[Xastir] serial port error

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> Is your OS Windows or *nix?
>
> If *nix, 'com1' isn't right, more'n likely it'll be
> 'tty'somethingerother such as 'ttyS0' or 'ttyv0'

Linux:

    /dev/ttyS0 = COM1
    /dev/ttyS1 = COM2


Solaris:

    /dev/ttya
    /dev/ttyb


Windows:

    com1
    com2


Don't know what they're called on FreeBSD or MacOSX.

Names change drastically if you're using USB-to-serial adapters.

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