{"id":1078,"date":"2014-05-07T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2014-05-07T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:23:15","slug":"minicom-ativa-usb-to-serial-adapter-on-a-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Minicom + Ativa USB to serial adapter on a Macbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I finally broke down and went for a USB to serial adapter, because I was getting tired of creating computer rooms hazards by running console cables into the back of servers with serial ports. And I have had to do this quite a bit lately. My primary mobile desktop is an old MacBook (early 2008) running Mavericks. <\/p>\n

I bought an Ativa adapter from Office Depot. The key to getting it work, is to make sure you use the correct driver. The Ativa adapter was easy. I downloaded the driver from http:\/\/nozap.me\/driver\/osxpl2303\/index.html\/<\/a>. I downloaded NoZAP-Pl2303-10.9-installer.dmg, since I am running Mavericks. I mounted the DMG, and the ran the package in the mounted DMG.<\/p>\n

Then, I downloaded and installed minicom from: http:\/\/pbxbook.com\/other\/mac-tty.html#minicom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The next issue is finding the correct device file. My first guess at a newly created tty file in \/dev did not work. Next time, I looked a little closer and found a file called usbserial. Too obvious.<\/p>\n

I launched the minicom setup:<\/p>\n

\/opt\/minicom\/current\/bin\/minicom -s<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then, configure and save the configuration as outlined in http:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/?p=916<\/a>, except use \/dev\/usbserial for the serial device file. Permissions and Terminal settings were fine. I didn’t have to change them from the defaults.<\/p>\n

Now, I can use my laptop to access my Cisco equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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