How to transfer files using ‘Tera Term’(on Windows PC) to Discovery Kit

Revision as of 21:40, 4 November 2020 by Registered User


The article is written as an extension to the article X-NUCLEO NFC05A1 expansion board. The purpose of writing this article is to specifically help users with steps to transfer any file from a Windows PC to the STM32MP157C-DK2 using "Tera Term" (http://tera-term.en.lo4d.com/). Please download and install Tera-Term on your Windows PC and follow below steps -

  • Plug the power cable to power-up the STM32MP157C-DK2 board.
  • Connect the Discovery Kit to your PC via USB micro B type cable through CN11.
  • Check the Virtual COM port number visible in the device manager. For example, in the snapshot below, the COM port number is 14.

VCOM Port Enumeration On DevManager.png

  • Open Tera-Term on your PC and select the COM port (as found in step 3 above). The baud rate should be 115200 baud. The virtual terminal (remote access) will appear as shown in below snapshot.

Snapshot Terminal TeraTerm.png

  • To transfer a file from host PC to Discovery Kit,click on File menu on top left corner of the Tera-Tem window and go to File>>Transfer>>ZMODEM>>Send. Refer to below snapshot –

Snapshot TeraTerm ZMODEM Send.png

  • Select the file from pop up window (example in snapshot below) to be transferred and click on the ‘Open’ tab.

Snapshot TeraTermOpenFile.png

  • A progress bar will show the status of file transfer. Snapshot below-

Snapshot FileTransferProgressBarTeraTerm.png

  • The transferred file will be available at location : /home/root on the discovery board
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