Minicom

 Installation

sudo apt install minicom

Configuration

• Giving permission to user for accessing the serial port

1. chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0

1. after this you don’t need to give sudo in front of this, for accessing the serial port.

• To start the Minicom 

1. Sudo minicom –s

• To start the minicom with saved configuration

1. Sudo minicom Serial9600

1. All the configuration are saved in /etc/minicom/minirc.Serial9600

• To save the configuration as the default setting , save the setup as dfl.

• Ctrl + A,  x  = Exit

• Ctrl + A,  z  = Help

• Ctrl + A,  e  = Local Echo on/off

• Ctrl + A,  o  = configure minicom

• Input Character are not sent from minicom:

1. Make sure the Hardware control is set to off. Because hardware control is enabled by default.