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
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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<number> or /dev/ttyUSB<number> or /dev/pts/<number>.
  3. Enter Speed to 115200.
  4. Click Open

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