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Alternate tools for Putty
Alternatively, you can use ‘Bitvise SSH client’, ‘TeraTerm’ for connecting to MW-1000
device from your local windows PC.
10.2 Linux Tools/Commands
Minicom
– Connecting to MW-1000 via Serial port in Linux
Installation steps
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install minicom
Check the Serial-connection details from dmesg command
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> dmesg
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You should see this line at the end “usb 2-2.1: cp21x converter now attached to tty”
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Check out the connection details.
Ex:
“cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0”.
Indicating the serial port
has been connected at ttyUSB0.
Opening Minicom from terminal
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>
sudo minicom -s
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Set the configuration values as:
Serial Device: /dev/ttyUSB0
Fill the USB connection details based on the input from dmesg result.
Bps/Par/Bits: 115200 8N1
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Press exit and “Save setup as dfl”
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Exit from Minicom
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Give proper access permissions to serial port with:
>
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0
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Restart minicom session to start listening to MW-1000:
>
sudo minicom -w
Closing Minicom session:
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press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+X
Minicom alternates: There are multiple minicom alternatives like ‘screen’, ‘putty’. For
information on the alternative tools, check out:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/5-linux-
unix-commands-for-connecting-to-the-serial-console/
