Minicom xtboard setup

Minicom Setup for Tensilica Boards

For using minicom as your terminal emulator, you can save settings by name and just invoke minicom with that name, for example:

  minicom myboard

which initializes with parameters from /etc/minirc.myboard:

       # Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters.
       pr port             /dev/ttyS0
       pu minit
       pu mreset
       pu mdialpre
       pu mconnect
       pu mhangup
       pu mdialcan
       pu hasdcd           No
       pu rtscts           No

The LX200 board expects to communicate at a baud rate of 38400 without parity and with 1 stop bit, so the minicom Comm Parameters should be "Current: 38400 8N1" and can be displayed with <Ctrl-A> p:

      Welcome to minicom 2.00.0
                           ┌───────────[Comm Parameters]────────────┐
       OPTIONS: History Buf│                                        │
       Compiled on Jun 15 2│ Current: 38400 8N1                     │
                           │                                        │
       Press CTRL-A Z for h│   Speed          Parity          Data  │
                           │                                        │
                           │ A: 300           L: None         S: 5  │
                           │ B: 1200          M: Even         T: 6  │
                           │ C: 2400          N: Odd          U: 7  │
                           │ D: 4800          O: Mark         V: 8  │
                           │ E: 9600          P: Space              │
                           │ F: 19200                      Stopbits │
                           │ G: 38400                         W: 1  │
                           │ H: 57600                         X: 2  │
                           │ I: 115200        Q: 8-N-1              │
                           │ J: 230400        R: 7-E-1              │
                           │                                        │
                           │                                        │
                           │ Choice, or <Enter> to exit?            │
                           └────────────────────────────────────────┘