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About

zterm is a small terminal program for Zmodem file transfer over a serial connection. This will work with any terminal application that support Zmodem protocol for transfers.

Install

Navigate to the Experimental menu and install zterm

Usage

As mentioned you can use any terminal application to connect so long as it supports zmodem for transfers, the defaults are 115200,8N1

We will use minicom on a linux client with a usb to serial adapter at /dev/ttyUSB0

Install minicom

# apt-get install minicom

Connect to the remote instance of zterm

$ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200

List files

zdir

Transfer a file

zsend <filename>

Troubleshooting

If you aren't getting results form the server, a restart should kick it into gear

$ sudo systemctl restart zterm

Documentation

Home

Getting started:

Contributing

Multi-system protocols:

Specific system configurations:

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Tools:

Physical Media:

On-Device Management:

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  • BtrFS RAID, Snapshots, Compression, Deduplication
  • FAT Advanced guide to using FAT loopback mounts for EtherDFS
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