Download Pu. TTY a free SSH and telnet client for Windows. Bitvise SSH Server. Bitvise SSH Server is an SSH, SFTP and SCP server for Windows. It is robust, easy to install, easy to use, and works well with a variety of SSH clients, including Bitvise SSH Client, Open. SSH, and Pu. TTY. The SSH Server is developed and supported professionally by Bitvise. You can download Bitvise SSH Server here. Windows Serial Console Program WindowsCisco USB Console Connection Setup. Most laptops and tablets havent come with old school DB9 serial ports for years. For those of us supporting Cisco network infrastructure this meant using a clunky USB to serial adapter on our PC so we could connect to the console port on our Cisco gear. Cisco finally got with the program and began releasing new equipment with a USB console port to go along with the older RJ4. All thats needed now for connection to the console is a USB A to Mini B cable and the Cisco USB Console Windows Driver. If you dont have the latter, dont worry Im going to show you how to download, setup, and test the driver on a Windows 8. PC right now To begin, login using a Cisco. If you dont already have an account, click the Register Now button and walk through the sign up process. Since I already have an account, Ill go ahead and log on by entering my user name and password and then clicking the Log in button. There are about a dozen different routes to get to the download page for the USB Console Driver. Cisco has one of the most in depth websites Ive ever come across. Its also one of the most frustrating at times. Im all about easy, so just browse to their Cisco USB Console software download site and you can grab it from there. Dont worry that it indicates the driver is for a Catalyst 3. Windows Serial Console Program VbX 2. 4P S switch. The same driver works for other Cisco devices with USB console support. As you can see in the image below, on the left side, Ive expanded Latest Releases and highlighted the latest release version. To the right of the driver filename click the Download button. JMRI Install Guide Windows This Install Guide is for JMRI versions 3 and later for earlier versions 2012 and before, refer to the old Windows Install Guide. Install and setup the Cisco USB console driver on your PC to configure or troubleshoot your Cisco devices. Learn how in this helpful article The Windows Standard Serial Communications Library for Delphi WSC4D is an serial communication library based on the Windows API. Includes 46 functions plus modem. Click Accept License Agreement when prompted. Towards the bottom of the screen a file download option screen will appear. Options include Open, Save, and Cancel. Click the downward pointing triangle and click Save As from the menu that pops up. A Save As dialog will pop allowing you to browse to the folder where you want the downloaded file saved. In this case, I chose to save the file to my Desktop for simplicity. Click the Save button once the location is selected. Once prompted that the download has completed, go ahead and close the web browser. As in many cases, the downloaded file is a compressed. Since Im running Windows 8. Enterprise Preview, I have. If you arent using an OS with built in. Win. Zip or Win. RAR to extract the contents of the archive. Ill right click the filename on my desktop and then click Extract All from the context sensitive menu that appears. The Extract Compressed Zipped Folders wizard runs, allowing me to select a folder to extract the contents of the. Ill select a Cisco USB Driver folder on my desktop, make sure the checkbox next to Show extracted files when complete is checked, and then Ill click the Extract button. In a relative jiffy, the files will be extracted from the archive and an Explorer window will open displaying a number of folders containing the USB drivers for different operating systems. Im running a 6. 4 bit Windows OS so Ill double click the Windows6. Right click the setupx. Run as administrator, and get this show on the road When prompted by User Account Control, click Yes to allow setupx. One might think the whole right click and select Run as administrator would have indicated this, but I guess Microsoft really wants to be sure that youre sure. Are you sure No, really, really sureThe Cisco. Virtual. Comx. 64 Install. Shield Wizard will fire up. Once it does, click Next, then click Install. On most computers it takes only a few moments to completely install. Click Finish. Because of the nature of the driver install, i. Back to RPi Advanced Setup. The serial port is a lowlevel way to send data between the Raspberry Pi and another computer system. There are two main ways in which it. Click Yes to restart immediately and keep the progress train a rolling. Depending on your client OS configuration, the virtual com port may not install until you actually connect a USB cable between your PC and the USB console port on a running piece of Cisco gear. Thats exactly the case for my Windows 8. Preview PC, so Ill go ahead and connect a USB cable from it to a shiny new Cisco 2. S switch. The Installing Device window will appear. Let Windows do its thing and wait until the drivers are finished being configured and the Installing Device window disappears. Ill open Device Manager by simply typing the words on the Windows 8. Start Screen. The Search Charm opens and Ill click Device Manager in the displayed list. I could also open it by right clicking the Start Button on the Desktop or using the Win X Menu. In Device Manager a new hardware category, Cisco. Usb. Console. Windows. Driver, is displayed. It has two components the Cisco Bus enumerator and the Cisco USB to Serial adapter. Expanding the Ports hardware category shows a new Cisco Serial port. In my case the new port is using COM1. PC. Close Device Manager and open your favorite terminal emulator program. I use the excellent free and open source Pu. TTY program. Since its only around 5. Once Pu. TTY is open Ill change the connection type to Serial, the serial line to COM1. Open. Putty will open a connection to your Cisco equipment. If a black screen is staring back at you just tap the Enter key and youll see a prompt from the device. The driver is ready when you are, but if you connect the USB cable to a piece of equipment and your terminal emulator doesnt work check Device Manager to verify the Cisco Serial Port isnt using a different COM port. If it is, simply change the terminal emulator to use the new setting. Now I have a brand spanking new 2. S switch waiting to be configured. I dont want to let it or the customer down, so I better sign off and get to work Tagged with console, networking, USB Driver.