gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Interfacing with linux over rs-232
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Interfacing with linux over rs-232
From:
Iain Duncan ####@####.####
Date:
25 Jul 2006 23:45:01 +0100
Message-Id: <44C7020B.5020000@telus.net>
> I usually use PySerial (pyserial.sourceforge.net) for serial
> interfacing software. It's really easy to write a program to talk to
> the serial port. I'll post an example if you'd like.
>
> For simple debugging you can find a terminal emulator or just read and
> write the serial port device file: Open two xterms. In one xterm,
> run "cat < /dev/ttyS0" and in the other run "cat > /dev/ttyS0". The
> first terminal will show serial output, and the second one will take
> input from the keyboard and send it to the serial port. Default speed
> is 9600 baud on the computers I've worked with.
Thanks Mark, I'd love to see an example.
Iain
