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Operate terminal like Tera Term

Asked by Kevin Gordon

In windows I have used Tera Term. I can select a COM port ( even if its a USB virtual port) and watch the output from an external board. How can I achieve the same result in Ubuntu Linux? Thank you for your help, Kevin.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

PuTTY maybe? Is it the same?

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Kevin Gordon (kgordon-0) said : 		#2

Thank you for your reply. I am thinking I should try Putty. How do I list active ports? I have not used Putty for many years. How do I connect to a port? Does Ubuntu (like windows) have USB ports? Thanks.

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David Pires (slickymaster) said : 		#3

You can use ckermit (http://www.kermitproject.org/) also. It should be in the repositories.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Yes Ubuntu has USB ports. How would it not?

In Linux everything is a file. You may find you can use a regular terminal and use the 'watch' command on the file representing the port. It will spool the text.

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Kevin Gordon (kgordon-0) said : 		#5

As a check to see if Putty might work:
#lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0471:df55 Philips (or NXP) LPCXpresso LPC-Link
0471 Philips (or NXP) : df55 LPCXpresso LPC-Link

root@KGMASTER4:~# udevadm monitor --udev
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing

UDEV [6299.699204] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UDEV [6299.701836] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)

My guess is that it wont. I can't find the file.