Cygwin Windows --> Accessing serial port.

[Dieter Spaar]

Hello Harald,

On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:46:50 +0200, "Harald Welte" <laforge at gnumonks.org> wrote:
> 
> i have never heard of somebody doing this on windows 7.  Almost everyone
> here uses Linux or MacOS.  And the only prominent Windows user involved
> in the project is working with Windows XP.

At least on my Cygwin installation under Windows XP the serial port
is accessible as "/dev/ttySx" (x is "0" for COM1, "1" for COM2 and
so on). All the USB to serial converters I am aware of are virtual
COM ports on Windows which means that they are accessible the same
way, e.g. if the virtual COM port is "COM7" it can be be accessed
as "/dev/ttyS6",

Best regards,
  Dieter
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Dieter Spaar, Germany                           spaar at mirider.augusta.de