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authorMichael Mogenson <michael.mogenson@gmail.com>2022-11-22 18:35:15 -0500
committerMichael Mogenson <michael.mogenson@gmail.com>2022-11-25 17:20:14 -0500
commit921f397acb205c4f2d2ce2d09a7873c3f29b5009 (patch)
tree1cb435340c937b1bea8b142198298d7a20974815
parent3c1a2a942a3264da7861891eb9852cdd2a889666 (diff)
tools/mpremote: Only auto connect to serial device with USB VID/PID.
On MacOS and Windows there are a few default serial devices that are returned by `serial.tools.list_ports.comports()`. For example on MacOS: ``` {'description': 'n/a', 'device': '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port', 'hwid': 'n/a', 'interface': None, 'location': None, 'manufacturer': None, 'name': 'cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port', 'pid': None, 'product': None, 'serial_number': None, 'vid': None} {'description': 'n/a', 'device': '/dev/cu.wlan-debug', 'hwid': 'n/a', 'interface': None, 'location': None, 'manufacturer': None, 'name': 'cu.wlan-debug', 'pid': None, 'product': None, 'serial_number': None, 'vid': None} ``` Users of mpremote most likely do not want to connect to these ports. It would be desirable if mpremote did not select this ports when using the auto connect behavior. These serial ports do not have USB VID or PID values and serial ports for Micropython boards with FTDI/serial-to-USB adapter or native USB CDC/ACM support do. Check for the presence of a USB VID / PID int value when selecting a serial port to auto connect to. All serial ports will still be listed by the `list` command and can still be selected by name when connecting. Signed-off-by: Michael Mogenson <michael.mogenson@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/mpremote.rst14
-rw-r--r--tools/mpremote/README.md2
-rw-r--r--tools/mpremote/mpremote/commands.py15
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/mpremote.rst b/docs/reference/mpremote.rst
index bb0686237..3225fc5f2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/mpremote.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/mpremote.rst
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ The simplest way to use this tool is just by invoking it without any arguments:
mpremote
-This command automatically detects and connects to the first available serial
-device and provides an interactive REPL. Serial ports are opened in exclusive
-mode, so running a second (or third, etc) instance of ``mpremote`` will connect
-to subsequent serial devices, if any are available.
+This command automatically detects and connects to the first available USB
+serial device and provides an interactive REPL. Serial ports are opened in
+exclusive mode, so running a second (or third, etc) instance of ``mpremote``
+will connect to subsequent serial devices, if any are available.
Commands
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The full list of supported commands are:
``<device>`` may be one of:
- ``list``: list available devices
- - ``auto``: connect to the first available device
+ - ``auto``: connect to the first available USB serial port
- ``id:<serial>``: connect to the device with USB serial number
``<serial>`` (the second entry in the output from the ``connect list``
command)
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ Auto connection and soft-reset
Connection and disconnection will be done automatically at the start and end of
the execution of the tool, if such commands are not explicitly given. Automatic
-connection will search for the first available serial device. If no action is
-specified then the REPL will be entered.
+connection will search for the first available USB serial device. If no action
+is specified then the REPL will be entered.
Once connected to a device, ``mpremote`` will automatically soft-reset the
device if needed. This clears the Python heap and restarts the interpreter,
diff --git a/tools/mpremote/README.md b/tools/mpremote/README.md
index 7f58788fb..4eb1b86fb 100644
--- a/tools/mpremote/README.md
+++ b/tools/mpremote/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The simplest way to use this tool is:
mpremote
-This will automatically connect to the device and provide an interactive REPL.
+This will automatically connect to a USB serial port and provide an interactive REPL.
The full list of supported commands are:
diff --git a/tools/mpremote/mpremote/commands.py b/tools/mpremote/mpremote/commands.py
index 3bd8732bd..d05a27d9f 100644
--- a/tools/mpremote/mpremote/commands.py
+++ b/tools/mpremote/mpremote/commands.py
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ def do_connect(state, args=None):
# Don't do implicit REPL command.
state.did_action()
elif dev == "auto":
- # Auto-detect and auto-connect to the first available device.
+ # Auto-detect and auto-connect to the first available USB serial port.
for p in sorted(serial.tools.list_ports.comports()):
- try:
- state.pyb = pyboard.PyboardExtended(p.device, baudrate=115200)
- return
- except pyboard.PyboardError as er:
- if not er.args[0].startswith("failed to access"):
- raise er
+ if p.vid is not None and p.pid is not None:
+ try:
+ state.pyb = pyboard.PyboardExtended(p.device, baudrate=115200)
+ return
+ except pyboard.PyboardError as er:
+ if not er.args[0].startswith("failed to access"):
+ raise er
raise pyboard.PyboardError("no device found")
elif dev.startswith("id:"):
# Search for a device with the given serial number.