===== Connect =====

How to connect to your brand new Carambola3? There are a couple of ways to do this and we do recommend:

  * Via serial: **picocom** for Linux and OSX, **putty** for Windows.
  * Ethernet: **ssh** for Linux and OSX, **putty** for Windows.

Serial connectivity is already integrated into Carambola's USB Type C together with power input. That way if you are powering it using USB to USB Type C cable there is nothing else for you to plug in to use serial.

=== Putty (Windows) ===

Pretty straight forward. Run program, enter COM port number, select baudrate 115200 and click "connect".

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=== Picocom (Linux, OSX) ===

Just run picocom with **115200** bps and serial interface parameters. Your serial device will be named **/dev/ttyUSB[n]** where **[n]** is your serial id set by your operating system.

  picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0

You can check your available serial devices with command:

  ls /dev/ttyUSB*

To exit from picocom press **CTRL+a+x**.