I'm not a minicom expert.
You did that as root, right?
No other application on ttys0, right?
Did you try ttys1?
Regards
Gustav
"Michael J. McGillick" wrote:
>
> Gustav:
>
> As a follow-up to this, when I try to start up minicom, as either root
> with the -s option, or as a normal user, I get the error message:
>
> minicom: cannot open /dev/ttys0: Input/output error
>
> Any ideas?
>
> - Mike
>
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Gustav Schaffter wrote:
>
> > Michael,
> >
> > When you say, "I get the prompt back", does the APC on COM2 actually
> > *tell* you something? If so, what?
> >
> > Do you have any old external modem laying around? Even a 2400bps or
> > slower will do.
> >
> > If so, connect it to ttys1 (Yes, COM2) and use minicom to talk to it.
> > Your 'AT' commnad should return 'OK'. So, you have contact with the
> > outside world through ttys1.
> >
> > Some (most?) APC units need to have the DIP switches correctly set to be
> > able to talk to a PowerChute software. (Read the APC manuals.) Have you
> > been able to run PowerChute to this unit under another OS?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Gustav
> >
> >
> > "Michael J. McGillick" wrote:
> > >
> > > Evening:
> > >
> > > I'm working on trying to get the APC Powerchute software to work on my
> > > Linux box. The first thing I did was go in and check the BIOS settings
> > > for my machine. I have COM 1 disabled, because I have an internal U.S.
> > > Robotics Courier V.Everything installed. Com 2 is configured and has the
> > > normal ioports associated with it (I believe this is 2F8 or something like
> > > that). I also booted to a DOS disk, adn tried from the command line the
> > > following 2 commands:
> > >
> > > echo "AT" > com1
> > > echo "AT" > com2
> > >
> > > In both cases, I get the prompt back, which tells me that the machine is
> > > recognizing both ports and is able to talk to them.
> > >
> > > I then booted my machine into Linux, and downloaded and installed the
> > > latest powerchute rpm from APC's site. It installed just fine, and I
> > > followed the directions to run the configuration script. I am able to
> > > answer everything in the installation, and when it asks where the UPS is
> > > connected to, I select /dev/ttyS1 (COM2 I believe) because this is where
> > > the cable is connected to on the computer.
> > >
> > > When the script finishes, it keeps telling me that /dev/ttyS1 does not
> > > appear to be a valid tty. What am I doing wrong? Where or what should I
> > > be looking at to try and resolve this issue?
> > >
> > > - Mike
> > >
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