minicom Command Examples

Communicate with the serial interface of a device. More information: https://manned.org/minicom.

• Open a given serial port:

sudo minicom {{[-D|--device]}} {{/dev/ttyXYZ}}

• Open a given serial port with a given baud rate:

sudo minicom {{[-D|--device]}} {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-b|--baudrate]}} {{115200}}

• Enter the configuration menu before communicating with a given serial port:

sudo minicom {{[-D|--device]}} {{/dev/ttyXYZ}} {{[-s|--setup]}}

• Exit minicom:

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• Display help:

minicom {{[-h|--help]}}