====== How to use serial ports on Ubuntu ====== ===== General info ===== 1. Embedded (motherboard) port names look like: /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 2. Moxa CP-114 (it's been verified, but other board like CP-132 haven't been yet) port names look like: /dev/ttyMI0 /dev/ttyMI1 /dev/ttyMI2 /dev/ttyMI3 3. To communicate with devices via the followed programs are used: sudo apt-get install cutecom sudo apt-get install setserial ===== VirtualBox ===== 4. Using serail port with VirtualBox: - VirtualBox Manager / VM properties / COM ports - Check one or both COM-ports - point each port to appropriate host device, for instance - /dev/ttyMI0 ===== Wine ===== 5. Using serial ports with Wine: Adding standard port: ln -s /dev/ttyS0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1 Adding Moxa serial board port: ln -s /dev/ttyMI0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com2