On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 03:20:06PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Well, one option would be to install minicom (apt-get will find > it for you), set your default serial port to /dev/ttyS0, set it > at 9600,7,e,1. Then plug it in and see if tapping W gets you > a response. > > /dev/ttyS0 will look just like a file, if you're writing a > program, and you can read from it and write to it just like any > other file.
I did mention the Coffee HOWTO, (it wasn't a Joke.) That has an introduction to programming the serial port. I have no idea if it's still relevant today. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141002005310.GJ27930@tal
