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The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

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What is the name of the cable (RJ45 to RJ45) that can be used to connect from a KVM to Cisco serial port?

As everybody knows Cisco's console ports are RJ45. However, the cable they come bundled with is DB9 to RJ45. We have a KVM that allows managing network devices via a serial port but the port on the KVM is also RJ45, not DB9. What is the name of the…
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Installing and running a guest OS on KVM-qemu with only serial console access

I am trying to installing a bsd distro with virt-installer. With a Linux distro I used this: virt-install -n debian -r 1024 --vcpus=1 --accelerate -v --disk…
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serial mouse detected on windows 2008 r2 server

I was hoping to find out how to stop windows 2008 server R2 64 bit from detecting a serial mouse on the com port. i know the boot.ini version with /noserialmouse....etc for earlier versions also i have edited the registry/services/sermouse start…
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How to fix customer display pole that displays garbage?

I have an Openbravo POS workstation with a customer display pole. The pole is VFD-860. When I click on the products on the Sales page of Openbravo, the display responds but displays garbage: When I turn the pole off and then on. I get this: So it…
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Serial terminal over ethernet

Well, my idea is I would like to have access to grub over Ethernet/Internet, I've found two possible solutions: Converter RS232 to Ethernet (1) which looks like to have its own live, I mean it is independent on computer, than I should be able to…
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TTY "Serial" Terminal over USB?

I have a few servers in a rack that like to drop their network connection, requiring a restart and/or handheld intervention. I purchased a Linksys NSLU2 and installed Debian on it in order to create a serial terminal. However, with USB-Serial…
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VMWare serial ports

Can someone tell me the difference between the different ways virtual serial ports can be configured using VMWare Infrastructure? For instance: What is the difference between "use output file" and "use named pipe"? Can "Use Output File" be used…
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How to power a serial port under linux?

I got a serial to ethernet device connected to a Serial (COM) port on a Linux machine (debian etch), I connected it correctly but it did not power up, I suppose I need to power the device port, anyone knows how to power it under linux? Thankyou in…
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How to configure MODBUS on a Cyclades TS100?

I have a Cyclades TS100 which is used to communicate with a Modbus Slave. I selected Protocol: Modbus and configured MODBUS Serial Mode: RTU The thing is, I event don't get a connection to the Serial Server on my selected port. What is the…
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Why do screen and minicom drop incoming bytes from a serial port while cat does not?

I recently needed to reset the password on an old APC UPS which requires connecting their proprietary serial cable, hitting the reset button, and logging in with the default username and password over the serial interface. I connected it to the…
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Is there a VM to map a legacy app's serial resources onto modern hardware?

We have inherited a legacy application which runs under DOS 6.2 and the Phar-Lap DOS extender (if anyone is old enough to remember that). It also uses up to 6 serial ports (16550) which are expected to exist at fixed port addresses & IRQs. There are…
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Does anyone know connection points for Speakercraft DB9 to 3.5mm adapter cable?

I am looking for Speaker craft 3.5mm (4conductor) to DB9 serial cable to program MZC 64 through EZ tools. I am unable to find it online. Does anyone have the cable or know the contact points from 3.5mm to DB9 serial cable for making the…
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Connect over serial from Perle Iolan

I have a Perle Iolan connected to a server over serial. Cat < /dev/ttyS0 and echo "show hardware" >/dev/ttyS0 from the server I'm connecting to works as well as running serial 1 -show on the Iolan showing the traffic. The problem is that I don't…
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COM port redirect wont show up on Windows Server 2012 R2

I can't get serial COM port devices to show up on Windows Server 2012 R2 via RDP. I am having no issue with redirected printers, but when it comes to serial COM devices, they just wont show up. I have disabled "Do not allow COM port redirection" on…
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T0 vs S0 in inittab for serial ttyS0 access

I can't find any documentation on what the difference between "S0" and "T0" in the inittab file for granting serial access to console is. People seem to use it interchangeably: T0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200…
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