#MINICOM FOR MAC WINDOWS#
#MINICOM FOR MAC SERIAL#
Name the configuration as something unique, like ttyS11 to identify that the path to the serial device is /dev/ttyS11.
This is advantageous if you have many serial ports or if you have multiple systems with varying serial connection configurations. You may also save the modifications as its own configuration.Arrow down to Save setup as dfl and press 'Enter'. You may want to save the configuration as the default whenever minicom is launched.You'll need to save the configurations in one of two ways: That's all the modifications that need to be done to get minicom set up.
Press the 'Esc' key to be be brought back to the configurations page. This way, you'll be able to run the command without any options or commands. You will most likely wish to modify the Serial Device setting to have the path to the serial port you normally use. Clear out the Init string, Reset string, Dialing prefix #1, Dialing suffix #1, Dialing prefix #2, Dialing suffix #2, Dialing prefix #3, Dialing suffix #3 by pressing the corresponding letters then deleting the string. Press enter and scroll to Modem and dialing and press enter again. In this screenshot, the "115200 8N1" for the Bps/Par/Bits setting indicates the baud rate is set to 115200, data bits set to 8 (the '8' in 8N1), parity is set to none (the 'N' in 8N1), and stop bits is set to 1 (the '1' in 8N1). The settings for specific EMAC devices can be found at the Serial Connections page. Press the 'Enter' key to save the parameters for the setting. For example, press the 'A' key to modify the path to the Serial Device. To modify the different configurations, press the key corresponding to the setting. Arrow down to the title and press the 'Enter' key. The first thing that will need to be configured is the Serial port setup. However, doing this could lead to problems or confusion when trying to run minicom with other aliases or with a very specific set of commandline options, so the environment variable method should be used instead wherever possible. bashrc) to make the change take effect:Īnother method to set minicom to always display in color is to set an alias for minicom to minicom -con. minicom can be made to always run in color by adding the 2 lines shown below to the top of the ~/.bashrc file, and restarting your terminal session (or sourcing your. The c specifies the color display and on tells minicom to display the interface in color.
Run the minicom command with the option -con. If the display isn't colored, arrow down to Exit from Minicom. This should bring up a colorful display listing the different settings. For serious work with Linux, a real Linux terminal (such as minicom, described here) is strongly recommended. In particular, a number of keystroke shortcuts will not work with PuTTY, and not all output will be displayed correctly in PuTTY (although it does manage to display most output correctly). Please note that while PuTTY will work, it is missing a number of features relative to a real Linux terminal. More information about PuTTY can be found at.
#MINICOM FOR MAC PC#
For those using Windows, PuTTY is a viable application to make such connections between a Windows PC and one of our EMAC devices. If run by calling its name without any additional arguments, it uses whatever settings have been saved for its defaults in /etc/minicom/minirc.dfl. Minicom is a serial communication program that connects to devices through a GNU/Linux PC's serial ports.