Unable to configure RS-485 Hardware Flow Control (Driver Enable / DE) for USART4 on STM32G081RB in STM32Cube

MJ1 · ‎2022-01-10

Datasheet indicates DE is supported on all 4 USART interfaces, but attempting to enable it for USART4 in STM32Cube results in an error:

Mode Conflict with
USART4 : Hardware Flow Control (RS485)

Steps to reproduce:

Create new project based on STM32G081RB
Open the IOC file
Navigate to Connectivity -> USART4
Set Mode to Asynchronous
Select Hardware Flow Control (RS485)

Software in use:

STM32CubeIDE
Version: 1.8.0
Build: 11526_20211125_0815 (UTC)

Peter BENSCH · ‎2022-01-10

Thanks @MJ, for bringing this up.

I can confirm this erroneous warning, however it does not seem to have any effect on the generated code.

Regards

/Peter

@Imen DAHMEN Please forward this to the CubeMX/IDE team.

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Imen.D · ‎2022-01-10

Hi @Peter BENSCH ,

Thank you for flagging this for me!

I added @Sara BEN HADJ YAHYA from CubeMX team for review and provide a status update about this issue.

Thanks

Imen

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Sara BEN HADJ YAHYA · ‎2022-01-10

Hello @MJ ,

Thanks for your feedback,

This issue does not effect the generated code but the warning message is not supposed to be shown, with this being said, a Ticket has been submitted internally to solve this issue.

I will keep you posted with the updates.

Thanks @Imen DAHMEN and @Peter BENSCH for pointing this issue to us,

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Sara.