I want to connect to the serial console but I am running Vista and there is no terminal emulator program?
Microsoft has removed the Hyperterm program from Vista. You can download a free, opensource, alternative called “PuTTY”. The PuTTY home page may be found at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ The easiest way to install PuTTY is to download and run the PuTTY installer program. From PuTTY’s “Session” menu select the “Serial” connection type. That will allow you to enter the “Speed” (use 38400) and “Serial line”. The value for “Serial line” will vary from machine to machine but it will generally be of the form COM# where # is ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’, etc. You may have to try these one at a time until you find the one that works. Alternatively you may want to take a look at the Windows “Hardware Manager” (often found under the “System Information” link from “My Computer”) and look under the Communications port item.
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