Cutecom and also minicom [COLUG]

[jep200404]

Charlie wrote: 

> In the mean time, I have located Cutecom which is a first step toward 
> what I would like (it's a nice way to monitor com ports for industrial 
> equipment). I have downloaded the source and have modified the com 
> selector box to allow selection of /dev/ttyUSBx as a choice (it now 
> allows /dev/ttyS0-ttyS3). 

The stock cutecom allows you to type the name of the device. 
I.e., you're not stuck with just the choices in the list. 

Also, learn how to use minicom. 

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicom

It's commonly available for distros. 

Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/comm/minicom
RHEL: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS
Centos: mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/SRPMS
Suse: http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/suselinux/minicom.html