Even if you don’t use Linux on your desktop pc you likely use it one way or another. You’ve got an Android smartphone, yeah that’s running Linux. You’ve got a Xiegu X6100, that’s running too! If you’re familiar with the command line you can even log into your device. Here’s how

  1. Connect your transceiver to your (Linux) computer1 via the USB-C port marked DEV
  2. It should connect as “USB ACM” device, usually called ttyACM0 and ttyACM1
  3. log on with picocom --imap lfcrlf --baud 115200 /dev/ttyACM0
  4. Enter root as username and 123 as password (yeah, i know…)

And voila, you’re in.

Infos

Here’s a list of information I was able to find out:

  • Kernel was built
    • with support for SMP (Symmetric multi-processing)
    • as preemptible kernel (low latancy)[^preempt]
    • version: #89 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 20 13:55:09 HKT 2022
  • Kernel release: 5.8.9
  • armv7l chip
  • running BusyBox v1.31.1

  1. It works with Mac and Windows too, but you’ll need to look elsewhere for an instruction. ↩