| Comm PortIssues realted to Communication Ports /dev/ttyAMA0 -> Bluetooth /dev/ttyS0 -> GPIO serial port. Pi3 UART stopped working? Read this. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=141195 Overlay to remap Pi 3 UART https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=138223 Raspberry Pi 3 compatibility (BT disable & serial port remap fix) https://openenergymonitor.org/emon/node/12311 ttyS0 belong to 'dialout' group Find what groups the user belongs to groups ${USER} **Add user to 'dialout'  group sudo gpasswd --add ${USER} dialout |