Minicom

Minicom is a serial line terminal emulator that allows you to take control of your board through the RS232 line. With it you can have access to the U-Boot/Linux console of your APF without needing to connect a keyboard/screen to the board. (For more informations on remote console)

Installation

On *Ubuntu / Debian

$ sudo apt-get install minicom

or use your system's graphical package manager.

To avoid using sudo or root, add your user (here mylogin) in dialout group:

$ sudo adduser mylogin dialout

then close and re-open your graphical session, to make group changes taken into account.

Configuration

$ minicom -s

• Choose serial port name, parameters (8N1) and no hardware handshake
• Save config as default

Usage

• To launch it (-o to not send modem AT init sequence):

 $ minicom -o

• To switch from terminal mode to command mode:

CTRL + a then z

• To quit:

Switch in command mode
q

Send file

See Serial transfer page to know how to transfer file to linux with minicom.

Usefull tips

• TBDL

Links

• Minicom's man page