[Ham-Computers] Testing serial connections?

[Dale Miller]

On 07/04/2011 09:44 AM, doc at kd4e.com wrote:
> Is there a simple and bulletproof app for Linux that will effectively
> test the port on the laptop, the cable, and the target device and
> provide some useful info as to what is wrong?
>
> Serial ports have been around for decades, surely someone has written
> such a utility by now.
>
>

What distro are you using?
If your using Ubuntu or a Debian variant then you could use statserial.
That is the only one I see in Synaptic that debugs serial ports and modems.
Everything else seems to be apps to use the serial port with a device.


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