You could also run iaxmodem on the hylafax server then connect to the hylafax 
server via iax from Asterisk


-----Original Message-----
From: Izaak Branderhorst [mailto:iz...@ckut.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 2:22 PM
To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Disable serial console (grub.conf?)

hey,

good point- i'll try a USB->serial converter.

why do i need socat?  it allows one to forward serial ports over the network.

i.e., i have a network communications closet with some analog lines, a couple 
switches, and an ALIX running astlinux.

we have a fax line running to that closet which i'd like to connect to a server 
running hylafax.  unfortunately, the only computer in that closet is the ALIX, 
and astlinux doesn't run hylafax easily.  however, it can run socat.  i can use 
socat to forward a serial port over the network to a server in a different part 
of the building.  :)


On 11-07-14 03:16 PM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
> Izaak,
>
> AstLinux does not use grub, but rather our own RUNNIX as a bootloader.
>
> I'd suggest using a USB-Serial dongle (PL2303 is supported) to get another 
> serial port.
>
> Not sure why you need socat though. ;-)
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Izaak Branderhorst wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> i'm wondering how i would go about releasing my ALIX's serial port
>> (/dev/ttyS0) for other uses (i.e. forwarding using socat to another 
>> computer).
>>
>> i have already installed socat - installed the astlinux development 
>> environment on my workstation and compiled the bundled (but disabled 
>> by
>> default) socat package (P.S. it's old! socat 1.4.0.3 is from 2004).
>>
>> anyways, i believe, since the kernel gets console=ttyS0,38400n8 
>> passed to it, i am getting strange output loops (with what looks like 
>> a login
>> screen) when i open the serial connection.
>>
>> i see the option in grub.conf but i am unfamiliar with how grub is 
>> installed in astlinux, i.e. there is no grub-install binary if i were 
>> to change the configuration.
>>
>> thanks for any advice.
>>
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