Instead of using a GUI application, such as
ZTerm, to connect to the serial interface, you can use the command line tool
minicom. This has the big advantage that it can be used when connected to the computer via SSH.
You can download
minicom via
Fink, or compile it from the source. I used minicom-2.1, which can be found on
here to compile it on Mac OS X 10.3. In the Terminal, after downloading and decompressing, do:
- sudo mkdir /var/lock
- ./configure --enable-dfl-port=/dev/tty.modem ... or another tty
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo minicom -s
You can use
minicom on a Mac OS X Server setup, too, but you'll have to use
/dev/tty.serial as a configuration parameter. It also works fine with the KEYSPAN Adapter USB to Serial cable (
/dev/tty.USA28X2b23P1.1 on my machine).