Hi
Use Windows 98SE or 2000 to test it, or maybe some Dos based notebook
utility.
Usually, if it work in Windows (solid irda stack), have to work also under
Linux.
Regards
Massimo
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Sent: venerdì 2 febbraio 2001 9:47
Subject: [Linux-IrDA]Is my IR-LED out of order ?
> Hi !
>
> I tried to configure the infrared device. But I do not get any
> connection to it. So I fear that my IR-LED is out of order.
>
> How can I prove it ?
>
> I think when having the notebook near a IR-printer or a
> mobile phone I should see some Informtion on these
> items. Is it true ?
>
> Thinking it does not make sense to try minicom as
> long as there is no connection shown by irdadump, right ?
>
> ciao, Ralf Bärwaldt
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> What I tried to configure IR support:
>
> mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65 # already exists
>
> mknod /dev/ircomm0 c 161 0
> mknod /dev/ircomm1 c 161 1
> mknod /dev/irlpt0 c 161 16
> mknod /dev/irlpt1 c 161 17
> chmod 666 /dev/ir*
>
> # Notebook manufacture says that IR is serial port 2
> irattach /dev/ttyS1 -s
>
> # I have no "irmanager" found on disk
>
> # >lsmod
> ircomm-tty 17864 0 (autoclean)
> ircomm 6304 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty]
> irtty 4996 2 (autoclean)
> irda 77857 1 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty ircomm irtty]
> serial 42612 1 (autoclean)
>
> # >dmesg
> ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
> IrDA: Registered device irda0
>
> # I tried to change the values in /proc/sys/net/irda
> Using linnotebook /dev/ttyS* /dev/ircomm* as "devname"
> Using 6, 8, 16 as "discovery_slots"
> Using 60, 80, 90, 100, 160 as "slot_timeout"
> compression:0 and discovery:1 are not changed
>
> # >irdadump
> 08:37:08.388977 xid:cmd 99271be0 > ffffffff S=16 s=0 (14)
> ...
> 08:37:10 488990 xid:cmd 99271be0 > ffffffff S=16 s=15 (14)
> 08:37:11 928979 xid:cmd 99271be0 > ffffffff S=16 s=* (14) linnotebook
> hint=0400 [ Computer ] (23)
>
>
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