John
I would suggest a different com port (probably com 3 or com 4) as all
machines generally have a built in serial port which is com 1 and often com
2 is also taken up (2nd serial or IrDa etc).
Cheers
Ailwyn
-----Original Message-----
From: John Starkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 22 December 1999 02:00
Subject: Re: The Newbie and the Modem....... something's changed.
>Ahhhh....
>
>The jumpers were set for PnP (but I turned that off in the setup (F2 at
Boot).
>
>I set them to Comm1, which was the easiest. I wasn't sure about the
>diagram. No
>jumpers was PnP and all jumpers was Comm1. It was on the back so
>depending on
>how you turned the card over you could read the other two options
backwards.
>
>So now I will switch minicom to ttyS0. But am I going to interfere with
>anything else? Should I pull the other cards to determine how they are
>set. I
>assume you can conflict pretty easily this way.
>
>BTW. (off topic) I just saw a fire engine laying face down on it's side
>in a
>gully down the street from me. I'm in Denver. Streets are getting pretty
bad
>(snow and ice). Considering they are open in the back of the cab somebody's
>hurting. Ouch.......
>
>Chris Bennett wrote:
>
>> On the actual Modem Itself there Will be some pins. There Will be a
Little
>> conector conecting the pins together if there are no conections on the
card
>> then it is either Plug and play or it needs to be set through a software
>> program.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: John Starkey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:55 PM
>> > To: Chris Bennett
>> > Subject: Re: The Newbie and the Modem....... something's changed.
>> >
>> > How do I find this out???? I've heard of jumpers but I've never seen
them?
>> >
>> > Chris Bennett wrote:
>> >
>> > > ttyS1 so that means that the modem is Jumpered for Com 2 right?
>> > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: John Starkey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:47 PM
>> > > > To: Chris Bennett
>> > > > Cc: Ray Olszewski; Linux
>> > > > Subject: Re: The Newbie and the Modem....... something's
changed.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm sorry Chris. Richard mentioned this process before. I was
>> > referring to
>> > > > something more along the lines of installation problems, bugs, etc.
>> > > > though.
>> > > >
>> > > > I did minicom-s and checked to see that serial port was /dev/ttyS1
>> > > >
>> > > > As far as I can tell that is the port it is on as per:
>> > > >
>> > > > [root@ /root]# setserial -g /dev/ttyS[0-9]
>> > > > /dev/ttyS0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
>> > > > /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
>> > > > /dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
>> > > > /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
>> > > >
>> > > > So I enter minicom and get the string:
>> > > >
>> > > > AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
>> > > >
>> > > > Then when I type AT, I get no response.
>> > > >
>> > > > And that's the end of story.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have to kill it after waiting 15 minutes. And I'm back where I
>> > started.
>> > > > BTW,
>> > > > I don't have the manual.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Chris Bennett wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > the only thing that can cause Minicon to work incorectly is a
>> > incorectly
>> > > > > configured serial port
>> > > > > to verify that the serial port is set up properly:
>> > > > > #ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem (for com1)
>> > > > > once in minicom Press Control + A Then S this will take you to
>> > minicom's
>> > > > > setup.
>> > > > > Verify that the port is set to either /dev/modem (if the above
>> > symlink
>> > > > is in
>> > > > > place) or the propper ttySx port here they are
>> > > > >
>> > > > > /dev/ttyS0 (com1)
>> > > > > /dev/ttyS1 (com2)
>> > > > > /dev/ttyS2 (com3)
>> > > > > /dev/ttyS3 (com4)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > If this is all corect then that is the only thing that would be
>> > screwed
>> > > > up
>> > > > > in Minicom
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > Chris Bennett
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > > > From: John Starkey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:14 PM
>> > > > > > To: Ray Olszewski
>> > > > > > Cc: Linux
>> > > > > > Subject: Re: The Newbie and the Modem....... something's
>> > changed.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Ok. Lawson mentioned that a couple days ago, sorry. I'm in
Minicom
>> > and
>> > > > I
>> > > > > > type
>> > > > > > AT and nothing happens. But I'm still not convinced minicom is
>> > working
>> > > > > > correctly.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > How do I know if minicom is working correctly. This may be a
>> > stupid
>> > > > > > question.
>> > > > > > But I am migrating from Windows. I spent an hour today helping
my
>> > > > > > girlfriend
>> > > > > > troubleshoot a problem on her HP w/ Windows 98. I've heard of
no
>> > less
>> > > > than
>> > > > > > 5
>> > > > > > problems with windows every week this year (+- a few). So I am
>> > used to
>> > > > > > things
>> > > > > > not working correctly. From what I can gather that isn't very
>> > common
>> > > > in
>> > > > > > Linux.
>> > > > > > Thank god.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Ray Olszewski wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Yes (at least usually yes - modem do vary). Try just sending
>> > "AT"
>> > > > > > followed
>> > > > > > > by a return - the modem should respond with "OK". But for the
>> > exact
>> > > > > > details
>> > > > > > > of how to communicate with your modem, you really have to
look
>> > at
>> > > > its
>> > > > > > manual
>> > > > > > > -- there is a core of standard AT commands, but also many
that
>> > vary
>> > > > from
>> > > > > > > modem to modem.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > At 04:50 PM 12/21/99 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
>> > > > > > > >So is there anyway to send a command to the modem and have
it
>> > > > confirm
>> > > > > > it's
>> > > > > > > >existence?
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the
odds!"---
>> > > > > > > Ray Olszewski -- Han
Solo
>> > > > > > > Palo Alto, CA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > > > > >
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