Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 10:39:45 -0400 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: direct serial port access Message-ID: <3AC9E0B1.C66A20A3@magpage.com> References: <20010403141132.B10812@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I'm sure there are other ways, but I use minicom whenever I need to make a serial connection to some device. Install it from the ports, it's in /usr/ports/comms/minicom, and then check man minicom. Hope this helps... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. j mckitrick wrote: > > What man page do i need to read to find out how to access my serial port > (COM1) of my laptop? I need to talk to a serial controlled accessory in > straight ascii. > > jm > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org > "It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. > It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here." > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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