FERRUM on Linux and other systems

This is about your second PC. Your main PC doesn't care what the second PC runs.

The Ferrum Utility only runs on Windows. So the COM and Net ports, updates and the other app settings all need a Windows PC. Anything you set or update on Windows stays on FERRUM when you plug it into Linux.

What works on Linux

1. Wire FERRUM the normal way, with the right-hand USB-C going to your Linux second PC. FERRUM setup shows the ports.
2. In your software, connect to FERRUM's CP2102 chip on its USB serial port, usually /dev/ttyUSB0. Linux has the CP210x driver built in, so there's nothing to install.
3. Set the speed to 115200 baud. It's the only one that works right now.

Only basic KMBox B+ Pro style commands work this way, like km.move, km.click, km.left and the km.lock_ ones. There's no Net port, no presets and no DHZBox. FERRUM's docs call this the Legacy API.

Updating

Plug FERRUM into a Windows PC with the Ferrum Utility, update it there with Updating FERRUM, then move it back. There's no way to update it from Linux.

Later

FERRUM's developer plans full Linux support with everything Windows has, once the new Windows driver is done. There's no date for it yet. We'll update this page when it's out.