How to connect to the terminal

Complete the following steps to connect your device:

1. Connect your device to the serial terminal or RTT using a USB cable.
   Your device appears on the Connected Devices View list.

   Important

   SEGGER J-Link compatibility is required for devices to show up in the Connected Devices View.

   If you are working on Windows and your device does not show up in the View, but it does have the J-Link OB on-board debug probe, check if you have SEGGER USB Driver for J-Link installed (required for support of older Nordic Semiconductor devices in nRF Util, as per extension prerequisites).

2. Open the Panel View by pressing Ctrl-J.

3. Click the Terminal tab.

4. Expand the Launch Profile... drop-down list (the arrow next to the plus sign icon) located in the Panel Toolbar area.

   

5. Click the nRF Serial Terminal option.

6. Select the serial port from the Command Palette list.

The terminal connects with the default preset configuration values and a notification appears in the terminal output.

See the Panel Views page for more information and other ways to connect to the terminal.