Gustav:
I finally figured out one of the problems. In minicom, the default port
was /dev/ttys0 (note the case). As soon as I went back and changed this,
voila, instant sucess in minicom. I was able to send AT commands, and
kept getting OK back from the modem.
second, even though I don't have
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 g
Michael,
With all due respect, I'd say that even under DOS, it's not enough to
just get the prompt back. I'd send the AT command and expect an OK back.
Any time I try to talk to any of my modems.
If you put an external modem on your ttys1 and use minicom (as you
said), then type AT and hit retur
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
Gustav:
The answer is that nothing comes back when I do this under DOS, just the
prompt. A buddy of mine who was very good with serial ports under DOS and
Windows said that this is exactly the state I'm looking for. He said that
if it reports anything, it's usually a misconfiguration. The firs
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 ret
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
