http://wiki.ros.org/serial

https://www.programmersought.com/article/6748181306/

In Ubuntu we use cutecom to view serial port

- installation : $ sudo apt-get install cutecom

- use : $ sudo cutecom

- increase access permissions : $ sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0 (/dev/ttyUSB0 is name of port )

- View name ports : dmesg | grep ttyS*

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https://www.programmersought.com/article/40051437099/

- download serial package : $ sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-serial #ros for Kinect version

+ Enter the location of the downloaded package : roscd serial

+ If success: $:/opt/ros/kinetic/share/serial

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