Kermit
Kermit is a serial line terminal emulator that allows you to take control of your board through the RS232 line. With it you can have access to the U-Boot/Linux console of your APF without needing to connect a keyboard/screen to the board. (For more informations on remote console)
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Installation
The 'sudo' command requires from the user to be registered in the 'sudo' group or to be in the sudoers list on your PC.
On *Ubuntu / Debian
$ sudo apt-get install ckermit
you may have to configure your distribution to accept compatible software from the internet. This can be done through the synaptic package manager -> repositories.. ->debian software -> Non-DFSG-compatible software.
On Fedora
# rpm -q ckermit
On OpenSUSE 11.3
# sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.3:/Contrib/standard/ Contrib # zypper install ckermit
Configuration
- Edit/Create .kermrc file in your $HOME/ directory (ex: /home/james/.kermrc) and fill it with:
set line /dev/ttyS0 set speed 115200 set carrier-watch off set handshake none set flow-control none robust set file type bin set file name lit set rec pack 1000 set send pack 1000 set window 5 set transmit linefeed on
- In this example, we assume that your serial port is /dev/ttyS0 (first serial port). Change this to the appropriate value if necessary. For example if you use an USB <-> Serial converter then serial port would surely be named like that: /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyACM0
- If your USB <-> Serial converter doesn't seem to work, run the dmesg command. You should read this thread if you see some disconnection data like this :
[ 2445.568000] usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 22 ... [ 2446.964000] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 [ 2446.964000] ftdi_sio 1-1.4:1.0: device disconnected
- Check that you have read/write rights on /dev/ttyS0 (ie your serial port): your user ID (here julien) should be part of the serial port access group (here dialout):
$ ls -al /dev/ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2009-05-15 14:56 /dev/ttyS0 $ id uid=1000(julien) gid=1000(julien) groupes=4(adm),20(dialout),...
Usage
- To launch it:
$ kermit -c
- If you get an error message such:
/dev/ttyS0 ?SET SPEED has no effect without prior SET LINE
then recheck that you have read/write rights on the serial port (Typically on Ubuntu: you are not member of "dialout" group). On OpenSUSE 11.3 you may need to be in "dialout" and 'uucp" groups and give the rights to write in /var/lock:
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock
- To switch from terminal mode to command mode:
CTRL + \ then c
- To switch from command mode to terminal mode:
C-Kermit>c then ENTER
- To quit:
Switch in command mode C-Kermit>q then ENTER
Usefull tips
- Download a file via serial in U-Boot :
BIOS> loadb ## Ready for binary (kermit) download to 0xA0000000 at 115200 bps...
Then type <Ctrl-\>c and send your file with command :
kermit> send filename