[Voyage-linux] Connecting ALIX 6F2 through USB serial port, putty displays nothing

[chris hermansen]

Here is a great source for RS-232 and Null Modem Cabling...

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Abhay Gupta <abhay.gupta at symstream.com>
wrote:

> Hi Miachel,
>
> I am using a serial cable but I'm not able to determine whether it is a
> null modem cable or not.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> For absolute surety I'm gonna order a brand new cable. Do I need anything
> else? Like any null modem connector or something? Please tell me so that I
> can order them together.
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Michael Steinmann <
> mike.steinmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> are you using a null-modem cable or some funny gender changer?
>> it must be a null-modem cable...
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Michael Steinmann
>>
>>
>> 2014-11-10 2:52 GMT+01:00 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>:
>>
>>> On 11/7/2014 4:29 PM, Abhay Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>>> I configured putty over */etc/ttyUSB0* with speed(baud) = 9600 as well
>>>> as 115200.
>>>>
>>>> But when I power up my ALIX board, nothing is displayed over putty. I
>>>> even tried with *minicom* and *gtkterm*
>>>>
>>>> Please help me in this regard. Many thanks in advance :) :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  minicom always works for me.  In minicom setup screen, set 115200, 8N1
>>> and serial device for /dev/ttyUSB0.  It is /dev, not /etc.
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards
> Abhay Gupta
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