Carl Lowenstein wrote:
Not alll modems have exactly the same "AT" command set. If you want
to do your investigation in an organized way rather than just blindly
changing command strings, perhaps a consultation with a list of the
usual defined strings is in order. The first one I found online was
at < http://www.computerhope.com/atcom.htm >.
:-) :'(
The problem with that is that without the modem working, I had no
internet access (unless I wanted to reboot to rh9).
Way back when, when I was first playing around with modems and their
commands, I remember learning early on that you just about couldn't do
anything wrong to the modem with the commands unless the command
contained "&". Some of those commands had the power to really hose it
up, IIRC. So I don't mind blindly trying the commands that do *not*
have "&". Besides, I recalled just barely enough about them to remember
that atm? was one that I used to use and that there was no danger from
it, and the same thing with atl?. In fact, I remembered that atl? had
to do with dialing and handshaking volume. Still can't quite remember
what atm? was.
Perhaps somewhere there is a manual that came with your modem. Some
modems have a command that will cause them to print a complete help
page.
Is that like ati or somesuch? Memory... so... faded...
It came with a manual, though I do not have access to it right now, and
probably not for some time to come.
With regard to using Kermit, I think your expectations were rather
naive. At the very least, your dialog with Kermit would be something
like:
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kermit> set line /dev/ttyS4
kermit> set speed 19200
kermit> connect
Connecting to ttyS4:, speed 19200
The escape character is Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS).
Type the escape character followed by C to get back,
or followed by ? to see other options.
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Kermit as initially installed does not have built-in assumptions like
minicom has. It can be configured with a file $HOME/.kermrc
"naive" is a very kind term. The truth, much more bluntly, would be
"ignorant" or "unfamiliar". I had never used it before. I did the best
I could to figure it out. But it was just *so* unfamiliar to me.
Thanks Carl.
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