05-21-2014
Look for a program named kermit. Also there were programs like xmodem, zmodem. If you don't already have one of these I don't know where you would find it in this day and age. But most OS's had some utility included to access the serial port.
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microcom
MICROCOM(1) General Commands Manual MICROCOM(1)
NAME
microcom -- A minimalistic terminal program
SYNOPSIS
microcom [-p devfile] [-s speed] [-t host:port] [-c interface:rx_id:tx_id]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the microcom command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
microcom is a is a minimalistic terminal program for accessing devices (e.g. switches) via a serial connection. It features connection
via RS232 serial interfaces (including setting of transferrates) as well as in `telnetmode' as specified in rfc2217.
The default escape character is crtl-. You may enter the program menu with the escape character followed by c. You may leave the program
by the escape character followed by q.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.
-h --help
Show help.
-p --port
use the specified serial port device (default /dev/ttyS0).
-s --speed
use specified baudrate (default 115200).
-t --telnet
work in telnet (rfc2217) mode.
-c --can
work in CAN mode (default: (can0:200:200))
-d --debug
turn on debug mode.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Alexander Reichle-Schmehl tolimar@debian.org for the Debian system (and may be used by others). Permission
is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.
MICROCOM(1)