Cutecom is my preferred com port console.
Brad Dober Ph.D. Candidate Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania Cell: 262-949-4668 On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Marc Welz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Christopher Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Marc, >> >> I plugged the ROACH into a PC, and the USB connection is visible within >> my /dev/ folder. However, when I updated minicom to recognize the correct >> USB connection and then turned on the ROACH (same as power cycling it?), >> the ROACH did not boot up in the terminal window. Do you think that using >> another program, like cutecom or picocom, might make a difference? >> > > Not sure if another terminal emulator helps, but do note that there are 4 > serial ports > which connect to the roach (some used for jtag) and only one runs the > console, so try all the permutations, especially with the new systemd/udev > nonsense - it might rename the ports. Also port speed and flow control > might need to be set correctly > > regards > > marc > > >

