Hi, I want help, because I have some troubles connecting an aquatroll 500 from in situ to the navigator, I’m using this BLUART USB to TTL Serial and RS485 Adapter to connect the aquatroll to the navigator. I followed every step from your guide on how to connect my device to the navigator. I make the bridge succesfuly, but when it is time to test the data stream (the 6th step on your guide to connect a serial device) I can see no data, I don’t know what else can I do to acces this device.
Hi @juanmaschilling -
Happy to help.
I assume you’ve stepped the RS232 or RS485 voltage down to TTL voltage levels before connecting it to the BLUART?
Have you used the BLUART with a PC to confirm the device is communicating nominally? If it isn’t, you may get a connection after flipping the TX/RX lines (they are often backwards, but this shouldn’t hurt anything.)
How are you trying to open the data stream on your topside computer? If you’re using the vendor software, it may not support the UDP stream coming from the bridge? You could delete the bridge, and try using the VirtualHere extension, detailed at the end of the guide you’ve been following, to get your (Windows?) computer recognizing the comm port as a USB device.
Hi @juanmaschilling,
As another potential issue, UDP servers do not know the addresses of their client(s) until they are contacted by them, so if that’s how you’re configuring your bridge then your connection code/program will need to send something before the bridge can be fully established.