Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:13:31 -0400 From: kalin m <kalin@el.net> To: Brent Bloxam <brentb@beanfield.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: serial modem Message-ID: <4A4982DB.8010909@el.net> In-Reply-To: <4A48E09D.3000102@beanfield.com> References: <4A483CD3.9040304@el.net> <4A48E09D.3000102@beanfield.com>
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> I've no experience with serial modems, but having read the man pages I > believe your remote(5) line is incorrect. > > sio0|com1:dv=/dev/cuad0:br#115200:pa=none: > > sets system names sio0 and com1, then you try to execute tip to > connect to cuad0. Is there an entry for cuad0 in your /etc/remote? I'm > confused as to why tip is returning 'unknown host tip0' however. > > Give `tip -v sio0` a shot, or change the system names in your > /etc/remote line yes the entry was wrong... changed it. when i try to use tip i get device busy. when i use cu it says connected but nothing else happens and i don't see any prompts. it's like frozen. i can't type any AT commands... nothing. i changed the baud rate around. all the way down to 9600. so now the same thing happens with tip. if used tip says connected but i can not issue any commands... the modem has 2 leds. one yellow and one green. according to the manual the yellow should be blinking as follows: Fast Blinking (0.5 sec on/0.5 sec off) Net search/ Not registered/Turning Off Slow Blinking (0.3 sec on/ 2.7 sec off) Registered, Full Service i think i'm only seeing 'Fast Blinking'..... i wonder what 'Net search' really means and where it's searching for it. it's connected through a RS-232 to the serial port... ?!? thanks...
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