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Having installed the right driver for our USB-serial adapter, we also need to install some terminal emulation software before we can connect to anything. The following Mac OS X GUI applications are available:

Serial

ZTerm

goSerial

CoolTerm

Serial Tools

MacWise

ZOC

If you're looking for a 'commands line' app, there's Screen (built-in) or Minicom.

1. On your Mac OS X learn how to block or Disable USB port on Mac, MacBook, Pro for temporary or permanently. Then enable when you want by reset USB port. Enable/ Disable USB Port on Mac OS X: MacBook Pro, Air. Run below three common command from the terminal, To open terminal, Search easily from spotlight search by type “Terminal”.
2. ZTerm X is a terminal emulation program for the Mac. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to devices through a serial port, like many routers.

ZTerm X is a terminal emulation program for the Mac. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. Its still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to devices through a serial port, like many routers.

If you can't find a driver for your adapter (eg, Belkin), try Serial which has built-in support for most (if not all) USB-Serial adapters.

If you have trouble installing any of the following (or any other program) with an 'unidentified developer' error, goto: System Preferences ➤ Secrity & Privacy ➤ General and click on 'Allow Applications Downloaded from: Anywhere' and try again. Otherwise, ctrl-click (or right-click) on the app and select Open from the pop-up menu so not to permanently lower your security settings..

Serial

Serial is a great Terminal Emulation Program with built-in driver support for most common USB to serial devices. So, if you can't find an OS X driver for your adapter (eg, Belkin), give Serial a try - available from the Mac App Store.

Other features include full ANSI/VT100 terminal emulation, break-sequence support (for Cisco, etc), a line-buffered or immediate send mode, and much more. It also doesn't crash if you prematurely unplug the adapter! Serial is highly recommended!

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ZTerm

ZTerm is a well known terminal emulation program thats been around for years, updated for Intel Macs. It supports VT100 emulation, which means it sorta kinda works with Meridian Mail (Function keys on a MacBook: fn + f-key). Shareware.

To configure ZTerm, open Settings ➤ Modem Preferences and select your USB-Serial device as the default modem (Serial Port). Then edit your connection in Settings ➤ Connection. Remember to connect the USB-Serial cable before launching ZTerm. The following pictures explain the steps:

goSerial goSerial can open multiple connections simultaneously, send and receive files, log sessions, and it supports scripting. There is no terminal emulation (eg, VT100) support. goSerial is Donation ware. To configure goSerial, click the light switch in the Toolbar and select your USB-Serial device as the Serial Port. The communication settings are set in the same window. The serial ports dynamically updates if devices are added or removed. The following picture shows the settings window:

CoolTerm CoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (again, there's no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports. CoolTerm is Freeware. Features include ability to send and receive data in text or hexadecimal format, multiple concurrent connections (if serial ports are available), local echo, hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON), logging of received data to text files, and more.

Serial Tools Serial Tools for OS X, includes a Terminal Emulator, a Protocol Analyzer, and a serial port monitor to watch for connections and removals of serial ports. Serial Tools is completely free, and available from the Mac App Store.

MacWise MacWise is a feature rich Terminal program, which emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100, VT220 and Prism terminals. You can connect via modem, direct serial, SSH, or Telnet. A single user license is $95.

ZOC ZOC is a SSH/telnet client and terminal emulator, with a long list of features and emulations including: xterm, VT220, TN3270, TN5250, Wyse, QNX, etc. Access hosts and mainframes via secure shell, telnet, direct serial, modem, etc. A single user license is $80.

What programs can act as a terminal and access serial ports?

This is not for terminal access on an IP connection, this is so I can access a hardware device plugged into a USB/serial converter running at 9600/8/N/1.

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There's a new Mac app called Serial, available in the app store. Full disclosure- I wrote it. The main advantage over other apps is it can work with most USB to serial devices without having to install any drivers, as it has its own drivers built-in. It also does full terminal emulation so you can use it to work with Linux or other devices that require it. You can try it for free, too.

Also, Apple began including their own driver for FTDI-based devices in Mavericks (10.9). So, if you're on 10.9 or later and your device has an FTDI chip inside, you can use the built-in screen command in the terminal to access your device without worrying about drivers.

You can use the terminal command screen to do this!!!

As seen on ServerFault:

I love using [screen] for connecting to serial consoles, i.e.

Or, if you prefer Mac OS X hints..

I often have to do router configuration via a console port, so I use a Keyspan Serial Adapter to get access. Two problems then present themselves: ZTerm is a horrible Mac OS X app. It hasn't been updated in five years or so, and isn't a Universal Binary. The developer doesn't seem in any hurry to rectify the situation. It is not worth the shareware fee in its current form. Minicom requires installation of Fink or MacPorts and is overly complex. Solution: Use screen, Terminal, and a little AppleScripting.

