Hi again,
After having had some basic success using the Baycom ser12 modem with Linux
(linkt worked, though pms was somewhat stubborn), I tried to upgrade to a
Baycom par96, which left me with a bunch of new problems at the lowest level.
After compiling the suitable module it loaded perfectly upon a "modprobe
baycom_par" (as well as "modprobe baycom_par mode="par96*") command:
betazed:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 5632 0 (autoclean) (unused)
baycom_par 4736 0 (unused)
parport 6852 0 [parport_pc baycom_par]
hdlcdrv 7032 4 [baycom_par]
ax25 35136 0 [hdlcdrv]
...
However, I am unable to configure the corresponding port:
betazed:~ # ifconfig bcp0
bcp0 Link encap:AMPR AX.25 HWaddr LINUX-1
[NO FLAGS] MTU:256 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Base address:0x378
betazed:~ # ifconfig bcp0 hw ax25 DL8AM-15 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device not configured
but then...
betazed:~ # ifconfig bcp0
bcp0 Link encap:AMPR AX.25 HWaddr DL8AM-15
RUNNING MTU:256 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Base address:0x378
Apparently it adapted the call, still I cannot use that port:
betazed:~ # call pr DB0FC
axconfig: port pr not active
call: no AX.25 port data configured
Even though "pr" is defined in /etc/axports:
# /etc/ax25/axports
#Name Rufzeichen Baudrate PacLen MaxFrame Beschreibung
pr DL8AM-15 9600 256 3
This leaves me clueless. The are no problems like this when I use the serial
Baycom.
And there is another thing. It seems like my copy of sethlc is broken (I got
it from the SuSE 6.2 update directory as part of ax25tool-0.0.3-8.i386.rpm).
No matter what command line parameter is given, it _always_ prints out the
syntax help:
betazed:~ # sethdlc -i bcp0 -a txd 200 slot 50 ppersist 128 half
sethdlc: Version 0.5; (C) 1996-1997 by Thomas Sailer HB9JNX/AE4WA
sethdlc: invalid option -- i
usage: sethdlc [-b] [-i] [-d] [-i <baycomif>] [-h] [-c <cal>]
[-p] [hw <hw>] [type <type>] [io <iobase>] [irq <irq>] [dma <dma>]
[options <opt>] [serio <serio>] [pario <pario>] [midiio <midiio>]
[-a] [txd <txdelay>] [txtail <txtail>] [slot <slottime>]
[ppersist <ppersistence>] [full] [half]
-a: set or display channel access parameters
-b: trace demodulated bits
-s: trace sampled input from tcm3105 (ser12 only)
-d: trace dcd and ptt status on stdout
-i: specify the name of the baycom kernel driver interface
-c: calibrate (i.e. send calibration pattern) for cal seconds
-h: this help
This also happens when I use the Baycom ser12. Has anybody else noticed the
same problem?
Well, you see, I am quite stuck here. Please help! :-)
73,
Martin
