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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:35:55 +0100
From: Steve Burton <steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk>
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To: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: switch serial connection
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On 04/08/2014 12:46, Julien Cigar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an old switch (Planet GSW-1200S) with a serial port to which I'm
> trying to connect, it seems to work with:
>
> $> sudo cu -l /dev/ttyU0 -s 38400
>
> when I execute this command and power on the switch I have the
> following: https://dpaste.de/iEOr
>
> The problem is that when I press Enter it hangs, it seems that the key
> is never "sent" on the wire .. Any idea what the problem could be .. ?
>
> Thanks,
> Julien
>
perhaps ^J instead of enter?

Steve.