Mike, The cuaX devices are dead, no lights blinking. The tr light blinks once and then stays on and the td light is blinking a couple of times. I used a straight thru cable to hook up the modem to port "A".
Lolke Bijlsma [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:57:22AM -0400, Pento, Mike wrote: > Hmmm... that's odd. I would try cuaX devices maybe .... > > Which lights are you getting on the modem when hooking up? That's a > good sign by the way... :-) > > Mike > -- > Michael J. Pento > TAC Worldwide Companies > PC Services - IC Analyst > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (617)-969-3100 ext. 374 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: L Bijlsma [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:54 AM > > To: Pento, Mike > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: serial port and external modem > > > > > > Thanks for the reply but this doesn't work on our Sparc 5. I'm > > using minicom to communicate with the modem, when I hook it up > > to intel box running Slink I get the familiar OK prompt. > > On the Sparc when I hook it up to port "A" and choose any of the > > /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/ttyS3 and sent the modem initialization string I see > > some of the light blinking on the modem but I don't get an OK prompt. > > Port "B" seems to be dead, not responses from the modem. > > > > The funny thing is that for all the ttyS* I get the same behaviour and > > that doesn't sound right. > > > > Any clue's? > > > > Lolke Bijlsma > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:36:01AM -0400, Pento, Mike wrote: > > > This is going to sound insane but ... > > > > > > I have a SPARC IPC, I had the same trouble and found that on my > > > machine, cua0 corresponds to port "B" on the back of the cpu. I have > > mine on > > > the net with a 33.6 modem and it works great. I haven't messed with the > > > other port yet, I have no idea what that it. > > > > > > Mike > > > -- > > > Michael J. Pento > > > TAC Worldwide Companies > > > PC Services - IC Analyst > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > (617)-969-3100 ext. 374 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: L Bijlsma [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:33 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: serial port and external modem > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > We've got a Sun Sparc 5 sitting around and we've installed slink on > > it. So > > > > far > > > > so good. We'd like to hook up an external modem to one of the serial > > ports > > > > (back side of Sparc has two serial ports, A and B). I've tried it but > > > > couldn't get it to work. > > > > During bootup the configuration of the serial ports fails but > > according > > > > to earlier posts on the mailing list it doesn't affect whether > > > > the serial ports work or not. > > > > > > > > setserial reports an unknown uart type and on intel boxes this means > > > > trouble so it this also true for Sparc boxes? > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated, > > > > > > > > Lolke Bijlsma > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
