Setup your workspace#

You will need…

a Windows or Linux computer
RS232 adapter, e.g. standard conform USB-to-RS232 adapter

Setting-up Serial Debug (all SOM) on Linux#

To get a serial debug console, make sure to connect the serial debug cable as documented in the Tria User Manual for your main board and use your preferred serial terminal. Below a few examples for common terminals.

with picocom#

With picocom that would be

$ picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0

with minicom#

With minicom, create a file in /etc/minicom/ named minirc.<console-name>, e.g. minirc.serial-imx8plus with the following content

# Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters.
pu port             /dev/ttyUSB0
pu baudrate         115200
pu bits             8
pu parity           N
pu stopbits         1
pu linewrap         Yes
pu addcarreturn     Yes
pu rtscts           No

And then, to run it

$ minicom serial-imx8plus

Setting-up Serial Debug (all SOM) on Windows#

To get a serial debug console, make sure to connect the serial debug cable as documented in the Tria User Manual for your main board and use your preferred serial terminal. Below a few examples for common terminal.

with putty#

With putty, choose

Connection type = Serial
Serial line = COM*
Speed = 115200

then click Open

Finding the COM port name

The name of the Serial line can be found with the help of the Device Manager. Look for Ports (COM & LPT) to get the name of your serial adapter

Setting-up Serial Debug (QEMU)#

To get a serial debug console, if running with libvirt, run the following command

$ virsh -c qemu:///system console ${VM_NAME}