Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:27:29 -0700 (MST) From: vagner@ginger.dhis.org To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: sio code--how much changed from 2.2.x -> 3.x? Message-ID: <XFMail.990609152729.vagner@ginger.vagner.com> In-Reply-To: <14174.59484.953286.518007@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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Watch out for getty.. make sure it is not running on that serial port or some really wierd stuff will happen. I had problems with timeouts and handshaking using my digital camera during downloading because of it. On 09-Jun-99 John Reynolds~ wrote: > > [ On Wednesday, June 9, Doug White wrote: ] >> >> This is irrespective of the operating system in use. >> >> Most likey, Windows is sending an init string to the modem that configures >> some extra options. You should go into the Modem control panel and find >> out what string(s) it's sending to initialize the modem. You may want to >> issue the 'factory reset' command -- usually AT&F -- then dial and see if >> this remedies things. If so, write the status back to NVRAM with AT&W and >> init the modem with AT&F before dialing. Please consult your modem's >> manual for further commands. > > I've tried bazillions of the commands--disabling V.90, &D2 vs. &D3, blah > blah, to no avail. As far as I can tell (from their control panel) there > isn't any 'magical' init string that windows is sending. But, given the > stupidity of the registry it could be buried in there somewhere (needle, > haystack). > >> The OS serial-line drivers *CANNOT* and *DO NOT* impact the modem's >> handshake phase. Unless this is a WinModem, which it is not since you >> can use it under FreeBSD. :) > > Hmmm. Well, at least that's good to know. The TOTALLY strange thing is that > I can take my plane jane Zoom 28.8K modem (no V.90 or other stupidity) out > of my trusty Gateway running 2.2.8-STABLE, plug it into the new 3.1-R > machine and have it NOT work. My /etc/rc.serial does nothing on the 2.2.8-S > machine (stock file with everything all commented out). It is just > thoroughly bizzare. Can you (or anyone) think of any reason whatsoever, that > a modem could come from a fully functional 2.2.8-STABLE system, plug into a > 3.1-R system and have me experience these bizzare problems with handshaking, > etc.--but have that same modem work under another "os" such as windud? > > (I've even copied over the "older" version of minicom from my 2.2.8-S > system with no success). > > Thank you very much for your response Doug! It is much appreciated! > > -Jr > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >| John Reynolds CEG, CCE, Next Generation Flows, HLA | >| Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 868-6512 | >| jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Vetex C/O L. Vagner 3600 W. Mountain Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Webpage: nadxa.com E-Mail: vagner@ginger.vagner.com Date: 09-Jun-99 Time: 15:25:49 Windows Exception Error: noun: Meaning- With the exception of a reboot anything you do will fail to recover the system. ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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