.TH "MICROCOM" "1" 
.SH "NAME" 
microcom \(em A minimalistic terminal program 
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
.PP 
\fBmicrocom\fR [\fB-p \fIdevfile\fR\fP]  [\fB-s \fIspeed\fR\fP]  [\fB-t \fIhost:port\fR\fP]  [\fB-c \fIinterface:rx_id:tx_id\fR\fP]  
.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
.PP 
This manual page documents briefly the 
\fBmicrocom\fR command. 
.PP 
This manual page was written for the \fBDebian\fP distribution 
because the original program does not have a manual page. 
 
.PP 
\fBmicrocom\fR is a is a minimalistic terminal 
program for accessing devices (e.g.  switches) via a serial connection. 
It features connection via RS232 serial interfaces (including setting of 
transferrates) as well as in `telnetmode' as specified in 
rfc2217. 
.PP 
The default escape character is crtl-\. You may enter the 
program menu with the escape character followed by c.  You may leave 
the program by the escape character followed by q. 
.SH "OPTIONS" 
.PP 
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, 
with long options starting with two dashes (`\-').  A summary of 
options is included below.  For a complete description, see the 
\fBInfo\fP files. 
.IP "\fB-h\fP           \fB\-\-help\fP         " 10 
Show help. 
.IP "\fB-p\fP           \fB\-\-port\fP         " 10 
use the specified serial port device (default /dev/ttyS0). 
.IP "\fB-s\fP           \fB\-\-speed\fP         " 10 
use specified baudrate (default 115200). 
.IP "\fB-t\fP           \fB\-\-telnet\fP         " 10 
work in telnet (rfc2217) mode. 
.IP "\fB-c\fP           \fB\-\-can\fP         " 10 
work in CAN mode (default: (can0:200:200)) 
.IP "\fB-d\fP           \fB\-\-debug\fP         " 10 
turn on debug mode. 
.SH "AUTHOR" 
.PP 
This manual page was written by Alexander Reichle-Schmehl tolimar@debian.org for 
the \fBDebian\fP system (and may be used by others).  Permission is 
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under 
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any 
later version published by the Free Software Foundation. 
 
.PP 
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public 
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. 
 
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