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I'm having problems with the Strom Pi v3 console. After having installed minicom and starting it with "sudo minicom –D /dev/serial0 –b 38400" command, it seems it doesn't register my keystrokes. I mean literally, as I read that part on manual that they wouldn't show on the console window, but as I type "startstrompiconsole" + enter, nothing happens. I also tried that abbreviation and even copypasting "startstrompiconsole" into the terminal just to make sure. I don't think I can get past this phase or troubleshoot this on my own. What should I do?


I should probably also mention, I'm using Raspberry Pi 3 B with this and have lastest Raspbian on it, if it helps.

Hi Northlander,
In "sudo minicom –D /dev/serial0 –b 38400" the wrong dash is used. Please try "sudo minicom -D /dev/serial0 -b 38400".


Best regards
Nils (Joy-IT)

Hi Nils and thank you for your reply. Changing the dash didn't work; tried both options just now to make sure. Anything else you would suggest me try?
On the side note, if the dash made difference, then it's also wrong in the user manual, as I used copypaste while writing the original post. ;)

Hi Northlander,
thank you for the hint. We are going to correct this with the next release of the manual. Did you make the changes in /boot/config.txt? If yes, please try the steps from page 47 of this manual.


Best regards
Nils (Joy-IT)

Yes, I added
dtoverlay=pi3-miniuart-bt
enable_uart=1
core_freq=250
lines to the boot/config.txt. Double-checked for typos just now.
I followed this guide pretty much to the letter, but the problem persists.

Forgot to add, I changed manually that dev/tty8 into dev/serial0, speed was correct already. Saved, double-checked that the new settings were there. Still, nothing happens after I start minicom and type startstrompiconsole or sspc

Damn it, sorry for the spam. I got an update on my issue, in form of this picture:



I added some translations from my OS language. As the last resort I tried reinstalling minicom one more time, but nothing changed.

Hi Northlander,

But there is a good message. The communication between your Raspberry Pi and your StromPi 3 seems already to work. If you have a look at the message with 1. on top of the box. This is a message from the StromPi console. If you see this message and type "help" - depending on your StromPi firmware version - something like this should show up:

I hope I've been able to help you.


Best regards
Nils (Joy-IT)

Guess we are kind of stuck here. I can type help, but it doesn't recognize the command. I reinstalled minicom and double-checked those files which should be edited. Nothing changed.

Are you shure you disabled the serial console access?
From the text-fragments it looks like getty is interfering with your serial communication ...

I thought I had that disabled but apparently it was not. Disabled and rebooted, now the console seems to work as it should. Thank you! :)

Good morning. Can you hepl me with the problem above. I have tried everything what is described and nothing helped. I can log in to StromPi console using minicom. Any help Is welcome. Thank you in advance and regards.

I can not open StromPi console via minicom.

Hi Pawmac,
is it possible, that your StromPi is still in flash mode? Please check the position of the flash jumper.
Do you have access to the console via minicom?
Have you successfully performed a firmware update?
Which firmware version do you use?
Best regards
Nils (Joy-IT)