Rename an attached serial port

Rename an attached serial port

Rename an attached serial port via Web Interface

Prior to 5.10.x, to rename an attached serial port, you need to go to Managed Devices :: Devices, tick the serial port that you want to rename and click on "Rename":




Then change the name and "Save":



















From 5.10.x you can now rename the serial port from within the serial port properties. The above steps are also still available.
Under Managed Devices :: Devices, click on the serial port name that you want to change (in our case ttyS2):



In the serial port properties, you can now change its name (which was not available in previous versions) and then click "Save":



Rename an attached serial port with CLI

From the CLI:

      cd /settings/devices

You can view all existing port names with:
      
      ls

To rename a port:

      rename 'the current port name'
      set new_name='the new port name'
      commit

NOTE: you can also use the ttyS'port number' as the 'the current port name' if the name was changed from the default.

Rename an attached serial port with import_settings

/settings/devices/New_name_for_ttyS1 {spm_rename},ttyS1,spm_name

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