[Coco] DriveWire 4 and Linux serial port

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Huffman" <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 2:49 AM
Subject: [Coco] DriveWire 4 and Linux serial port


>I am finally at a point where I can make use of the DriveWire cable I 
>bought a decade ago :)
>
> I do not have a mouse, etc. on my Raspberry Pi, so I need to run it 
> headless. I can start the server using:
>
> java -jar DW4UI.jar -debug -noui
>
> ...but how do I tell it what serial port I want it to use? I see a 
> config.xml entry
>
> <SerialDevice category="device" type="serialdev">COMxxx</SerialDevice>
>
> ...and I expect that's not correct for Linux, but placing /dev/ttyUSB0 
> there did not change anything when I restarted the server.
>
> Also, I am not quite sure on the OS-9 site what needs to be done. I can't 
> seem to find a walk-thru -- just bits and pieces. I merged:
>
> rbdw dwio x0 x1 x2 x3
>
> ...together so I can load them for testing, but the "dw" command just 
> returns ERROR #221 (module not found) so I am clearly missing something. I 
> didn't see anything I thought I needed (term, midi, etc.) on this page:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/drivewireserver/wiki/OS9_Modules/
>
> ...and in an old PDF document it just mentioned the ones I listed above.
>
> Maybe it's almost ready other than serial port... Maybe I'm missing 
> something critical. Anyone got a pointer to a Getting Started guide? The 
> CoCopedia one is still being built.
>
> -- A
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I had that problem awhile back.  Bill Pierce posted the following to me:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and Error 221


>
> The dw cmd requires you have "scdwv" and at least "/N" & "/N1" in your
> boot (or loaded and inized)
> The stock nitros9_dw disks being produced have these as a default. Have
> you modified your boot?
>