Arduino Yun, node.js and serial

Question

I'm trying to bypass Bridge library and read serial directly from nodejs. I'm on the last sys upgrade (1.3) I have correctly installed nodes and serial module via opkg install. I have also commented out the line in the /etc/inittab:

#ttyATH0::askfirst:/bin/ash --login

This is my arduino code:

void setup() {
 Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
 Serial.println("dudee");
 delay(100);
}

This is my node.js code:

var SerialPort = require("serialport").SerialPort
var serialPort = new SerialPort("/dev/ttyATH0", {
 baudrate: 9600,
 dataBits: 8,
 parity: 'none',
 stopBits: 1,
 flowControl: false
}, false);
console.log("hello");
serialPort.on("open", function () {
 console.log('open');
 serialPort.on('data', function(data) {
 console.log('data received: ' + data);
 });
});
serialPort.on('error', function(err) {
 console.log('error: '+err);
});
serialPort.open();

If I ssh to yun and run the script I don't see any "dudee":

~/test# node serial.js
hello
open

While if I open the serial monitor I see it.

If I run the node script on my computer (changing the right serial port name) everything works nice and I see the dude..

What can it be?

Answer 1

Autosolved thanks to this old forum post.

It is Serial1 not Serial. In the Arduino code in the Yun Serial is a different object from Serial1. Even if it is not super well document (or at least not in the first dumb google search) here are some links that talks about Serial1:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSerialTerminal http://andrea-toscano.com/arduino-yun-tcpip-to-serial1-redirect/ http://crossbar.io/iotcookbook/Arduino-Yun-Disable-Bridge/

• Werner Kvalem Vesterås: Thanks man, this was really helpfull, as I had the same issue.
• Chetan Bhargava: @nkint would you like to elaborate how did the post help you? Your answer would be good for other seekers.
• nkint: @ChetanBhargava: it is only a different object in the arduino side.. Serial is different from Serial1 int he Yun..