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Minicom home page (current version: 2.3)
"Minicom is a menu driven communications program. It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals. It has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download."
Special keys:
CTRL-A Z
Installation:
# Redhat/CentOS yum install minicom # Debian/Ubuntu apt install minicom
Configure minicom:
minicom -s minicom -s -c on # with color
Configure the following:
mode - /dev/ttyS0 speed - 9600
Start minicom:
minicom
With color:
minicom -s -c on
Default commands can be placed in $MINICOM:
# multi line export MINICOM="-m -c on" minicom # one line export MINICOM="-m -c on" minicom
Minicom keys:
1. UP arrow-up or k 2. DOWN arrow-down or j 3. LEFT arrow-left or h 4. RIGHT arrow-right or l 5. CHOOSE (select menu) Enter 6. CANCEL ESCape
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
Default minicom config: /etc/minirc.dfl
# Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters. pr port /dev/ttyS0 pu baudrate 9600 pu bits 8 pu parity N pu stopbits 1
If you are running minicom inside of screen you can send a CTRL-A by pressing: [1]
[CTRL]+[a] [a]
References:
- Accessing a Cisco Switch or Router via Serial Port on Linux Using Minicom // Crucial Paradigm - Official Blog
- Linux / UNIX minicom Serial Communication Program
- OpenManiak.com - MINICOM - The Easy Tutorial
- Linux / UNIX minicom Serial Communication Program
- Minicom - Wikipedia
Issues
xmodem "Failure executing protocol"
Solution:
apt-get install lrzsz
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