gnupic: Re: [gnupic] Interfacing with linux over rs-232
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] Interfacing with linux over rs-232
From:
"George M. Gallant, Jr." ####@####.####
Date:
26 Jul 2006 00:07:33 +0100
Message-Id: <1153868846.3656.87.camel@scuba.home.net>
This sounds more convoluted than need be. The typical Linux comes
with minicom. It is less than glamorous but rock solid. For X windows
you can get the source code for seyon and build locally. Both programs
support terminal configuration and various data transfer functions.
George
On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 22:47 -0700, Iain Duncan wrote:
> > 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
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