You can use minicom -s to enter the configuration menu, from there you can
change your serial device.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Thomas Jost <schnouki@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:39:06 -0400, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > I have a Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. Now I am trying to be able to
> > connect to a Cisco switch via console serial cable using the Minicom
> > utility. My problem is I don't know how to tell Minicom that my serial
> > device is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 or maybe it already knows & I just
> > don't know how to use it...
>
> Hello,
>
> I've never used minicom, but the man page has something about setting
> the serial device:
>
> CONFIGURATION
> By pressing C-A O you will be thrown into the setup menu.
> [...]
> Serial port setup
> A - Serial device
> /dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS1 for most people.
>
> Otherwise, you can just use GNU screen ("screen /dev/ttyUSB0", or
> gtkterm. I've used both of them with a USB to serial adapter and I could
> connect to Cisco switches without any problem.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Thomas/Schnouki
>
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