Jetson Nano how to use UART on /ttyTHS1

Hello, i have problem with reading data via UART from my jetson nano board.
I have gps module to read from, it works perfectly via serial usb adapter.
I need to use J41 UART port pins 8 and 10, which is must be set to /dev/ttyTHS1

But there is no any output on this device:

sudo sh -c 'cat < /dev/ttyTHS1'
...

To check that the device is detected i connected it to J44 pins, which are set on /dev/ttyS0:

sudo sh -c 'cat < /dev/ttyS0'
$GPTXT,01,01,01,NMEA unknown msg*58
$GPTXT,01,01,01,NMEA unknown msg*58
$GPTXT,01,01,01,NMEA unknown msg*58
...

How to read any data from UART on /ttyTHS1?

There is some additional output, which can help in solving the problem:

ls /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
getty@tty1.service  serial-getty@ttyGS0.service
sudo cat /proc/cmdline
tegraid=21.1.2.0.0 ddr_die=4096M@2048M section=512M memtype=0 vpr_resize usb_port_owner_info=0 lane_owner_info=0 emc_max_dvfs=0 touch_id=0@63 video=tegrafb no_console_suspend=1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 debug_uartport=lsport,2 earlyprintk=uart8250-32bit,0x70006000 maxcpus=4 usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 lp0_vec=0x1000@0xff780000 core_edp_mv=1075 core_edp_ma=4000 tegra_fbmem=0x800000@0x92cb7000 is_hdmi_initialised=1  root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0    root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0 quiet
sudo cat /proc/tty/driver/serial
serinfo:1.0 driver revision:
0: uart:Tegra mmio:0x70006000 irq:63 tx:815394 rx:893726 fe:16 brk:1380 oe:4 RTS|CTS|DTR|RI
1: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
2: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
3: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
dmesg | grep tty
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: tegraid=21.1.2.0.0 ddr_die=4096M@2048M section=512M memtype=0 vpr_resize usb_port_owner_info=0 lane_owner_info=0 emc_max_dvfs=0 touch_id=0@63 video=tegrafb no_console_suspend=1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 debug_uartport=lsport,2 earlyprintk=uart8250-32bit,0x70006000 maxcpus=4 usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 lp0_vec=0x1000@0xff780000 core_edp_mv=1075 core_edp_ma=4000 tegra_fbmem=0x800000@0x92cb7000 is_hdmi_initialised=1  root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0    root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0 quiet
[    0.001780] console [tty0] enabled
[    1.045425] console [ttyS0] disabled
[    1.045524] 70006000.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x70006000 (irq = 63, base_baud = 25500000) is a Tegra
[    1.045657] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    1.046636] 70006040.serial: ttyTHS1 at MMIO 0x70006040 (irq = 64, base_baud = 0) is a TEGRA_UART
[    1.047069] 70006200.serial: ttyTHS2 at MMIO 0x70006200 (irq = 65, base_baud = 0) is a TEGRA_UART

As i can see, many people have the same problem, but there is still no solution:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1052252/jetson-nano/jetson-nano-serial-communication/post/5341697/

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Try stopping and disabling the nvgetty service. This starts a console on ttyTHS1.
systemctl stop nvgetty
systemctl disable nvgetty

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Its works now, thanks a lot!

I’m trying to communicate via packet serial to another device over ttyTHS1. I’ve verified matching baud rates. It seems that even after I stop/disable nvgetty, there is still something happening on my serial port even before i connect my other device. if i “cat /dev/ttyTHS1” it spits out gibberish, while i would actually expect nothing, if i have nothing connect to that serial port and have disabled the console on this serial port. Anyone have ideas on this?

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I’m having similar Serial UART communication issues on both the Jetson Nano and the Xavier NX.
On the Nano, the data goes both ways but is scrambled / corrupt.

On the Xavier NX, things worked for a while but, since 2 days ago I’m no longer able to send any data from the jetson. I only see incoming data.

As many people facing this problem on all Jetson platforms mayebe NVIDIA could relese a patch or a script which disables any background consoles, login shells or other processes that might be interfering with the UART pins? For example, on the Raspberry-Pi it’s very easy to configure via the raspi-config utility.

I have the same problem. I literally pulled out the TX wire from the Jetson nano and place it on a raspberry and it worked. Also on the esp32 or arduino it worked. Back to the Jetson… jittery even after disabling nvgetty.

Output of the selial monitor should be

11111111111111111111

Serial monitor shows

???11??2??1???1???11

Hi b.vanderhaagen76,

Please help to open a new topic for your issue. Thanks

Hi
I am sorry I would like to ask a question that if I used those commands for two times what will happen?