ttycat(1)                                    Qualcomm Atheros Open Powerline Toolkit                                   ttycat(1)

NAME
       ttycat - Serial Line Output Utility

SYNOPSIS
       ttycat [options] [file] [file] [>stdout]

       ttycat [options] [<stdin] [>stdout]

DESCRIPTION
       Copy one or more files to a serial device.  This program is similar to traditional cat utility but expects stdout to be a
       serial tty device.  It will configure stdout before writing and will restore the original configuration  afterwards.   It
       can be used to send data to the local Atheros UART-enabled powerline device.  If the remote powerline device is not UART-
       enabled, use program edru to capture and display arriving at the remote host and program edsu to send files in the  oppo‐
       site direction.

       This  program  is  part of the Qualcomm Atheros Powerline Toolkit.  See the AMP man page for an overview and installation
       instructions.

COMMENTS
       This program only supports the Linux and MacOSX  platforms, at present.

OPTIONS
       -s speed
              The serial baud rate.  Supported baud rates are 0, 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 200, 300, 600, 1200, 1800,  2400,  4800,
              9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800, 500000 and 921600.

       -?,--help
              Print program help summary on stdout.  This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.

       -?,--version
              Print program version information on stdout.  This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.
              Use this option when sending screen dumps to Atheros Technical Support so that they know exactly which version  of
              the Linux Toolkit you are using.

ARGUMENTS
       file   The  name  of  an  input  file.  No assumptions are made about the file based on the filename or extension.  Input
              files are not modified.

       stdout The name of a serial output device.  A error will occur if the device is not a true tty device according as deter‐
              mined  by  the  isatty  function.  Depending on the amount of input data and the baud rate, serial output may take
              several seconds or several minutes.

EXAMPLES
       The following command copies files abc.txt and def.bin to stdout which must be an active serial device or an  error  will
       occur.

          # ttycat abc.txt def.bin > /dev/ttyUSB1

SEE ALSO
       amp(1), edru(1), edsu(1), int6kuart(1),

CREDITS
        Charles Maier <cmaier@qca.qualcomm.com>

open-plc-utils-0.0.3                                        Mar 2014                                                   ttycat(1)