Communication with VXM Controllers under Linux Operating S…
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1. Communication with VXM Controllers under Linux Operating System AppNote 02 17 03 Prepared by Cliff Nichols Programming amp Tech Suppt 17 February 2003 I The program that will be used to open the serial port under Linux is called Minicom It s intended to be used for communication with modems so you need to do a few nonstandard things to use it on a raw serial port The first thing to do is start Minicom in setup mode with the command minicom s or if in a graphical environment like KDE 1 open a shell and then run the Minicom command IL This will bring up a configuration screen You need to choose Serial Port Setup and change it to reflect the proper dev ttyS device Com1 ttySO and Com2 ttyS 1 HI The Bps Par Bits setting needs to be 9600 8N1 VXM factory default or set to the BaudRate that the VXM BaudRate is set to IV Both hardware and software flow control need to be turned off V Turn Line Wrap on and Append Line Feed on VI Now save the configuration however you like and close Minicom VI Now start Minicom again with the command minicom o The o will prevent Minicom from trying to initialize a modem instead of your serial port VIL In Minicom type the capital letter E and see if the VXM controller comes online VII Congratulations you have now successfully configured a terminal to communicate with the VXM controller under the Linux operating system For further commands to control the VX2. M controller see the VXM _ user s manual or type the capital letter Q to bring the controller offline
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