Basic connectivity

Typically you’ll connect to FortiThing by USB. It uses a CP2102N Chipset for USB->UART which you need to install the VCP drivers for. The CP2102N is a very well supported Chip and provides Drivers for all major OS and also is quick in updates for new OS Releases.

Download Silabs CP2102N Driver

Once driver has been installed and you plug in FortiThing you should see it recognised:

Linux/OSX

$ ls /dev/cu*
/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART

Windows