Need help setting up a serial port connection

**jvwlong** · 2nd July 2012, 16:42

I believe I do? How would I check if I have permission or not?

**Lesiok** · 2nd July 2012, 17:24

Originally Posted by jvwlong

I believe I do? How would I check if I have permission or not?

From command line :

ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0

and watch at screen.

**jvwlong** · 2nd July 2012, 17:32

This is the output from that command
"crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Jul 2 09:30 /dev/ttyUSB0"

**jvwlong** · 3rd July 2012, 17:50

Solved. I just needed to be added to the dialout group.

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