Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread Rick Green
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Jason KG4WSV wrote: On Dec 4, 2007 7:51 AM, Jim Tolbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am assuming that Minicom sets the serial port parameters and leaves them set. Does that seem reasonable? Nope. Assume that as soon as minicom (or any other app) lets go of the serial por

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread Jim Tolbert
Hi, Vic.. Thanks much for the note. I have been using the minicom -s from the root and have the manual for minicom. As you said, when it first came up, it have the modem as the default, but I changed it to /dev/ttyS0 and now, with Craig's echo command, I can see the Kantronics banner he

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread vic
Make sure that minicom is set right. Read the man pages for minicom. Google a howto on minicom. You have to set minicom to the baud rate your using, the serial port your using and some other parameters. Yes there is a way to check the settings. type minicom -s return and you should see the pr

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Dec 4, 2007 7:51 AM, Jim Tolbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am assuming that Minicom sets the serial port parameters and leaves > them set. Does that seem reasonable? Nope. Assume that as soon as minicom (or any other app) lets go of the serial port, the parameters go into a completely un

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread Jim Tolbert
Hey, Craig What a Guy! Thanks after running the echo command -- at 9600 baud 8,N,1 I get the Kantronics header in Minicom. I still don't get anything in Xastir, but then I don't have a radio attached yet . What I am taking away, is My Serial Port Is Functional. I am assuming th

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-04 Thread Craig Anderson
You can try: echo -e “\300\377\300” > /dev/ttyS0 Assuming the baud rate has not changed out from underneath you on ttyS0. Sometimes the above command does not "seem" to work (minicom still doesn't see any command prompt) until I power-cycle the TNC, then the firmware banner and command prompt c

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-03 Thread Gerry Creager
Jim, my first thought is that the Kam is in KISS mode. Now we need someone who's Kam savvy to tell you how to tell minicom to get you out... And then how to get back in. An alternative might be to fire off the KISS script and see if it then talks to the Kam. gerry Jim Tolbert wrote: Many

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-03 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Jim Tolbert wrote: > Many thanx, Gerry Minicom shows "stuff" coming through at 4800 > baud. The guy that lent the KAM to me said that it was header info. > Do you think that it should be ASCII? I get nothing at 2400 or 9600 baud. It could be command-mode ASCII or KIS

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-03 Thread Jim Tolbert
Many thanx, Gerry Minicom shows "stuff" coming through at 4800 baud. The guy that lent the KAM to me said that it was header info. Do you think that it should be ASCII? I get nothing at 2400 or 9600 baud. Does minicom set the parameters of the port permanently or only when minicom i

Re: [Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-03 Thread Gerry Creager
Fire up a copy of minicom and see if you can talk to the serial port as a 'regular' user. If not, you can tell the serial port that you (as a regular user) can access it... We can help with all the bad ways to do that... gerry Jim Tolbert wrote: After a disk crash in a laptop, I replaced th

[Xastir] Xastir and serial port issues

2007-12-03 Thread Jim Tolbert
After a disk crash in a laptop, I replaced the hard disk, reloaded open SUSE 10.2, rebuilt Xastir with all the options ( including GPSMAN), and reloaded all the maps.. I connected a KAM TNC to the serial port and selected Serial TNC in the interface control. I have tried a variety of TNC por