Connecting to serial port using HyperTerminal

[Eric Crist]

On Oct 19, 2004, at 9:46 PM, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:

> I see the Terminals docs in the handbook for connecting to the serial 
> port.
> It looks as if maybe my FreeBSD 5.2 has getty up and running with 
> several
> instances:
>
> 64553  v0  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0
>   808  v1  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1
>   809  v2  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
>   810  v3  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
>   811  v4  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
>   812  v5  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
>   813  v6  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
>   814  v7  Is+    0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
>
> What do I need to do more to allow the connection from my Windows 
> machine in
> HyperTerminal? I've tried various settings, can someone suggest the 
> correct
> settings?
>
> --
> Robert

The tty*v* means they're virtual terminals.  You need to enable the 
serial console in /etc/ttys.  The line you need (which needs to be 
uncommented) should look like this:

ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure

Then you need to reHUP your getty process.

HTH
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks
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