PuTTY: Connect to Serial Port#

Before connecting to a serial port, you must start PuTTY as a superuser (or as root user) using following command. This command opens the putty configuration dialog box.

$ sudo putty
Minicom terminal showing serial port setup for PuTTY.

In the above dialog box:

  1. Choose Connection type as Serial.

  2. In Serial line enter the USB Serial port path obtained above /dev/ttyACM or /dev/ttyUSB or /dev/pts/.

  3. Enter Speed to 115200.

  4. Click Open

Steps 1-3 opens a new window to receive serial data from the DRIVE platform.