Openthread CLI port in nRF5 SDK for Thread example ?

[Brian (Geek)]

Hey thread developers,

I see that CLI example and simple COAP example both have command line interface initilazed. But in cli example I am getting cli on usb port, while in COAP my USB is not getting detected ?

Can you please check whether cli is enabled in other examples. If yes how can I make it configure for USB ports. 

Thanks in advance. 

Regards,

Brian 

[Øyvind]

Hello Brian, 

Our OpenThread experts are currently on vacation. I will need to discuss the issue before I can provide an answer to this issue. 

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[Brian (Geek)]

Okay will be waiting.

[Øyvind]

Can you please provide more information of the issue you are facing? Have you read the sample documentation? Are you using using both samples on the nRF52840 DK? Are you using the pre-compiled file from i.e. examples\thread\simple_coap_client\hex ? The Thread CLI sample can choose either USB or UART under either FTD or MTD.

But in cli example I am getting cli on usb port

 Do you mean that it shows in the device manager as a COM port?

[Brian (Geek)]

Hello, 

Øyvind said:

Do you mean that it shows in the device manager as a COM port?

I have successfully completed the CLI example in thread folder by building it using Segger studio. CLI example let me use  nRF USB as the interface for openthread CLI just what I need.

But issue is with other thread examples were i am not able to get openthread CLI on nRF USB port. I am using nRF2840 DK board only.i have read the docs as well code and I can see that thread cli is getting initialized in code as well. But when I build and flash the dk board I am not able to see my nRF USB port detected as ttyacm0 (basically not getting thread CLI interface via nRF USB) 

What should I do to enable thread cli on nRF usb port ? 

[Brian (Geek)]

I have read the docs many times and also referred this doc https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fsdk_tz_v3.1.0%2Fthread_example_dfu.html to check which examples are supported by Thread cli.

Øyvind said:

USB or UART

Okay as u said CLI can choose either USB or UART and I think in normal mqtt-sn example or coap example UART is configured for thread CLI option. 

But in my application I would like to use nRF USB for CLI interface. So how could I switch or configure thread CLI so that I can use USB interface for CLI operations. Hopefully I made my question clear this time around.