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Launch Spotlight by pressing Cmd + Space
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Type terminal
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Select the Terminal app
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In the Terminal window, enter the command:
ls /dev/cu.usb*
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In the list of connected devices, look for a device that contains cu.usbmodem*
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Connect to the USB serial device using the Terminal screen utility by entering the command:
Please replace XXXXX in the following command with the modem number you got back from step 5
screen /dev/cu.usbmodemXXXXX 115200 -L
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Once you are connected , you will see a blank screen , press enter twice and SHELL interface will appear.
SHELL>>
To end a session in Screen, type Ctrl + A then Ctrl + K. You will be prompted to end the session, press y.
Continue with lab2 now.
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Open a new Terminal window. Enter the command:
ls /dev/tty∗
Then ’/dev/ttyACM0’ is found.
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In the terminal window, run
minicom -s
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To configure the ttyACM0 as the default console and other configurations, run
minicom
The ttyACM0 can be opened successfully and user can input characters by using the minicom.
Continue with lab2 now.
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Open Device Manager. A COM port is enumerated in the Device Manager.
- If it prompts for CDC driver installation, see the Drivers section below to install the CDC driver.
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Open the COM port in a terminal tool, such as Putty.
- Download the PuTTY terminal emulator here
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Once connected to the COM Port through Putty, Type the commands in lab2
- if issues with drivers on windows, please refer to detailed instructions here.
- Reach out to AWS support staff for the drivers software.