uart issue

Guys,

any idea why I can write but not read the uart using the following code? It is not much different from the echo_uart example which gives me the same problem.

In the row the uart task appears blocked but from my undestanding that should be normal.

Thanks

/* XDCtools Header files */
#include <xdc/std.h>
#include <xdc/runtime/System.h>

/* BIOS Header files */
#include <ti/sysbios/BIOS.h>
#include <ti/sysbios/knl/Task.h>

/* TI-RTOS Header files */
#include <ti/drivers/PIN.h>
#include <ti/drivers/UART.h>

/* Example/Board Header files */
#include "Board.h"

#include <stdint.h>

#define TASKSTACKSIZE     768

Task_Struct task0Struct;
Char task0Stack[TASKSTACKSIZE];

/* Global memory storage for a PIN_Config table */
static PIN_State ledPinState;

/*
 * Application LED pin configuration table:
 *   - All LEDs board LEDs are off.
 */
PIN_Config ledPinTable[] = {
    Board_LED1 | PIN_GPIO_OUTPUT_EN | PIN_GPIO_LOW | PIN_PUSHPULL | PIN_DRVSTR_MAX,
    Board_LED2 | PIN_GPIO_OUTPUT_EN | PIN_GPIO_LOW | PIN_PUSHPULL | PIN_DRVSTR_MAX,
    PIN_TERMINATE
};

/*
 *  ======== echoFxn ========
 *  Task for this function is created statically. See the project's .cfg file.
 */
Void echoFxn(UArg arg0, UArg arg1)
{
    char input;
    UART_Handle uart;
    UART_Params uartParams;
    const char echoPrompt[] = "\fEchoing characters:\r\n";

    PIN_Handle ledPinHandle;
    /* Open LED pins */
    ledPinHandle = PIN_open(&ledPinState, ledPinTable);
    if(!ledPinHandle) {
        System_abort("Error initializing board LED pins\n");
    }

    PIN_setOutputValue(ledPinHandle, Board_LED1, 1);



    /* Create a UART with data processing off. */
    UART_Params_init(&uartParams);
    uartParams.writeDataMode = UART_DATA_BINARY;
    uartParams.readDataMode = UART_DATA_BINARY;
    uartParams.readReturnMode = UART_RETURN_FULL;
    uartParams.readEcho = UART_ECHO_OFF;
    uartParams.baudRate = 9600;

    uart = UART_open(Board_UART0, &uartParams);

    if (uart == NULL) {
        System_abort("Error opening the UART");
    }

    UART_write(uart, echoPrompt, sizeof(echoPrompt));

    /* Loop forever echoing */
    while (1) {
//        UART_read(uart, &input, 1);
//        UART_write(uart, &input, 1);

        PIN_setOutputValue(ledPinHandle, Board_LED2, 1);
        UART_read(uart, &input, 1);
        UART_write(uart, &input, 1);

        PIN_setOutputValue(ledPinHandle, Board_LED2, 0);
        UART_read(uart, &input, 1);
        UART_write(uart, &input, 1);


    }
}

/*
 *  ======== main ========
 */
int main(void)
{

    Task_Params taskParams;

    /* Call board init functions */
    Board_initGeneral();
    Board_initUART();

    /* Construct BIOS objects */
    Task_Params_init(&taskParams);
    taskParams.stackSize = TASKSTACKSIZE;
    taskParams.stack = &task0Stack;
    Task_construct(&task0Struct, (Task_FuncPtr)echoFxn, &taskParams, NULL);




    /* This example has logging and many other debug capabilities enabled */
    System_printf("This example does not attempt to minimize code or data "
                  "footprint\n");
    System_flush();

    System_printf("Starting the UART Echo example\nSystem provider is set to "
                  "SysMin. Halt the target to view any SysMin contents in "
                  "ROV.\n");
    /* SysMin will only print to the console when you call flush or exit */
    System_flush();

    /* Start BIOS */
    BIOS_start();

    return (0);
}