On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Jameson Burt wrote: > I wish to both interactively type commands to my modem and send files to it > via > xmodem or zmodem. > (I do not want to dial some phone number as I communicate with my modem) > I didn't see how to really do this with "cu"; > seyon and minicom want to dial phone numbers but not just the modem. > > I want to do the following for my USRobotics V.everything courier modem, > AT~X! #starts an xmodem or zmodem session. > send a file to the modem, replacing its firmware. > WHAT SOFTWARE MIGHT I USE FOR THIS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MODEM? > > > Why do I want to do this? > Getting this modem last week, I ran pppconfig, then I altered the resulting > scripts. I added the second line below to /etc/chatscripts/provider > "" ATZ > ""ATI11 > Notice that I forgot a space after "" and should have had > "" ATI11 > After making this mistake and starting ppp, my modem ran rapidly through > its lights and sent clicks galore. > Then "cu -l ttyS0" responded > MODEM FIRMWARE IS CORRUPTED. FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD IS NECESSARY > So, perhaps a missing space in ppp configuration destroyed my modem. > USRobotics said they offer no support for Linux, though their ftp site > hinted that an appropriate serial communication package would work on > any operating system. I haven't been able to do this on Linux, > and USRobotics Microsoft approach fails on NT since their approach > needs pure DOS. >
i do not think altering ppp is the right idea i once used minicom with X modem protocol to update Zyxel modem and all went fine. regards OK