SSC-32 communication under Linux half working

Lynxmotion Electronics & Software
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I just started building my AL5D, and can communicate with the SSC-32 from minicom. I can also send commands to it with “echo VER > /dev/ttyUSB0”. However, I can’t seem to receive anything except when in minicom (tail -f /dev/ttyUSB0 doesn’t work, nor does a Python script set to read from that device).

I’m assuming this is because the settings on my serial port (serial to USB adapter) are wrong, but after an hour of reading through stty, I’m not sure what to change. What should be settings be, for communication to work? I’ve found that it needs to be baud rate 115200, with hardware flow control off, but am not sure what else needs to be configured.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Here is the manual for the SSC-32.
lynxmotion.com/s-4-electroni … .aspx#serv

Here is the thread for troubleshooting USB to serial.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4702

Note, ensure that the shorting jumpers are all installed vertically (when you can read SSC-32). Also make sure there are two jumpers on the DB9 enable pins.

Also the SSC-32 will not act on any commands until it receives a CR.