- Terminal application for SUSE
- Posted by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz on February 15th, 2004
I'm looking for a basic terminal application in SUSE that I can use to
send AT commands to my modem and observe the response. What I've found
looking for "terminal" have been X-Window servers, which may be more
useful in general but are worthless for this purpose. Does anybody
have any suggestions?
Thanks.
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- Posted by Matt H on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
minicom
- Posted by ejqp@iomomw.com on February 16th, 2004
|I'm looking for a basic terminal application in SUSE that I can use to
|send AT commands to my modem and observe the response. What I've found
|looking for "terminal" have been X-Window servers, which may be more
|useful in general but are worthless for this purpose. Does anybody
|have any suggestions?
minicom or seyon. They're on the CDs.
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- Posted by James Knott on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
minicom
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- Posted by Kevin Nathan on February 16th, 2004
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:29:26 -0500
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wrote:
Try 'minicom' for CLI or 'seyon' for GUI. They should both be on your
CDs . . .
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- Posted by Grant Edwards on February 16th, 2004
In article <40300ee6$5$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net>, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
I recommend ckermit. I've had too many problems with Minicom...
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- Posted by Dave Clarke on February 16th, 2004
On Monday 16 February 2004 12:29 am Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
ckermit or gkermit
Some people say minicom, but I prefer the various flavours of kermit.
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- Posted by Uli Wachowitz on February 16th, 2004
"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote:
Something like 'minicom'? Is part of SUSE's distribution.
- Posted by Oddbjørn Hansen on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
minicom
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- Posted by Rodney on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
Rodney
- Posted by Frank da Cruz on February 16th, 2004
In article <40305911$0$162$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>, Grant Edwards wrote:
: In article <40300ee6$5$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net>,
: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
:
:> I'm looking for a basic terminal application in SUSE that I can use to
:> send AT commands to my modem and observe the response. What I've found
:> looking for "terminal" have been X-Window servers, which may be more
:> useful in general but are worthless for this purpose. Does anybody
:> have any suggestions?
:
: I recommend ckermit. I've had too many problems with Minicom...
:
C-Kermit is here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
Normally it handles modem dialogs internally:
set modem type usrobotics ; or whatever
set port /dev/ttyS0 ; or whatever
set speed 57600 ; or whatever
dial 7654321 ; or whatever
If you want to watch the dialog with the modem while dialing, tell
C-Kermit to:
set dial display on
If you want to see the commands in Kermit's internal modem database,
choose a modem type and then "show modem":
set modem type rockwell-v90
show modem ; See modem commands for Rockwell V.90
show dial ; See dialing rules
If you want to issue AT commands from your keyboard and interact with
the modem directly, do:
set carrier-watch off ; Don't require carrier
set port /dev/ttyS0 ; or whatever
set speed 57600 ; or whatever
set flow-control rts/cts ; or "xon/xoff" or "none"
connect ; enter terminal mode
and then type AT commands. If you want to log the interactions to a
file, also:
log session <filename>
Btw, G-Kermit can't be used for this; it is only for handling the "far
end" of a file transfer. C-Kermit is the one that makes connections.
- Frank
- Posted by Ed Hurst on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
In case no one more knowledgeable answers, I have a guess:
In BSD, the root use can access the ppp function directly by running a
dialup script in interactive mode. That's not the same as simply
querying the modem, I know, but it's close. I never needed it, so my
information is sketchy at best. I'm quite certain SUSE has an
equivalent, and it seems it's connected with the tty function itself. In
ancient times, you got your modem to connect by sending terminal
commands directly, and your terminal window is a "terminal" in that
sense. I am under the impression it can access the modem directly, if
you use the proper device name (/dev/modem for example).
Sorry, I don't know more. If I seem to have stated the obvious, please
forgive me.
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- Posted by fruit on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
minicom
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- Posted by Steve Kirkendall on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
The Linux console already emulates a terminal. What you need is something
to connect the screen to the modem. I haven't used any of these much
lately, but what I remember is...
cu - Part of the "uucp" package in SuSE, I think. THIS IS VERY BASIC.
Run it via a command such as "cu -s9600 -l/dev/modem dir". To
exit, type ~. on a line by itself. (<Enter><Tilde><Dot><Enter>).
minicom - A pretty decent communications program. It runs in the Linux
console or an xterm.
seyon - An X11-only communications program. It starts its own copy of
xterm, and also opens a separate window with buttons for things
like changing the modem configuration. You generally need to
add "-modem /dev/modem" on the command line to make it work.
- Posted by spike1@freenet.co.uk on February 16th, 2004
"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> did eloquently scribble:
minicom
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- Posted by petefa on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
If you got to yast there is a program called "minicom" this is a terminal
program for modems
- Posted by petefa on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
- Posted by John J. Trammell on February 16th, 2004
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:29:26 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
<spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote:
screen
- Posted by Pete Newbie on February 16th, 2004
goto yast add software "minicom"
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- Posted by Robert Bindler on February 16th, 2004
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
Well, you can try minicom. I'm not sure if it comes included on the cd's
or is even compatible with suse (why wouldn't it be), though, because I
use it on my Mandrake installation (installed suse yesterday). It is
really intended to dial in to another computer, but it works
nonetheless. Note: I have to run it as root
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