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Product ManualXG-7100

Window Columns x Rows = 80x24

Window > Appearance Font = Courier New 10pt or Consolas 10pt

Window > Translation Remote Character Set = Use font encoding or UTF-8

Window > Translation Handling of line drawing characters = Use font in both ANSI and OEM modes

or Use Unicode line drawing code points

Window > Colours Indicate bolded text by changing = The colour

GNU screen

In many cases screen may be invoked simply by using the proper command line:

• Mac OS X

sudo screen /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART1 115200

• Linux

sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB1 115200

• FreeBSD

sudo screen /dev/cuaU1 115200

If portions of the text are unreadable but appear to be properly formatted, the most likely culprit is a character encoding

mismatch in the terminal. For example, on OS X this is commonly required

sudo screen -U /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART1 115200

Adding the -U parameter to the screen command line arguments forces it to use UTF-8 for character encoding.

4.2.5 Troubleshooting

No Serial Output

If there is no output at all, check the following items:

• Ensure the cable is correctly attached and fully inserted

• Ensure the terminal program is using the correct port

• Ensure the terminal program is conﬁgured for the correct speed. The default BIOS speed is 115200, and many

other modern operating systems use that speed as well. Some older operating systems or custom conﬁgurations

may use slower speeds such as 9600 or 38400.

• Ensure the operating system is conﬁgured for the proper console (e.g. ttyS1 in Linux). Consult the various

operating install guides on this site for further information.

Garbled Serial Output

If the serial output apears to be garbled, binary, or random characters check the following items:

• Ensure the terminal program is conﬁgured for the correct speed. (See “No Serial Output” above)

• Ensure the terminal program is conﬁgured for the proper character encoding, such as UTF-8 or Latin-1, depend-

ing on the operating system. (See the previous entry under “GNU screen”)

4.2. Advanced Conﬁguration 40

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