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How do I configure my tty session such that a form feed `\f` character will clear the terminal?

I'm connecting to a USB-serial connection on /dev/ttyACM0. The code on the sender side is sending a \f character at regular intervals. print("----------------------------\n\r"); print("-- LED ...
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Trouble communicating with FTDI FT245RL on ttyUSB0. works fine on Win7x64

I purchased a Sainsmart 4 channel USB relay board which seems to be based on a FTDI FT245RL chip. I should be easy enough to use. when you plug it in it appears as a serial port (VCP). You send it ...
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Linux not finding Serial Ports

I have debian6.0 installed on my machine. It has four comports of which 2 cannot be found. From looking that the systems bios I can see that the ports address are: PORT ADDRESS IRQ 1 ...
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How do I access a USB serial port without an entry in /dev?

I have a USB to serial adapter based on the SiLabs CP2101 chipset. I'm trying to use it with Debian 5.0 Lenny (armel architecture). I seem to be able to get the proper kernel module to recognize the ...
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reading from serial from linux command line

I have a serial port device that I would like to test using linux command line. I am able to use stty and echo for sending commands to serial port, but when device responds I have no way of reading ...