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Subject: Re: Understanding "ftdi_usb_purge_rx_buffer"

From: Günther Grantig <powertomato@xxxxxxxxx>
To: libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:11:13 +0100
Yes that was it, thanks. A shame I didn't think about that...

2014-11-14 11:11 GMT+01:00 Uwe Bonnes <bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> "Günther" == Günther Grantig <powertomato@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     Günther> Hi, I'm using a FT232RL in bitbang mode to communicate to a
>     Günther> device with a proprietary protocoll. It has a lot of burst
>     Günther> writes, but occasionally replies with short messages. For those
>     Günther> I need reads correlating to specific clock edges.
>
>     Günther> The way I intended to do this was:
>
>     Günther> 1. change to BITMODE_BITBANG 2. burst write the data 3. change
>     Günther> to BITMODE_SYNCBB 4. ftdi_usb_purge_rx_buffer 5. toggle the
>     Günther> clock line a couple of times 6. read the data 7. change back to
>     Günther> BITMODE_BITBANG and continue writing
>
>
>     Günther> The problem with this solution was, that even after a
>     Günther> successful "ftdi_usb_purge_rx_buffer" call, the buffer seemed
>     Günther> to contain data (>200bytes!). Why is this? For now I clear the
>     Günther> buffer manually by reading it's content.
>
> Can it be that you mix TX and RX. rx_buffer is probably data written by the
> PC and read out by the FTDI. So maybe ftdi_usb_purge_tx_buffer is a better
> way for your task. For every transaction done by the FTDI there is a
> resulting byte read.
>
>     Günther> If you need code I'll gladly try to reproduce this in a simpler
>     Günther> example. The current code is too nested to post here.
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