By default, minicom uses ' -a on', but if you are using such a terminal you can (must!) supply the option ' -a off'. Some terminals, notably Televideo's, have rotten attribute handling (serial instead of parallel). Turns line-wrap on at startup by default. L, -isoĭitto but assume screen uses an ISO8859 character set. Many PC-unix clones will display character correctly without translation (Linux in a special mode, Coherent and SCO). With this flag on, minicom will try to translate the IBM line characters to ASCII.
Literal translation of characters with the high bit set. This only works on terminals that support it and that have the relevant information in their termcap or terminfo database entry. Same as -m, but assumes that your Meta key sets the 8th bit of the character high (sends 128 + character code). Minicom assumes that your Meta key sends the ESC prefix, not the other variant that sets the highest bit of the character. This is the default in 1.80 and it can also be configured in one of minicom's menus, but if you use different terminals all the time, of which some don't have a Meta or ALT key, it's handy to set the default command key to Ctrl-A and use this option when you have a keyboard supporting Meta or ALT keys. Override command-key with the Meta or ALT key. For now it is assumed, that users who are given access to a modem are responsible enough for their actions. is made, so a normal user could interfere with things like UUCP. It is potentially dangerous though: no check for lock files etc. This option is handy if you quit from minicom without resetting, and then want to restart a session. Minicom will skip the initialization code. For most systems, reasonable defaults are already compiled in. This is very handy if minicom refuses to start up because your system has changed, or for the first time you run minicom. When it is used, minicom does not initialize, but puts you directly into the configuration menu. Root edits the system-wide defaults in /etc/minirc.dfl with this option.
Minicom tutorial serial#
Features include dialing directory with auto-redial, support for UUCP-style lock files on serial devices, a separate script language interpreter, capture to file, multiple users with individual configurations, and more.
Minicom tutorial code#
Minicom is a communication program which somewhat resembles the shareware program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most Unices. Again, just FWIW.Minicom - friendly serial communication program Synopsis I also ended up modifying the permissions on the lock directory, but there's probably a better way to do that. That's why I compiled it with /var/spool/lock instead. There is no /usr/spool/uucp, or /var/lock, as mentioned in the man page. (of course, that's because my application is to talk to a device at 9600N81, YMMV.)ģ) Notice the lock dir mentioned above. configure -enable-dfl-port=/dev/tty.serial -enable-lock-dir=/var/spool/lock -enable-dfl-baud=9600 Here are some of the defaults I compiled into the program: Once this is done, it's easiest to just reboot the machine.Ģ) As mentioned above, the serial port is /dev/tty.serial. You might *think* of editing /etc/ttys, but you actually want to edit /System/Library/StartupItems/SerialTerminalSupport/SerialTerminalSupport - and edit the line halfway through to say, Disable this before trying to use the serial port for other purposes. Here are a few things to be aware of re: the serial port.ġ) Just like any cisco router or HP switch, etc, the XServe is configured to listen with a secure terminal on the serial port, for config purposes.