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#SERIAL TERMINAL EMULATOR MAC INSTALL#
#SERIAL TERMINAL EMULATOR MAC SERIAL#

Different baud rates set on the getty command and the terminal (from 9600 to 19200): No output.

Flow control on the terminal set to NONE: No output.

(Again, validates the guide)įrom here, I tried the plist method by adding a file to /Library/LaunchDaemons named ist with the following content: Īfter loading and running the job, the following things were tried, each time attempting to stop, edit, unload, reload, and run the job in order:

Adding a line to /etc/ttys: No output.

In all cases, calls to getty whether in a file or by hand were of the form /usr/libexec/getty std.19200 cu.usbserialĪnytime you see "No output", this means the terminal was slient, showing nothing, and was unresponsive to keypresses.

#SERIAL TERMINAL EMULATOR MAC SERIAL#

This setup has proven difficult to troubleshoot, since incorrect communication with the serial device tends to "hang" it, requiring a reboot to become usable again.

The terminal itself is set to VT100 emulation mode at 19200 baud, with DTR flow control on receive and no flow control on send (the only option for send flow control is XON/XOFF) Difficulty I followed the guide here to set up a LaunchDaemon Plist to spawn a getty session attached to the terminal, since apparently you can't just either edit /etc/ttys or run getty by hand in modern OSXes. After that was done, I got two devices created in /dev/, those are cu.usbserial and tty.usbserial.

#SERIAL TERMINAL EMULATOR MAC INSTALL#

I had to install a driver for the converter to become available. The MODEM port is connected to my mac via a DB25-DB9 converter, and from there to the mac via a USB-DB9 adapter using a Prolific chipset. From the manual, normally the device you're connecting to uses the MODEM port, and another ancilliary device like a printer uses the AUX port. The terminal itself has two ports on the back, one marked MODEM and one marked AUX. I've got a Wyse WY-50 terminal here that, for various nolstagia and productivity reasons (really!), I'd like to connect to my Macbook and use as a login terminal.