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hyperterminal like program in OS X
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Telnet or SSH via Terminal only works if you have a configured network connection on the device.
You would need a terminal emulation programm such as ZTerm http://homepage.mac.com/dalverson/zterm/ and a USB-Serial connector.
I have had good success with USB-Serial connectors using the FDTI chipset.
You are talking via serial connection? I played with a few graphical terminals a few years ago who could do that but I never was happy with them and hence forgot their names.
What I essentially use, is the "screen" utility installed via macports, point it to the right usb2serial device and there it goes.
You can use the standard terminal application to connect to a USB RS232 adaptor, I'm at work at the moment, if I remember I'll update the post with how to do it when I get back home.
Jellyfissh is quite good if you need a nice front end to terminal.
However I've not come across anything as good as PuTTY that is MS Windows only
Jellyfissh is quite good if you need a nice front end to terminal.
However I've not come across anything as good as PuTTY that is MS Windows only
You can use the standard terminal application to connect to a USB RS232 adaptor, I'm at work at the moment, if I remember I'll update the post with how to do it when I get back home.
Jellyfissh is quite good if you need a nice front end to terminal.
However I've not come across anything as good as PuTTY that is MS Windows only
You might like to hear that PuTTY has been potted for use on MacOSX.
There are numerous terminal emulator apps available for the Mac. Some operate exclusively via TCP/IP. Others operate over a variety of protocols. You want one that can operate over a serial line. ZTerm is good, but it has not been updated since the Garfield Administration. For my money, MacWise can't be beat. For a free serial line-compatible terminal emulator, you should give CoolTerm a close look. Miracle of miracles, it is still in active development.
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I set up a session in Jellyfissh to do a ssh to the loopback address that just runs screen :-
ssh -c 3des -2 -l userid -t 127.0.0.1 -p 22 screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600;exit
screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600 << that would work from terminal.
ssh -c 3des -2 -l userid -t 127.0.0.1 -p 22 screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600;exit
screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600 << that would work from terminal.
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Thank you all for the input guys!
Dose it work via usb2serial device? if it dose, ill get one of those devices
yes, I am trying to do that via serial connection, the router only comes with serial cable. If i cant get it work in OS X,would it be possible to do it on bootcamp windows?
Dose it work via usb2serial device? if it dose, ill get one of those devices
yes, I am trying to do that via serial connection, the router only comes with serial cable. If i cant get it work in OS X,would it be possible to do it on bootcamp windows?
No.
For USB <> RS232, I use either ZTerm or CoolTerm (Usually ZTerm). I use both IOGear and Kensington adapters.
Both those adapters should work fine in Windows (BootCamp). They also work through Parallels as COM ports, if you want to run in a VM.
I use a Belkin USB - RS232 device which uses the Prolific drivers ( PL2303_1.2.1r2.dmg )
I set up a session in Jellyfissh to do a ssh to the loopback address that just runs screen, that way I don't need to remember the device name
Jellyfissh spawns the following :-
ssh -c 3des -2 -l userid -t 127.0.0.1 -p 22 screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600;exit
Or you could run the following from terminal, change 9600 to whatever baud rate required :-
screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600
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I have had good success with the following adapter cables: http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBRS232.htm
They have driver for almost all operating systems incl. OSX