Using serial console with Bedrock

Setting terminal on host

Putty Linux:

• Download putty to your linux or windows pc

• Open putty gui

• Choose Serial from the 3 bullet choices

• In the serial line type /dev/ttyUSBX

• Where X is the number assigned to your serial adapter, you can view it by running

sudo dmesg | grep ttyUSB*

• Speed should be 115200

• You can click on save to save the current configuration for faster connection in the future

• Click on open

• A terminal will appear

Putty Windows:

• Download putty to your linux or windows pc

• Open putty gui

• Choose Serial from the 3 bullet choices

• In the serial line type COMX

• Where X is the number assigned to your serial adapter in the device manager

  • Open device manager, and look for serial adapters, look for the COMX that corresponds to your serial connection:

• Speed should be 115200

• You can click on save to save the current configuration for faster connection in the future

• Click on open

• A terminal will appear

Tio (Linux):

• Install the tio package on your linux pc

• Run the command

tio /dev/ttyUSBX

• Where X is the number assigned to your serial adapter, you can view it by running

sudo dmesg | grep ttyUSB*

NOTE: when using TIO in BIOS, the currently selected setting could be invisible due to TIO displaying the selected text and background in the same color.

Connecting Bedrock to host PC

• Use a mini-USB to USB-A cable to connect Bedrock console port to an available USB port on your host PC.

• Start Terminal utility on your host

Entering BIOS settings on Bedrock

• Turn on Bedrock

• Repetitively press the DEL / ESC key in Terminal on your host to enter the BIOS setup on Bedrock

BIOS settings screen should appear in the terminal window on your host.