[ale] sparc modem problem

[Armsby John-G16665]

I assume I should invoke some command from minicom to get a data dump?  

>From what I am reading, my serial A/B port is a dual port.  I saw a diagram with two cables plugs coming out of the single connector.  I simply have plugged in a standard 25 pin male male cable from the sparc to the modem.  Is the cable an issue?  I would think not since minicom has made the stupid thing work.  Incidentially, I have changed the setting in minicom to such an extent that nothing works.  I will have to rpm minicom tonight.

Interestingly enough, from a fresh reboot /usr/bin/wvdial ... ( I forget the exact syntax... :-) ) results in a magical probe which "sees the modem at /dev/ttyS0.  Any attempt to use the modem (from my now hosed minicom, KPPP, or chat ) results in the diagnostic tool no longer finding the modem.
sigh

This is hard.

John


-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Hiltbrand [mailto:rayh at speakeasy.org]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:12 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] sparc modem problem 



The following are the prom setting you will need to look at the ok prompt:
ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
ttyb-ignore-cd=true
ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true
ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-

Depending on which serial port (A or B) you may need to adjust those values.
Check docs.sun.com for more detail.

	--Ray


On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Stephan Uphoff wrote:

> 
> SUN bootproms store options for the setup of the serial lines.
> I think the standard settings are hardware flow-control unfriendly.
> ( A short peek at the sources let me believe that the linux sun 
> serial driver seems to query and honor these setting )
> 
> You should find the correct Prom setting in the manuals or any good 
> SUN (Solaris) FAQ.
> ( Sorry been a long time since I powered up my SUN )
> 
> For a quick and dirty fix you might want to try software flow control ...
> ( Since minicom works ... )
> 
> Good luck
> 
>                                         Stephan Uphoff
> 
> 
> 
>   > I am running REDHAT 6.2 on a sparc 10. > > I have been using
> successfully kpp and the ppd,options,chat, etc etc. to dial mindspring
> successfully from intel linux. I have connected a u.s. robotics courrier
> everything external modem to the sparc.  I have successfully used this modem
> with intel linux. > > I can not get kppp or chat script to get the modem to
> dial.  I CAN get minicom to initialize the modem and dial. Minicom utilizes
> whatever default magical setup string it has to ge the modem to work.  Both
> my kppp and chat efforts to initialize the modem and get an OK back FAIL.  
> I have tried: > > ATZL2 The kpp log prints TZL2 this setup string works with
> my intel internal courier everything u.s. robotics on linux 6.1. > ATZ The
> kppp log prints TZ > AT the kppp log prints T > AATZ The kppp log prints ATZ
> > AAT The kppp log prints AT > ATZ .........  The set up string from minicom
> which is long and involved The kppp log shows the string up to the first
> white space. > "ATZ........"  The set up string from minicom with quotes
> around it.  The kppp log shows the string in its entirety. > > The modem
> just hangs there during the initialization. NO OK is returned. > > This is
> my ppp.chatscript which I have tried with various set up strings to no
> avail. > ABORT BUSY > ABORT "NO CARRIER" > ABORT VOICE > ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> > ""  ATZL2 > OK ATDP4046541300 > ogin mycoollogin > assword mycoolpassword
> > > /var/log/messages tells me the chat script failed when I use chat OR
> "fail" when I invoke kppp. > > When I do an INTEL modem query from kppp,
> kppp puts u.s. robotics in one of the ATI fields. When I do a modem query
> from the kppp sparc, I get AE0Q1Vat1. > What ever THAT is. > > I am pretty
> sure I have correctly identified the device /dev/modem as ttyS0 and the
> symbolic link is good. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > John > >
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      first necessities of progress." -Edison



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