opnsense console calbe connection with a mac

[hescominsoon]

i have a macbook running 15.3.2 and i am trying to connect via the included console cable.  i cannot seem to get it to connect.  some pointers would be appreciated.

[franco]

I assume in the macbook you have some sort of serial-to-USB going on so after plugging you should see something here

# ls /dev/tty.[uU][sS][bB]*

Then just

# screen /dev/tty.xxx 115200


Cheers,
Franco

[Patrick M. Hausen]

/dev/cu.something ...

Minicom from MacPorts or Brew runs great. But you could also use the builtin /usr/bin/screen.

[sdetroch]

On my MBP without USB-A ports, I use an USB-C to USB-A converter --> to serial cable and use command:

screen /dev/tty.usbmodemXXXXXXX 115200

(where XXXX is system dependent of course)

[gspannu]

Have you tried playing with the OPNsense GUI > Settings > Administration > Console

I had to set the Secondary Console to Serial Console and the Serial Speed to 115200 and it worked !