Configure the terminal emulation software with the parameters described in About the Console Port. Connect to the router. Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X. Huawei hg8245 dd wrt settings. To connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS X Terminal utility: 1. Use the Finder to go to Applications Utilities Terminal.

Mac's are excellent tools for accessing serial device TTY ports (to console into PBX's, switches, and routers). You just need a serial to USB adapter, the right driver, and some Terminal software.
You can use screen, although Minicom (or a GUI program) offer more features and functionality.

Drivers:

Most Serial-to-USB adapters will work on a Mac with one of the following OS X drivers..
UPDATE: Mavericks (10.9) includes a driver for FTDI-based Serial-to-USB adapters.

If your adapter doesn't work with either of these, try the following sources:

• Silicon Labs - CP210x USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers.
• Belkin - USB Serial Adapters: F5U257, F5U103, F5U003 (poor OS X support).
• Keyspan serial-USB adapter drivers can be found in their Support Section.

After installing the correct driver, plug in your USB-Serial adapter, and open a Terminal session (Applications/Utilities).
Enter the command ls /dev/cu.*, and look for something like usbserial (or similar):

This indicates the USB-Serial driver is working. Select this port name in a terminal program.

You might notice that each serial device shows up twice in /dev, once as a tty.* and once as a cu.*. So, what's the difference? Well, TTY devices are for calling into UNIX systems, whereas CU (Call-Up) devices are for calling out from them (eg, modems). We want to call-out from our Mac, so /dev/cu.* is the correct device to use.

The technical difference is that /dev/tty.* devices will wait (or listen) for DCD (data-carrier-detect), eg, someone calling in, before responding. /dev/cu.* devices do not assert DCD, so they will always connect (respond or succeed) immediately.

Software:

Having installed the right driver, our USB-Serial adapter will show up in /dev/cu.* (shown above). We now need to install some terminal emulation software before we can connect to anything.

• Two terminal methods are Screen and Minicom
• For a GUI solution, see OS X Serial Port Apps

Note: If you can't find a driver for your adapter (eg, Belkin), try Serial which has built-in support for many USB-Serial devices.

Screen

It's not actually necessary to download an install extra software, as you can use the Mac OS X built in Terminal and screen. Screen lacks some features, but it does include VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, and can be extremely useful.

1. Open an OS X terminal session (window)
2. Find the right TTY device. Type: ls /dev/cu.*

With the USB-Serial adapter plugged in, you'll get a list, including something like this:

3. Then type: screen /dev/cu.usbserial 9600 (in this example).

The 9600 at the end is the baud rate. You can use any standard rate,
eg, 9600, or 19200 for a Sig Server!
4. To quit the screen app, type CTRL-A, then CTRL-.

Type man screen in Terminal for further information on screen. (use 'enter' or 'space' to scroll, and 'q' to quit).

Minicom

Alternatively, if you'd like a few more features, and a retro feel, you can install minicom 2.2.
Minicom supports VT100 emulation, which means it sorta kinda works with Meridian Mail (Function keys: fn + f-key).

1. Download and run the minicom 2.2 package installer.
2. Then manually edit your $PATH with sudo nano /private/etc/paths.
3. Add the following line to the bottom of the file: /opt/minicom/2.2/bin, save and exit - then relaunch the terminal.

Run minicom -s first to configure your serial interface device name, and other options. Then, Save setup as dfl (default) and Exit. Your serial interface device name is found with ls /dev/cu.* (as shown above). Always launch minicom, with your selected serial adapter plugged in and available to avoid an error. In the example below, the serial device is /dev/cu.usbserial:

In minicom, commands can be called by CTRL-A <key>, for example, change your serial port settings with CTRL-A P
Press CTRL-A Z for a Command Summary, and help on special keys. Enter CTRL-A X to quit.

HINT: Change your OS X terminal window size to 80x25 (1 line more) so you can see the bottom Minicom status bar.
(Terminal Preferences ► Settings ► Window). Open a new window for this change to take effect.

Note, the minicom installer creates /opt, and its not hidden in the OS X finder. Rectify this with: sudo chflags hidden /opt

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