I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm connected with a Cisco switch Catalyst 2950 through a Serial(RS232) to USB console cable. The name of my serial port is ttyUSB0 according to following command result:
dmesg
[ 2545.722631] ch341 3-2:1.0: device disconnected
[ 2547.010185] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[ 2547.139087] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1a86, idProduct=7523
[ 2547.139097] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2547.139102] usb 3-2: Product: USB2.0-Ser!
[ 2547.139754] ch341 3-2:1.0: ch341-uart converter detected
[ 2547.140802] usb 3-2: ch341-uart converter now attached to ttyUSB0
I configured minicom as follows:
| A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyUSB0 |
| B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock |
| C - Callin Program : cisco |
| D - Callout Program : |
| E - Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1 |
| F - Hardware Flow Control : No |
| G - Software Flow Control : No
I lunched that command, before starting minicom, to start ftdi_sio driver:
sudo modprobe ftdi_sio
lsmod | grep ftdftdi_sio 53248 0 usbserial 53248 2 ch341,ftdi_sio
The problem is that i don't get any output, just that:
Welcome to minicom 2.7
OPTIONS: I18n
Compiled on Jan 1 2014, 17:13:19.
Port /dev/ttyUSB0, 10:06:48Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
CTRL-A Z for help | 9600 8N1 | NOR | Minicom 2.7 | VT102 | Offline | ttyUSB0
That's it. If i lunch picocom i also get no output:
sudo picocom -l /dev/ttyUSB0
picocom v1.7port is : /dev/ttyUSB0
flowcontrol : none baudrate is : 9600 parity is : none
databits are : 8
escape is : C-a
local echo is : no
noinit is : no
noreset is : no nolock is : yes
send_cmd is : sz -vv
receive_cmd is : rz -vv
imap is :
omap is :
emap is : crcrlf,delbs,Terminal ready
If I lunch putty it's the same, no output. I tried to access to Switch Console using putty on windows and everything works perfect. On Ubuntu I also tried to connect the cable on 2.0 and 3.0 USB ports without good results.
I really don't know what to do anymore.
