diff --git a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/LinkManager.java b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/LinkManager.java
index 920f43f001..6238d049a0 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/LinkManager.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/LinkManager.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.rusefi.io.tcp.TcpIoStream;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
@@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ public class LinkManager implements Closeable {
         commandQueue = new CommandQueue(this);
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public static IoStream open(String port) throws IOException {
+        if (TcpConnector.isTcpPort(port))
+            return TcpIoStream.open(port);
+        return SerialIoStreamJSerialComm.openPort(port);
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     public CountDownLatch connect(String port) {
         final CountDownLatch connected = new CountDownLatch(1);
diff --git a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/tcp/TcpConnector.java b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/tcp/TcpConnector.java
index e1a03dd977..48f244aa28 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/tcp/TcpConnector.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/main/java/com/rusefi/io/tcp/TcpConnector.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class TcpConnector {
             return confirmation.substring(0, length);
         }
         */
-    public static class InvalidTcpPort extends Exception {
+    public static class InvalidTcpPort extends IOException {
     }
 
     public static int getTcpPort(String port) throws InvalidTcpPort {