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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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Windows XP: Unreachable COM ports

I use Bluetooth serial ports daily. Over the years I've noticed that the number of the virtual COM port created when I connect is getting higher and higher. Certain ports are now locked out, seemingly forever. This is a problem because a "feature"…
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How do I stop Windows from sending random data to serial port on startup and shutdown?

I have an Epson DM-D110 display pole connected to COM1. When Windows XP starts up and shuts down, a small bit of random character data is sent to the display pole. Some times it's the fish symbol, it varies from time to time. This wouldn't really…
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How to access a server via serial port?

I have some troubles with my server! After I asked for support, I get the following answer: You can use the serial port to reset your network configuration. I have a client machine with Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot (11.10) installed on it and a cable for…
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How to serial-over-lan past "Loading initial ramdisk"?

I'd like to use "ipmitool ... sol activate" to record any kernel panics that may happen. I managed to keep GRUB2 in text-mode with "GRUB_TERMINAL=console" in /etc/default/grub. But right after the message "Loading initial ramdisk" (which is still…
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juniper j2300 console connection?

I've been given a Juniper Networks J2300 router, but I've never used a juniper device before and no idea where to begin on how to connect to the console of the device. I have a serial to RJ45 cable but not sure on how to connect to the device. …
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Is there a possibility to "pimp" Putty in order to generate logs automatically and run multiple sessions in one windows (similar Linux "Terminal")?

I'm using Putty for Serial or SSH connections to systems. For every session, I need to configure Logging manually, enter a new name and destination. I was wondering if there was a solution to set it automatically. Maybe some genius wrote a plugin…
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Corrupted Kernel Output via Serial Connection

I have a server that Kernel Panics every once in a while, and I'm trying to get all of the output in order to debug it further. It is running RedHat 4, so the kernel version is only 2.6.9, too old for kexec or kdump. Thus, I have a serial cable…
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embedded linux serial terminal

I have built a custom embedded system using debian 6.0. using /etc/inittab i have made several (8) processes running on different /dev/ttyX terminals, which i can switch between using Alt+FX key combination. the thing is using this setup i need to…
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Closing a session on a Perle IOLAN

I am connecting to a serial port using a Perle IOLAN DS1. I have noticed occasions when I have tried to log in and got an error message “line not available - press any key” which we think is due to a previous session left “dangling”. Is there a way…
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Serial connection over a single USB cable (Windows to linux, or linux to linux)

I'm helping out with a project for an embedded device that only has USB and no serial. This device is running Linux. These days, when we need to connect to a serial port on a device we typically use a USB to serial adapter (on something like a phone…
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Logging Serial port Data

Unless I'm missing something, there appears to be no simple way in *NIX to read from a serial port directly into a file I had imagined something as simple as cat /dev/ttyX > file but apparently not Does anyone know a trick that I'm missing?
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How do I enable the serial port on an XServe G5 (10.4 Server)

I have my ZyXel USG 200 router's console port connected to my XServe, and I want to stream real-time logs from it to a text file on the XServe itself. I need the serial port to be set to 115200bps, N,8,1, no flow-control. The OS in place is Mac OS X…
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how to remotely access a serial modem?

I have a serial modem connected to a computer running ubuntu. I can access it through ssh and modem is working great, I tested it using minicom. How can I make a remote connection to this modem for development purposes?. By the way, my development…
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XP to XP link with SLIP over serial - No IP address on host computer side?

I'm trying to set up a SLIP link using a serial connection between two XP computers. This is to test some specialized communications hardware that only supports IP via SLIP. As a starting point, I'm simply connecting the two computers with a null…
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how to connect to a switch connected to serial port

My computer and switch both are connected to network. I need to connect to the console port of switch via serial port on my computer. I am using ubuntu. How can I do that? How do I know whats the port where I've plugged the serial jack into and how…
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