QSerialPort bytesAvailable() and read() delayed, QextSerialPort works

mr_wallyit

Hello,
First, serial Port on Android works if the Kernel is builded with this module.

Second,file System of Android is not standard,there are not standard folders for the
serial port, so I changed the driver with a few line of code.

I changed the method serialPortLockFilePath in the fileqserialport_unix_p.cpp

@

QString serialPortLockFilePath(const QString &portName)
{

qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;
static const QStringList lockDirectoryPaths = QStringList()

//#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
#ifdef ANDROID

    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/tmp")
    << QStringLiteral("/data/local/tmp");
    qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;

#else

    << QStringLiteral("/var/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/etc/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/var/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/var/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/tmp");
    qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;

#endif

@

Third,

You need to create these directories:

  << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/tmp")

mr_wallyit

Hello,
First, serial Port on Android works if the Kernel is builded with this module.

Second,file System of Android is not standard,there are not standard folders for the
serial port, so I changed the driver with a few line of code.

I changed the method serialPortLockFilePath in the fileqserialport_unix_p.cpp

@

QString serialPortLockFilePath(const QString &portName)
{

qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;
static const QStringList lockDirectoryPaths = QStringList()

//#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
#ifdef ANDROID

    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/tmp")
    << QStringLiteral("/data/local/tmp");
    qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;

#else

    << QStringLiteral("/var/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/etc/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/var/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/var/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/tmp");
    qDebug() << __LINE__ << __FILE__;

#endif

@

Third,

You need to create these directories:

  << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/lock")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
    << QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/tmp")

mr_wallyit

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mr_wallyit

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KeepGoing

Hello Mr_Wallyit
Thank you for your reply.
My target is android. Is it the same with Android as well?

Thank you in advance.

KeepGoing

Hello Mr_Wallyit
Thank you for your reply.
My target is android. Is it the same with Android as well?

Thank you in advance.

mr_wallyit

Hello,

yes of course, I use Point of sale Industrial with Android, with workarround we can use serial port.

Best Regards

mr_wallyit

Hello,

yes of course, I use Point of sale Industrial with Android, with workarround we can use serial port.

Best Regards

Abin

Hi Mr_Wallyit,

Thanks for sharing the details.

I have an android device which has serial port attached to it. The manufacturer has a sample application with it which uses the serial port. The port name is "/dev/ttyS6".

As you mentioned I tried to create folder in my device. My device file explorer shows files structure as "/mnt/sdcard". So I created folders as below:
"/mnt/sdcard/data/lock"
"/mnt/sdcard/data/locks"
"/mnt/sdcard/data/spool/locks"
"/mnt/sdcard/data/spool/uucp"
"/mnt/sdcard/data/tmp"

But, the folder "/mnt/data/local/tmp" is unable to create as my file explorer doesn't allow to create folder.

I kept my code as @QString serialPortLockFilePath(const QString &portName)
{
static const QStringList lockDirectoryPaths = QStringList()

#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
<< QStringLiteral("/mnt/sdcard/data/lock")
<< QStringLiteral("/mnt/sdcard/data/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/mnt/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/mnt/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
<< QStringLiteral("/mnt/sdcard/data/tmp");
#else
<< QStringLiteral("/var/lock")
<< QStringLiteral("/etc/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/var/spool/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/var/spool/uucp")
<< QStringLiteral("/tmp");
#endif@

And I have a second device whose files structure as "/sdcard". So I created folders as below:
"/sdcard/data/lock"
"/sdcard/data/locks"
"/sdcard/data/spool/locks"
"/sdcard/data/spool/uucp"
"/sdcard/data/tmp"

But, the folder "/data/local/tmp" is unable to create as my file explorer crashes on creating folder "/data/locaal" (need to retry with different file explorer application).

@QString serialPortLockFilePath(const QString &portName)
{
static const QStringList lockDirectoryPaths = QStringList()

#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
<< QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/lock")
<< QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/spool/uucp")
<< QStringLiteral("/sdcard/data/tmp");
#else
<< QStringLiteral("/var/lock")
<< QStringLiteral("/etc/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/var/spool/locks")
<< QStringLiteral("/var/spool/uucp")
<< QStringLiteral("/tmp");
#endif@

and created a sample application which tries to access the serial port. I set the port name as @setPortName("/dev/ttyS6");@
But when running the application I get the error "Permission denied".

Could you help me to figure out where I am going wrong.

Thanks in advance.

Abin