Minicom -- want to read data coming in a serial port
 

Hi everyone.

I have a microchip PIC outputting data via an Rs232 chip....I want to read the data, see the data at the terminal and also log the data to a file.

Is minicom the best option for this?

I know the data is coming out the serial cable as it works with windows hpeerterminal....but when I configure minicom I am not getting any data.

4800 baud 8N1...the PIC/RS232 chip is sending ASCII characters... numbers...

serial port is number 1 and there is only one....so ttyS0 should be the one...have used this port with minicom before so that shouldnt be an issue but how can I test.

Thanks for the help.

Brian

Devices can be read just like generic files. So you use cat, head, tail or similar tool to read from those device files, in your case probably /dev/ttyS0. This way you can at least check if the problem is caused by your minicom settings, or that the device is really not triggering any data.

cat /dev/ttyS0 gets no data either
 

Thanks maresmasb

tried reading the data with cat /dev/ttyS0 but I get nothing.

Now I know the data is not sent all the time but rather at set intervals.
About every 10 seconds. Maybe I need to find a script to do this? Any other suggestions.

Thanks again to all

Brian