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Putty equivalent for OSX?

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Argon21

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Jun 25, 2010
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Hello all Mac users,

I need a software like Putty on Windows, but for OSX. I have a USB-RS232 'dongle' and serial cable I use to access the console on some UNIX servers, but I need a serial terminal software to use it. Is there a good one for OSX?? Putty does this for me on Windows, but not available for Mac I see.

Thanks you all!!
 
Hi there!

Putty is, I believe, a wrapper around the SSH command line utility. SSH is built in to OS X, so all you need to do is open a terminal and use ssh from their.

To get started, try reading the man page (documentation). Open a terminal, and type "man ssh". Navigate using the arrow keys, and 'q' quits :)
 
tpg said:
Hi there!

Putty is, I believe, a wrapper around the SSH command line utility. SSH is built in to OS X, so all you need to do is open a terminal and use ssh from their.

To get started, try reading the man page (documentation). Open a terminal, and type "man ssh". Navigate using the arrow keys, and 'q' quits :)
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Hello, no that is not what I need. I do not need SSH. I need RS232 serial terminal. My devices require 9600 8/N/1 on RS232. Thanks you
 
A couple of avenues for exploration then:

1) Are there any linux utilities that achieve what you want? If so, you can see if they are available in mac-ports or something similar.

2) Putty might run under WINE? If you can't find any equivalent software, this is pretty much the only option short of virtualising windows/dual booting.
 
Argon21 said:
Ok thanks you, it seems Mac is a poor choice of platform for this function.
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No. Your problem is that this year is 2010 and that RS-232 was developed to connect 100 baud modems to printers. You don't have a lot of choices on the Mac for RS-232 terminal emulators, but you do have good ones. You have already been given a link to EmTec's ZOC. You should also take a look at MacWise.
 
MisterMe said:
No. Your problem is that this year is 2010 and that RS-232 was developed to connect 100 baud modems to printers. You don't have a lot of choices on the Mac for RS-232 terminal emulators, but you do have good ones. You have already been given a link to EmTec's ZOC. You should also take a look at MacWise.
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MrMe's problem is that he's stuck in the Microsoft decade & doesn't know how to function outside of the windows he grew up with....

On OSX we already have a terminal better than Putty: the Terminal app. There is no need for Putty for remote ssh access as we just use the normal ssh command: ssh root@remotemachine. For serial access, just use the screen command and tell it to use your serial and speed (or usb serial device as is almost always the case nowadays with Macs that have no builtin serial devices): screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600.

I'm posting this in this old thread because it turns up in google searches for "mac serial" to help others avoid installing unneeded software.
 
Using 'screen' from Terminal is definitely the fast easy way to go about it per above reply. +1
 
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