Debug serial port does not work

Hi,
I am trying to read and write via serial communication using the debug port in my pixhawk 6. However, I am not able to read and write data unlike any other serial port by shorting the serial tx and rx lines. Does ardupilot not support serial communication through the debug port? Additionally, unlike any other serial port when I connect to this port the B/E led starts blinking. I am not sure if that indicates some kind of error. Can anyone please help me understand this?

Thanks,
Sayan

ardupilot support serial communication through the debug port

Not sure for me it is not working.