Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:52:46 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: mitzel@ipsilon.com (Danny J. Mitzel) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mitzel@ipsilon.com Subject: Re: help setting up direct connected serial terminal under 2.1.0R Message-ID: <199603190052.RAA22672@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603181828.KAA28750@mailhost.Ipsilon.COM> from "Danny J. Mitzel" at Mar 18, 96 10:29:08 am
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> I've got a FreeBSD-2.1.0R machine with a Boca 16 port serial board connected. > I'm trying to use this machine to connect to the serial ports on a number > of other 2.1.0R machines. I've got getty running on the port. > in /etc/ttys: > > # Serial terminals > > ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure > run time processes: > > 137 ?? I 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyd1 > > I connect to the port using kermit but the getty never seems to answer. > if I 'cat' some text to the getty port it does show up on the kermit > terminal, so I'm connected to the correct port. [ ... ] > this says DCD is not asserted. is there a flag I should be providing to > the getty to say that the terminal is hardwired, or should I try > rewiring the connectors, or??? > > any suggestions are appreciated. You are using a tty device. Use the cua device for the port instead. TTY devices expect DCD to be asserted. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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