

End the setup by ‘Save setup as dfl’ and then ‘Exit from minicom’. Set the ‘Hardware Flow Control’ to No by pressing ‘F’. I prefer using the /dev/tty.usbserial than /dev/tty.PL2303-000013FA because it is easier to remember. Set it to either /dev/tty.PL2303-000013FA or /dev/tty.usbserial Run ‘minicom -s’ as root to setup the minicom. Plug the ATEN USB-to-Serial converter in to a USB port. a power adapter, see my article: Jetson Nano Power Supply (Barrel vs MicroUSB) If.
USB TO SERIAL CONVERTER FOR MAC HOW TO
After setting up the USB-to-serial converter to work on OS X Lion / Mountain Lion, this section below shows you how to configure minicom so you can console the equipments. If you have serial console access, use the ifconfig command to get the. I use minicom tool to console Cisco switches and routers. Configure Minicom serial port to console devices You can use one of them as a serial device. dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync /dev/tty.usbserialįrom the above output, the ATEN device attached to /dev/tty.PL2303-000013FA and /dev/tty.usbserial.

There are two new devices added in this folder. Now plug the ATEN UC-232A in to a USB port. Load kernel extensions into the kernel and then create kext cache files $ sudo kextload. $ sudo chown -R root:wheel osx-pl2303.kextĤ. Using super user (root), set the permissions of the extension files $ cd /System/Library/Extensions/ $ sudo mv osx-pl2303.kext /System/Library/Extensions/ģ. Extract the file and move it to /System/Library/Extensions/ directory. Download the Prolific kernel extension ‘ ‘ built by martijn from here.Ģ.
USB TO SERIAL CONVERTER FOR MAC MAC OS X
Here are the step-by-step to make ATEN UC-232A USB-to-Serial converter works on Mac OS X Lion / Mountain Lion and then console an equipment using minicom.ġ. Thanks to martijn who built kernel extension that works on OS X Lion and Mountain Lion. If you use Mac OS X, it’s not as that simple to make it works. The driver already installed during Windows 7/8 installation. In most cases, I don’t even need to install the driver on Windows 7 or Windows 8. You just need to download the Windows driver from Aten website, install it and then plug the converter in to a USB port and it works. Are you a network administrator who usually use ATEN UC-232A USB-to-Serial converter to console networks equipments such as Cisco routers, Catalyst switches and more? If you use Windows platform (XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8) it will not be a problem.