First, launch Script Editor and type/paste in the following code:

Compile and save as an app from within Script Editor, and you have a double-clickable application to launch a serial Terminal session. You may want to customize this slightly -- you can change the screen colors or number of columns or rows. You may also need to customize the screen command with a different device name if you are using something other than the Keyspan Serial Adapter (do an ls tty* of the /dev/ directory to get the right name).

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screen uses Control-A to take commands directed to it. So type Control-A followed by Control- to exit your screen session. If you fail to do this and exit a Terminal session, you'll leave the screen session alive and the serial resource unavailable until you kill the screen session manually. man screen will show you further commands to send to a screen session.

If anyone can reply with a link to a tutorial on how to wrap an interactive Unix App in Cocoa, that would be the next step -- it would be nice to do this without involving Terminal. If you prefer to use Minicom, you could still use the AppleScript to wrap it into a nice launchable app -- use this older hint to find the right command line commands.

Many USB-Serial adapters use the chip from FTDI. Install the 'Virtual COM Port' driver and look for the proper TTY name in /dev. For example, on a PowerBook G4 it came up as /dev/tty.usbserial-FTALKY8I.

JoshJosh

The best program I know of for this is minicom, available from Homebrew, fink, and macports.

Minicom is a serial communication program. It is a Unix clone of the well-known MS-DOS Telix program. It has ANSI color, a dialing directory, dial-a-list, and a scripting language.

nohillside♦

My preference is cu. I use it for Arduino or Bus Pirate related fun. It's installed by default and supports parity settings among other options (type man cu for more info).

To bail out when you're done, type ~. as you would with SSH

If you prefer not to work in Terminal, you might mant to try CoolTerm (free). Scroll down a bit for description and download. Don’t let the fact it‘s written in RealBasic turn you away.. I have used it to connect to plotters, Arduino boards and receipt printers via a Keyspan USB<->Serial Adaptor.

myhdmyhd

You should have a look at ZOC, what I think to be the best terminal emulation program available for the Mac. I use it everyday for my job. It has the ability to do direct communication with a serial port. Of course it does way more than just serial communication.

ZOC is a professional SSH/telnet client and terminal emulator. With its impressive list of emulations it lets you easily connect to hosts and mainframes, using communication methods like secure shell, telnet, serial cable or modem/isdn.

Its sleek user interface has many ways of making your life easier. In its own way, this is the swiss army knife of thin clients: versatile, robust, proven.

Key features:
- Tabbed sessions with thumbnails
- Customizable to meet your preferences and needs
- Scripting and automation features
- Compatible with Windows 7 and OS X Lion
- Administrator friendly (deployment, configuration)
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nohillside♦

C-Kermit is alive and well in Brew, and can be installed with:

It just says 'hello world' rather than what is actually coded, for example in the above it should output 'hello dudes'. Similar program to code blocks for mac. The problem is the output is the same no matter what I code in the codeblocks program.

Read mac format on windows. Naturally you would require Brew to be installed first. You can find information on how to do this here: http://brew.sh

Alternatively use Macports

This would too require you to have Macports installed

Danijel-James W

Mac Serial Port Terminal

And then there still is the old ZTerm which is just as old as it's looks suggest yet it gets the job done just fine and it is available for free. Works fine with Prolific (PL 2303) and FTDI based USB serial adapters.

I have had success with cutecom on Ubuntu 16.04

Supported on OSX: http://cutecom.sourceforge.net/

gatorbackgatorback

Another serial terminal for Mac OS X is Cornflake!

It features Device Selection with a Refresh Button, Baud Rate & Packet Type & Flow Control Selection, Port Control and a View Filter to view incoming data as ASCII, ASCII+, Integer or HEX.

After trying other approaches (incl. screen) unsuccessfully, I started using goSerial from this list of serial port apps for mac. Seems to be working fine. It's a free (donation based) program.

I use screen to connect to my router's serial port on my Mac.

After installing it- using either macports or homebrew depending on your preference- use the following syntax:

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To connect to my MikroTik RB4011 router my screen command is:

'cs8' being the bit rate of router and 'ixoff' specifying 'No Flow Control'. '115200' is the baud rate of router. Alternate settings would be 'cs7' for 7 instead of 8 bit and 'ixon' if flow control supported by your serial device. man screen

All the 'HowTo's' for using screen to make a serial connection on the 'net I've found Googling omit these required parameters, so that's why you'll find screen has not worked if you've tried it just passing only the baud rate.

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BTW, minicom -s (which would also need to be installed via macports or homebrew) also works great, but I prefer screen as I don't have to go through setup menus- I can just pass the serial connection parameters directly to the screen command.

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