On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Jacob Joseph wrote:
> According to the Bitsurfer Pro manual, it requires a VT100
> Terminal Emulator. I don't think minicom fits the bill because
> it's a VT102. I have no idea what the difference is,
Neither do I, but I know I've never had any trouble using a VT102
when a VT100 is called for. I dimly recall that VT102 is a
backwards compatible extension of VT100.
I still can't believe that the modem requires a VT100 terminal.
But I have heard of stranger things, like toasters running
Windows. :-))
> but I do know it doesn't work.
I think minicom is working fine, and you should keep using it. As
your remarks below show, you're closing in on finding the problem.
> When typing commands, both the recieve and transfer lights flash
> at what seems to be the same time, and the command is echoed,
> but nothing else happens. "AT" doesn't give me an "OK," or
> any message for that matter. I really don't know what's going
> on here.
You may have to tell the modem that you want verbose replies. You
should consult your manual to find out what that command is. I
dimly recall (you can tell I haven't had to worry about serial
communications for a while) that the command is ATV1 or maybe ATV
or ATV2 or something like that.
When you're looking at your modem manual, find out all the default
properties of your modem and decide whether they are appropriate
for diald or not. You should set it for hardware handshake, etc.
The defaults are often fine, but surprisingly often they're not.
> I'm using a Siig Twincom Professional card for the serial port
> set at irq 5, io 3e8.
Sounds right.
> I couldn't figure out how to disable the 2 com ports on the 386
> motherboard, so I went with tty2 instead of worrying about it.
> No io ports or irqs are conflicting as far as I know.
Probably not, but it wouldn't hurt to pull any sound cards you
have on the system, and make sure your parallel ports don't use
irq 5 either.
> Any more ideas? I know I'm kind of going into the realm of a
> serial port/modem group, but the subject does apply somewhat
> because *everyone* did, at one point, have to get their own
> modem working.
Oh yes.
Some other things you should check if the above doesn't work: make
sure you have the right kind of cable (although the fact that you
see the AT you type means you probably do), try typing control-M
or control-J instead of return, maybe tell minicom to change the
comm parameters from N81 to E71 or vice versa.
Ed
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