Tip
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Like cu, tip is used to connect to a device over your serial port. Unlike cu, tip uses a config file that stores all the options (speed, stop bit, hardware flow control, etc) so that you only have to run
# tip com1
to start it up.
See Connecting_to_a_terminal_console for a primer on how to connect to a computer. See also Headless_server and cu
(stub article...needs more work and example config file)