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saiyarra Author

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Resource busy while trying to connect to serial

I am trying to connect serial port from my mac and getting below error-

minicom: cannot open /dev/cu.usbserial-0001: Resource busy

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 10:42 AM

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John Galt

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Posted on Oct 20, 2020 11:57 AM

That message means that device is being used by another process.

I realize minicom is open source. As such it's not a native Apple process; it's something you installed, so you have to research how to use it. I suggest Minicom - Community Help Wiki but only because I happen to use Ubuntu Linux. Other resources are available.

If you need a serial port consider using an app dedicated for that purpose.

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