Make sure that minicom is set right. Read the man pages for minicom. Google a howto on minicom. You have to set minicom to the baud rate your using, the serial port your using and some other parameters. Yes there is a way to check the settings. type minicom -s return and you should see the present settings for everythin.
Whenever I use minicom I check the settings. It defaults to port 1 and sometimes to some other strange settings. Start minicom as root to set the settings and follow the setup instructions in the man pages. That way you have elimiated a potential problem getting the info from the com port you want to use in a readable format. hope this helps. If your still having trouble give me a private message and I'll walk you through it from my terminal. 73 de k4xtt... On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:51:05 -0600 Jim Tolbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Craig........ What a Guy! Thanks.... after running the echo > command -- at 9600 baud 8,N,1 I get the Kantronics header in Minicom. I > still don't get anything in Xastir, but then I don't have a radio > attached yet <long story>. > > What I am taking away, is My Serial Port Is Functional. > > I am assuming that Minicom sets the serial port parameters and leaves > them set. Does that seem reasonable? Is there a way to check as to > what they are set to? Should I be running Xastir with Minicom running > or not? > > Many thanx............. jt > > Craig Anderson wrote: > > You can try: > > > > echo -e “\300\377\300” > /dev/ttyS0 > > > > Assuming the baud rate has not changed > > out from underneath you on ttyS0. Sometimes > > the above command does not "seem" to work > > (minicom still doesn't see any command prompt) > > until I power-cycle the TNC, then the firmware > > banner and command prompt comes right up. > > > > Craig > > > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Gerry Creager wrote: > > > >> Jim, > >> > >> my first thought is that the Kam is in KISS mode. Now we need > >> someone who's Kam savvy to tell you how to tell minicom to get you > >> out... And then how to get back in. An alternative might be to fire > >> off the KISS script and see if it then talks to the Kam. > >> > >> gerry > >> > >> Jim Tolbert wrote: > >>> Many thanx, Gerry.... Minicom shows "stuff" coming through at 4800 > >>> baud..... The guy that lent the KAM to me said that it was header > >>> info. Do you think that it should be ASCII? I get nothing at 2400 > >>> or 9600 baud. > >>> Does minicom set the parameters of the port permanently or only when > >>> minicom is running? > >>> Also, running GPSMan allows setting a number of parameters, but not > >>> the interface speed or configuration. Does XASTIR need to have an > >>> interface selected to communicate with the Rinos and if so, which one? > >>> Many thanx.............. jt > >>> Gerry Creager wrote: > >>>> Fire up a copy of minicom and see if you can talk to the serial > >>>> port as a 'regular' user. If not, you can tell the serial port > >>>> that you (as a regular user) can access it... We can help with all > >>>> the bad ways to do that... > >>>> > >>>> gerry > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Jim Tolbert wrote: > >>>>> After a disk crash in a laptop, I replaced the hard disk, reloaded > >>>>> open SUSE 10.2, rebuilt Xastir with all the options ( including > >>>>> GPSMAN), and reloaded all the maps.. I connected a KAM TNC to the > >>>>> serial port and selected Serial TNC in the interface control. I > >>>>> have tried a variety of TNC port identifiers ( /dev/ttyS0, COM1, > >>>>> etc.) and tried "tnc-startup.kam" as well as "tnc-startup.sys". > >>>>> Checking the Incoming data window when I turn the KAM on and off > >>>>> yields nothing. I also tried using a USB to serial converter > >>>>> with the same null result. > >>>>> > >>>>> When I connect the laptop to the internet, I can see and plot aprs > >>>>> stations. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tomorrow, I will have access to a set of Garmin Rinos for the > >>>>> afternoon. I have 22 hours to get this going <grin>. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is it immediately obvious where my error is? Is there a way to > >>>>> confirm that the serial port is functional? Is there anything > >>>>> special about connecting a Rino to the laptop that would increase > >>>>> the likelihood of the system work? Any other suggestions? One > >>>>> of the other guys has the other laptop that is running Xastir ( > >>>>> from a binary download running on VMWare). Unfortunately, it was > >>>>> not compiled with GPSMAN so the Rino options are not available. > >>>>> > >>>>> Many thanks ............. jt > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University > >> Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983 > >> Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xastir mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > > > -- > Jim Tolbert > RiverRidge Consulting, LLC > PO Box 536 > Webster, WI 54893 > > 715-866-4398 home office > 715-349-8993 fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
