---
name: "cyclades-devices"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "cyclades-serial-client"
version: "0.95"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cyclades-devices"
---

# cyclades-devices(5)

tables for driving cyclades-serial-client

## NAME

cyclades-devices - tables for driving cyclades-serial-client

## DESCRIPTION

The cyclades-devices file supplies all mapping between Unix device files (/dev/\*) and the addresses of serial ports of Cyclades Terminal Servers. It contains one entry for each serial port, with the following format:

device:rastype:rasname:physport:type:options

Note: A # character at beginning of line indicates a comment

The entry fields are:

- **devname**

  \- A full pathname of the file that will be associated to the serial port. It must start with  a "/dev/" preffix. Two naming schemes may be used here: - devname does not exist, and will be linked to a free pseudo-tty. This is the default behavior of cyclades-ser-cli. - devname is the name of a valid slave pseudo-tty. In this case, the ´-t 1´ option must be assigned in options field. (Note: this option is not supported by this release).

- **rastype**

  \- Terminal Server type: - prts, for Cyclades Pr302X/TS Terminal Servers. - path, for Cyclades PathRAS Terminal Server.

- **rasname**

  \- Host Name or IP Address of the Terminal Server where the serial port resides.

- **physport**

  \- Number of physical port in the Terminal Server. If ´physport´ is  assigned to zero, ´rasname´ will be treated as the IP address associated with this port, in a IP-based addressing scheme.

- **type**

  \- Server type that will be contacted to handle the serial port: - rtelnet, for Remote Telnet Server - socket, for Socket Server

- **options**

  \- Per-port specific options, passed to cyclades-ser-cli program.

## EXAMPLES

1\. Device on a PR3020/TS Terminal Server pr3k Port 1, accessed through /dev/ctty01 device file name, using telnet protocol (remote telnet server)

/dev/ctty01:prts:pr3k:1:rtelnet:

2\. The same device, but with an IP address pr3k\_port1 associated to the serial port (IP-based port addressing)

/dev/ctty01:prts:pr3k\_port1:0:rtelnet:

3\. Device on a PathRAS Terminal Server pr3k Port 2, accessed through /dev/ctty02 device file name, using socket protocol (socket server)

/dev/ctty02:path:pr3k:2:socket:

## FILES

/etc/cyclades-devices	This file

## SEE ALSO

**cyclades-serial-client**(1), **cyclades-ser-cli**(1)