USB to TTL Tips - HOW TO FIX Garbage/Garbled PuTTY output

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 15:06    Post subject: USB to TTL Tips - HOW TO FIX Garbage/Garbled PuTTY output Reply with quote
Well, after countless hours reflowing solder and pulling my hair out, I did some more googling and found the real reason why my usb to ttl has garbage or garbled or weird characters...

The solution is to change a setting in putty.

First and foremost, run putty 0.73 or newer as older versions do not have this option.

Set up your correct com port, then under the connection > serial settings make sure to use:

Code:

baud: 115200
databits: 8
stopbits: 1
parity: None
Flow Control: None (or Xon/Xoff seems to work ok too)


THEN THIS SETTING IS THE SOLUTION
Code:
Window > Translation > "Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode".

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 15:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, great find.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 15:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for that. Normally, it's a connection issue. I always check and upgrade to the latest PuTTY. Minicom (Linux) luckily doesn't have this issue, but it is defaulted to a VT100 emulator, if I am not mistaken. Just have to update my PuTTY configs on my laptop and the workbench machine.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 16:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
huh i use good old 'kermit for windows' never had issue...
even with putty too..recently putty-ed to one of my 1043v2 as i locked out myself testing some shit Razz but yep thanks for letting us know..hate those serial moments Razz awww
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 16:15    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 19:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice I will add it to the setup guides, it was about a year ago I used serial with putty, maybe the default settings changed in newer putty builds?

Kermit, yes that was from long ago, did not know it is still around Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 13:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.kermit.wwarthen.com/Download.htm
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