Picocom

Picocom 1.4 for Slackware64 14

Get SlackBuild files from:

   1 cd /tmp
   2 wget [[http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0/system/picocom.tar.gz]]
   3 tar xvzf picocom.tar.gz
   4 cd picocom
   5 wget [[http://picocom.googlecode.com/files/picocom-1.4.tar.gz]]
   6 su
   7 ./picocom.SlackBuild 
   8 installpkg /tmp/picocom-1.4-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

picocom-1.4-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

Picocom 1.7 for Slackware64 14

   1 cd /tmp
   2 wget [[http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0/system/picocom.tar.gz]]
   3 tar xvzf picocom.tar.gz
   4 cd picocom
   5 wget [[http://picocom.googlecode.com/files/picocom-1.7.tar.gz]]
   6 sed -i 's/VERSION:-1.4/VERSION:-1.7/' picocom.SlackBuild  # Change from 1.4 to 1.7 
   7 su
   8 ./picocom.SlackBuild 
   9 installpkg  /tmp/picocom-1.7-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

picocom-1.7-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

Picocom 1.7 for Slackware 14 (32 bit)

   1 cd /tmp
   2 wget [[http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.0/system/picocom.tar.gz]]
   3 tar xvzf picocom.tar.gz
   4 cd picocom
   5 wget [[http://picocom.googlecode.com/files/picocom-1.7.tar.gz]]
   6 sed -i 's/VERSION:-1.4/VERSION:-1.7/' picocom.SlackBuild  # Change from 1.4 to 1.7 
   7 su
   8 ./picocom.SlackBuild 
   9 installpkg  /tmp/picocom-1.7-i486-1_SBo.tgz

picocom-1.7-i486-1_SBo.tgz

Exit program: ctrl+a ctrl+x

Enable local echo: ctrl+a ctrl+c

Test with pen 3G

Connect pen to USB port. If the pen is connected to /dev/ttyUSB0, at a 9600 bps speed, run the following commands:

   1 picocom -b 9600 /dev/ttyUSB0
   2 atz
   3 ati
   4 # local echo, ctrl+a ctrl+c 
   5 # exit, ctrl+a ctrl+x 
   6