Revision as of 18:03, 8 August 2012

Connecting to a Linux device via USB-Serial Console from Windows

There are two ways to connect to a Linux device via usb-serial console from Windows:

Both setup requires the installation of the USB-to-Serial/Virtual COM Port (VCP) Driver in the Windows device.

Driver for the Windows device was downloaded from Future Technology Devices International Limited's website
Installation process was as easy as clicking the downloaded file
After the installation the USB-to-Serial adapter's usb part was connected to the Windows device and the serial part in the Linux device.
At this point the Windows issues a COM# (COM3 or COM4) to the adapter (usually at the lower left corner, in the Windows notification center)
Configuration was modified according to this.
Only difference from the above instruction was in #8, Bits per second (BPS) was set to 115200 instead of 9600.

Windows executable was downloaded from Cigwin's website
Cygwin setup was done by following this.
"Screen" was the additional package that was added beyond the default package set. (section 2.9 in the above link)

Windows executable was downloaded from Putty' website (Section: A Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel)
Setup was similar to this (saved as the default profile)

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 * Windows executable was downloaded from [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Putty' website] (Section: A Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel)
 * Setup was similar to [http://www.ehow.com/how_8733462_use-putty-serial-connection.html this] (saved as the default profile)
 ==Invocation==
+* For Cygwin: Click on the cigwin icon and type <code>screen /dev/ttyS[X] 115200</code>
-* For Cygwin: Click on the cigwin icon and type <code>screen /dev/ttyS[X] 115200</code>
+* For Putty: Click on the putty icon!