Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:14:37 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "John Jennings" <my_pinup_girl@www.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: terminal emulation Message-ID: <001901c0fae2$9d23dce0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200106211648.JAA26523@mail24.bigmailbox.com>
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Hyperterminal is probably expecting the CD (Carrier Detect) line to be held high. Some null-modem cables have CD pinned to DSR/DTR, other's don't. Try telling Hyperterminal to go Direct to Com1 (or Direct to Com2 if need be) this might do it. You also might try getting an old copy of Procomm or Telemate for DOS from Simtel.net and booting the Windows system into DOS and using that There may be some funky programming going on in the serial port. Also, I'd suggest to that you go buy one of those cheap $10 RS232 "breakout" adapters from Radio Shack that has the little lights on each of the lines. This can assist in troubleshooting (of course it's not as good as a _real_ RS 232 breakout box but the real ones are a lot more expensive) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Jennings >Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:48 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: terminal emulation > > >greetings from shreveport, louisiana! > >I am running FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE on an i586 (Pentium) that has two >DB9 serial interfaces. I am using /dev/cuaa1 for vt100 terminal >emulation. I purchased a f/f DB9 null modem cable and connected >one end to /dev/cuaa1 on my freebsd box and the other end to >"COM1" on a Windows 98 box. I ran Hyperterminal on the Windows 98 >box with the following settings: > >Speed: 9600 >Parity: None >Data bits: 8 >Flow control: Hardware > >The freebsd box has an entry in /dev/ttys: > >cuaa1 /path/to/getty std.9600 vt100 on secure > >and I did not change gettytab > >I came up with no login prompt on the Windows 98 box. I tested >both ports; they are operational. The cable is operational. >Getty is running on /dev/cuaa1. I can talk to cuaa1 via ppp: > >$ ppp >ppp> term > >that gave me no error signs on either side of the cable, yet no >signs of success either. nothing appeared on either side! > >I also did the following: > >$ echo hello > /dev/cuaa1 > >The echo was successful though it did not appear on the Windows 98 >box in the Hyperterminal program window. > >What is wrong here? Any all suggestions are welcomed! :) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ >WWW.COM - Where the Web Begins! http://www.www.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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