bumping this thread to know if you encountered still crashes with the Port object.

steve64

Hi Samir,
I have not faced crashes anymore, at least in the way I'm using the serial module.

Samir

Ok perfect, thank you for your precious feedback 🙏🏼

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