Serial Port Terminal Program

[Heike C. Zimmerer]

Christopher Biessener <christopherpb at voomtech.com> writes:

> I also prefer the simplicity of GtkTerm, but I absolutely need the 
> ability to log the session.  So when I searched Synaptic for "serial 
> terminal" I got only 15 hits and the only other terminal program I found 
> which seemed reasonable was CuteCom.  Yes, the UI is extremely clumsy 
> but it logs and it gets the job done.

What I use (sometimes, most of the time I prefer minicom):

rxvt -e socat - /dev/ttyS1,raw,b38400,echo=0 &

Adapt the options to suit your needs.

Btw, at 9600 Baud, you shouldn't see any missing characters for
resonably sized lines.  Are you sure you don't miss non-printable
characters due to line discipline?

Heike