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Questions tagged [minicom]

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How to change the width of remote serial console?

I followed this tutorial and now I'm able to connect to serial line. Now I want to change the width of terminal. How can I do this by using screen or minicom or something else?
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minicom showing offline

I am trying to use minicom in Ubuntu. To do this I first connect my USB to DB9 converter, then I type this command on terminal dmesg | grep tty to check if my USB to DB9 converter is connected properly. I got this output: [ 0.000000] console…
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How can minicom "permanently" translate incoming newline (\n) to CR+LF?

I have a micro-controller device that is sending newline-terminated strings through the USB-attached serial port and (so far) I'm using minicom version 2.6 to read from /dev/ttyACM0. I've setup the terminal application for line wrapping but I'd like…
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Command wraps around same line after 80 characters

I have an annoying problem with minicom connected to a serial console to a Yocto Linux machine. The command that I enter wraps around on the same line after 80th character. This becomes very inconvenient to work with. Everything I entered at the…
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Retrieve file over serial without kermit and lrzsz

I have an embedded Linux on a custom board and I would like to send and receive file over its serial port. The only way to communicate with this device is over serial and the device offers a console on this serial port. This board doesn't have…
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Raspberry Pi, serial console, minicom, and gnome-terminal

I'm trying to access my raspberry pi via its serial console on the gpio pins. It's working fine through a USB-3.3v serial dongle. However, there's a problem with long lines and long screens not displaying correctly. I'm running minicom in a…
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socat - UART logging and redirecting

I am currently trying to log all communication from and to /dev/ttyUSB0 and simultaneously be able to connect minicom/screen to the same device for interaction. I tried a couple of tools and tutorials but they all seem to occupy the device, so I…
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Screen/Minicom multiline problem

I'm managing with some boards like Arduino/UDOO etc. but I always face an annoying problem with minicom or screen. If i type a long command, for example: sudo /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211 -c…
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How to send AT commands to serial interface in Yocto Linux?

I have a XBee device attached to the ttyMDF1 interface on an Intel Edison board running Yocto linux. I need to configure the XBee by sending AT commands to it. I have tried to open a getty /dev/ttyMDF1 but nothing happens, same using screen, also…
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How can I force minicom to wait to connect to a non-existent device?

Occasionally I'm trying to debug a (usually serial) device that starts very quickly. If I get the device running, I can connect to it using: minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 Then, if the device disconnects, minicom stays open until it reconnects. Is there…
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What is the difference between Minicom and gammu-smsd?

My understanding of Minicom: Minicom is a text-based modem control program (allows you to communicate with modem via AT commands on a text-based terminal) using serial port communications. Therefore, you can configure a modem using Minicom and even…
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How do you use minicom with stdin and stdout?

I need to communicate with Python over a USB to RS-232 converter, to a device. The application minicom connects seamlessly, so if I could run that in non-interactive mode, everything would would be great. Reading the documentation there are some…
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Some characters get lost when pasting large amounts of text into serial console

When pasting large amounts of text into a serial console like screen or minicom, some characters get lost and are not being transmitted.
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Loop minicom scripts

I need send AT commands to my modem (Huawei e171) in a loop. I try this script (file script.txt): start: send AT+CSQ sleep 2 goto start and run it via minicom -S script.txt but got nothing: empty minicom screen opened. but script with…
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What is the proper way to listen on serial port using minicom?

I have found tutorials about using minicom to communicate with modems, but none about just listening what data arrives to the serial port of my desktop computer. I will ask for this case scenario: Utilite Pro computer (embedded device like…
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