[arch-general] Serial To USB Adapter
Guys, I have a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. Now I am trying to be able to connect to a Cisco switch via console serial cable using the Minicom utility. My problem is I don't know how to tell Minicom that my serial device is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 or maybe it already knows & I just don't know how to use it... Code: [carlos@tuna ~]$ dmesg | grep tty console [tty0] enabled 00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 5) is a 16550A usb 5-2: Keyspan 1 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Does anyone know how I can tell my Arch system that I have a USB to serial adapter connected to my machine?
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:39:06 -0400, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@gmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I have a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. Now I am trying to be able to connect to a Cisco switch via console serial cable using the Minicom utility. My problem is I don't know how to tell Minicom that my serial device is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 or maybe it already knows & I just don't know how to use it...
Hello, I've never used minicom, but the man page has something about setting the serial device: CONFIGURATION By pressing C-A O you will be thrown into the setup menu. [...] Serial port setup A - Serial device /dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS1 for most people. Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem. Regards, -- Thomas/Schnouki
You can use minicom -s to enter the configuration menu, from there you can change your serial device. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Thomas Jost <schnouki@schnouki.net> wrote:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:39:06 -0400, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@gmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I have a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. Now I am trying to be able to connect to a Cisco switch via console serial cable using the Minicom utility. My problem is I don't know how to tell Minicom that my serial device is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 or maybe it already knows & I just don't know how to use it...
Hello,
I've never used minicom, but the man page has something about setting the serial device:
CONFIGURATION By pressing C-A O you will be thrown into the setup menu. [...] Serial port setup A - Serial device /dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS1 for most people.
Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
Regards,
-- Thomas/Schnouki
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Thomas Jost <schnouki@schnouki.net> wrote:
Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
I just installed gtkterm and it worked perfect. My only problem is I can't copy / paste from the program. Is there a way I can copy text to my clipboard and paste them in a test editor? This is super annoying when I am trying to take notes on things I am doing...
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 02:17:15PM -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Thomas Jost <schnouki@schnouki.net> wrote:
Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
I just installed gtkterm and it worked perfect. My only problem is I can't copy / paste from the program. Is there a way I can copy text to my clipboard and paste them in a test editor? This is super annoying when I am trying to take notes on things I am doing...
Hilighting the text you want to copy and then 'mousebutton 3' where you want to paste it too (the text editor) works for me. -- Helgi Kristvin Sigurbjarnarson <helgikrs (at) gmail (dot) com>
On 03/31/2010 08:17 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Thomas Jost<schnouki@schnouki.net> wrote:
Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
I just installed gtkterm and it worked perfect. My only problem is I can't copy / paste from the program. Is there a way I can copy text to my clipboard and paste them in a test editor? This is super annoying when I am trying to take notes on things I am doing...
Also take a look at Cutecom in AUR. Works great for me. Manne
My experience has been that minicom is the best emulator for interfacing with serial devices. I have tried as many as I could get my hands on, too, FWIW ($DAYJOB = noc monkey). IME, If you ever have a large config you need to drop on a device (or even not-so-large) most others fail in various ways. 5 AM at the collo with a dead core router is a lousy time to find out that your *com of choice requires dropping 20 lines at a time or it starts barfing, and you have a 2000 line config that needs dropping. JME - others may disagree. On 03/31/2010 12:17 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Thomas Jost<schnouki@schnouki.net> wrote:
Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
I just installed gtkterm and it worked perfect. My only problem is I can't copy / paste from the program. Is there a way I can copy text to my clipboard and paste them in a test editor? This is super annoying when I am trying to take notes on things I am doing...
"Snarkout" == Snarkout <snarkout@linuxfortherestofus.com> writes:
Snarkout> My experience has been that minicom is the best emulator for Snarkout> interfacing with serial devices. I have tried as many as I Snarkout> could get my hands on, too, FWIW ($DAYJOB = noc monkey). IME, Snarkout> If you ever have a large config you need to drop on a device Snarkout> (or even not-so-large) most others fail in various ways. 5 AM Snarkout> at the collo with a dead core router is a lousy time to find Snarkout> out that your *com of choice requires dropping 20 lines at a Snarkout> time or it starts barfing, and you have a 2000 line config Snarkout> that needs dropping. JME - others may disagree. I do (disagree). Nothing beats "ckermit". Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:39, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know how I can tell my Arch system that I have a USB to serial adapter connected to my machine?
If you don't need any of the modem features provided in minicom, I would recommend trying picocom from AUR [0]. It provides a very simple interface to a serial console: $ picocom -b 9600 /dev/ttyUSB0 [0] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8088
participants (8)
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Carlos Mennens
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Helgi Kristvin Sigurbjarnarson
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Leandro Costa
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Manne Merak
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Marq Schneider
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Samuel Tardieu
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Snarkout
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Thomas Jost