Using serial console with Bedrock V3000

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.

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