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CC3100 UART Commands

Matt Zenthoefer
Intellectual 550 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC3100, CC3100MODBOOST

I'd like to be able to communicate with a CC3100 that is on a MODBOOST board over a serial port. 

I plan to connect my own FTDI serial to USB converter to the CC3100MODBOOST board. I don't think there is anything particularly challenging here. 

What I am unclear on is: how do I send commands to the CC3100 over this interface? Can I simply use a program like Putty to send serial commands over a CLI? If it is possible, is there a list of CLI commands in either the programmer's guide or something else like the host interface guide? 

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    TI__Intellectual 1835 points
    Hi Matt,
    The CC3100MODBOOST doesn't support receiving and analyzing the CLI commands directly from the serial terminal, like Putty,Tera. We have provided the Host Driver. If you want to communicate with CC3100 over a serial port, you can use the Host Driver via Simplelink Studio or some MCU platforms. Thanks for your question.
  • 0 in reply to David Bai
    Intellectual 550 points

    Hi David - 

    Thanks for the response, I suspected it wasn't an option, but I figured I'd ask anyways! 

    What I really want to do is be able to hook up two CC3100s to one computer to do board to board testing. I know that the Production Line Testing Guide says two computers must be used due to limitations with the FTDI driver. However, I don't really understand this.  I can hook up multiple FTDI serial to USB converters to one computer without issue, so why is there a limitation with the FTDI driver and the CC3100?

    Are there any other options for connecting two CC3100s to one computer for board to board testing? Like one computer hooked up to a SPI bus and the other connect to a COM port?