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.

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