System information

Manual:System/Serial Console

Property Description

disabled (yes | no; Default: no) Whether serial console is enabled or not.

port (string) Which port should the serial terminal listen to

term (string) Terminal type

Read-only properties

Property Description

free (yes | no) Console is ready for use.

used (yes | no) Console is in use.

vcno (integer) number of virtual console - [Alt]+[F1] represents '1', [Alt]+[F2] - '2', etc..

wedged (yes | no) Console is currently not available

Example

To disable all virtual consoles (available through the direct connection with keyboard and monitor) extept for the

first one:

[admin@MikroTik] system console> print

Flags: X - disabled, W - wedged, U - used, F - free

# PORT VCNO TERM

0 F serial0 MyConsole

1 U 1 linux

2 F 2 linux

3 F 3 linux

4 F 4 linux

5 F 5 linux

6 F 6 linux

7 F 7 linux

8 F 8 linux

[admin@MikroTik] system console> disable 2,3,4,5,6,7,8

[admin@MikroTik] system console> print

Flags: X - disabled, W - wedged, U - used, F - free

# PORT VCNO TERM

0 F serial0 MyConsole

1 U 1 linux

2 X 2 linux

3 X 3 linux

4 X 4 linux

5 X 5 linux

6 X 6 linux

7 X 7 linux

8 X 8 linux

[admin@MikroTik] system console>

To check if the configuration of the serial port: