Sending commands over serial without IDE?

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  • Hi,
    I would like to send commands over to my espruino via serial.
    I think this is the way:

    echo 'digitalWrite(LED1, 1) < /dev/tty.usbmodem1421
    

    However, it doesn't do anything. My terminal shows me no feedback whatsoever, even if I press enter or ctrl+c.
    Am I doing something wrong?
    I have to do it over serial; I can't have my board connected with a prompt always on because I have this home automation project for my dorm and I would like to send serial commands wirelessly with bluetooth, and the espruino's going to be stuck somewhere on the wall.

    Thanks!

  • Something like that should work, but you do have a missing end quote in that code and the wrong arrow...

    I just tried:

    echo "LED1.reset()" > /dev/ttyACM0 
    

    and that works great on Linux (and should do on mac if you change the /dev/tty... path.

    This might help you? https://www.espruino.com/Interfacing

  • And one more thing - there is a command-line app to do some other simple things for you too: https://www.npmjs.com/package/espruino

    But if all you want to do is send commands, the echo is probably best :)

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