[ale] identifying serial ports (which is ttyS0, etc.)?

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Jan 1 13:59:21 EST 2003


There are a few ways.  But what I would do is attach a paper clip
between pins 2 and 3 on the connector then connect to ttyS0 using cu or
minicom.  If you type it should echo back what you typed.



On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 12:41, John Wells wrote:
> I'm trying to my x10 remote setup.
> 
> How can you tell which serial port on a machine is set to /dev/ttyS0,
> /dev/ttyS1, etc?  Is there a way to tell if something is plugged into the
> port?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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