Attached, please find the userguide patch, describing the rawtcp mode.
thanks
stan
Index: doc/userguide/userguide.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/doc/userguide/userguide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.301
diff -u -r1.301 userguide.xml
--- doc/userguide/userguide.xml 14 Apr 2005 11:58:58 -0000 1.301
+++ doc/userguide/userguide.xml 12 Jul 2005 10:17:32 -0000
@@ -3460,6 +3460,9 @@
<entry><literal>device-name</literal></entry>
<entry valign="bottom">
The device the modem is connected to, like
<literal>/dev/ttyS0</literal>.
+ When the device name is set to <literal>rawtcp</literal>, two other
+ variables are required in the configuration:
<literal>rawtcp-host</literal>
+ and <literal>rawtcp-port</literal>. See the note below.
</entry></row>
<row><entry><literal>speed</literal></entry>
@@ -3529,6 +3532,21 @@
hard reset. Default disabled.
</entry></row>
+ <row><entry><literal>rawtcp-host</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>IP address</literal></entry>
+ <entry valign="bottom">
+ Hostname or IP address to connect in <literal>rawtcp</literal> mode.
+ Required if teral>device</literal> is set to
<literal>rawtcp</literal>.
+ </entry></row>
+
+ <row><entry><literal>rawtcp-port</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>integer</literal></entry>
+ <entry valign="bottom">
+ TCP port to connect to on <literal>rawtcp-host</literal>.
+ Required if teral>device</literal> is set to
<literal>rawtcp</literal>.
+ </entry></row>
+
+
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
<para>Modem definitions are now multiple groups present in kannel.conf,
@@ -3684,6 +3702,13 @@
finally your GSM network provider may not support delivery reports to
mobile
units.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>A note about <literal>rawtcp</literal> mode:</emphasis>
+ This mode allows you to use a GSM modem connected to a remote terminal
server,
+ such as Perle IOLAN DS1 or a Cisco router with reverse telnet. The teminal
+ server should support raw TCP mode. The driver is not tested in telnet mode.
+ It is recommended to use <literal>keepalive</literal> variable, in order to
+ automatically reconnect in case of network connectivity problems.</para>
+
</sect2>
