iMXRT1024 - Seperate Debug Console and shell

[GUnderdown]

Hi

I would like to have the debug console put on USART1, and a true shell put on USART6. This way we can have debug messages printed over a clean port, and then have customers interact with the shell as a backup to setting information over the network/usb.

However, whenever I go to initialize the shell, the code asserts during

 shell_status_t SHELL_Init(shell_handle_t shellHandle, serial_handle_t serialHandle, char *prompt)`

Specifically, it asserts after

        status = SerialManager_OpenReadHandle(shellContextHandle->serialHandle, shellContextHandle->serialReadHandle);
        assert(kStatus_SerialManager_Success == status);

  status here is "kStatus_SerialManager_Busy"

I have tried this with both non-blocking transfers as well as blocking transfers.

Here is my side of the init code

s_shellHandle = &s_shellHandleBuffer[0];

	char * stringthingy = new char[16];	// should be enough for "shell@12345 #\0"

	// this is what will be printed before
	// the prompt
	// like user@computer $ or user@computer#
	// we will make it shell@serialNum #
	sprintf(stringthingy, "shell@%05u #", (unsigned int)GlobalHardware->GetHWInfo().hardwareSerialNum);

    SHELL_Init(s_shellHandle, g_serialHandle, stringthingy);
// never gets beyone here
    SHELL_RegisterCommand(s_shellHandle, SHELL_COMMAND(viewEthernet));
    SHELL_RegisterCommand(s_shellHandle, SHELL_COMMAND(viewSoftware));
    SHELL_RegisterCommand(s_shellHandle, SHELL_COMMAND(viewHardware));
    SHELL_RegisterCommand(s_shellHandle, SHELL_COMMAND(setHardware));
    SHELL_RegisterCommand(s_shellHandle, SHELL_COMMAND(setEthernet));

    //SHELL_Task(s_shellHandle);
}

Here is the defines I pass in (as previously stated, have also tried with DEBUG_CONSOLE_TRANSFER_NON_BLOCKING)

[GUnderdown]

I guess my biggest question is how do I tell the shell to print to USART6 instead of usart1?

[GUnderdown]

@Kan_Li 

How would I set it up to select the USART that the shell prints on? I want to have the shell on USART6, not semihost or USART1 (which is the default)

[Kan_Li]

Hi @GUnderdown ,

I have tried with the similar code on my board, but it works well.

I tested it based on the Shell demo with RT1024EVK, and debug console on semihost. Have you tried  with the same ?

Have a great day,
Kan

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