Article ID: 000074767 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 09/11/2012

My laptop does not come with a serial port. I am using a "USB to serial" converter. However, I am facing problems using it with the Nios board when communicating with the GERMS Monitor.

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Description There are a couple of workarounds.

  1. Use the OCI core for communication, this works over the JTAG port, which uses the parallel port of the PC. All functions (i.e. nios-run, nios-debug) will work with this.
  2. Use Hyperterminal, since this is a Windows application it should work. However the nios-run routine wont work. You should be able to download text files.

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