A) don't bother initializing a modem. Forget minicom. It's nearly
useless for what you're doing.
B) openbsd has a utility built in to do just these kinds of things:
"cu(1)"
C) to use cu(1) with a USB serial: "cu -l /dev/cuaU0"
On Feb 2, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Chris wrote:
On Feb 2, 2008 10:29 PM, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
/dev/ttyU0
you should use /dev/cuaU0 for "dial-out".
Thanks. I tried both /dev/ttyU0 and /dev/cuaU0 in minicom. They both
seem to go to the "initializing modem" phase but when I turn on the
switch with "/dev/cuaU0" configuration, minicom doesn't show anything
on the screen and minicom with /dev/ttyU0 configuration throws out
garbage characters on the screen -
..5%(.!3..=.((((3'=./A-#-.(((('!=7A/5'.5((((;!!. .-.9/.('5.
..5%((W/5(3!''!.-#1(9!%%=#7.(.-''(-#-.-='-53'=./(3-'5.
..5%(/=.(;55#(-#.5..57(.!.!(-#-.-='-.=..=..9..9.9.O%!75%(3-
Here's my minicom rc file -
pu port /dev/ttyU0
pu baudrate 9600
pu bits 8
pu parity N
pu stopbits 1
The USB Serial converter is detected as "Prolific Technology Inc.
USB-Serial Controller
rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2" in /var/log/messages.
Thanks for any further help on this issue.
