[Voyage-linux] Problem connecting to ALIX 3D3 via USB-to-Serial cable

[Rainer Stratmann]

Am Sunday 08 July 2012 10:55:53 schrieb Konstantinos Birkos:
> Hello all,
>
> I have an ALIX 3D3 board with Voyage MPD 0.8.5 installed and serial
> terminal chosen during the installation process. I am trying to connect
> to the device via a USB-to-Serial cable
which one?
I do it very successfull with USB-serial devices with FTDI chipset.
http://www.reichelt.de/USB-Konverter/DIGITUS-DA-70156/3/index.html?;ACTION=3;LA=446;ARTICLE=99617
> unsuccessfully. I have tried 
> Putty through Windows and Putty, GTKTerm and minicom through Ubuntu
> 12.04. When I power up my device, I see no messages in the terminal.
> Sometimes under minicom, if I hit the keyboard of my host computer I
> receive some input/output errors.
>
> Any suggestions?