Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:35:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Henry Stapp <hstapp@redchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with stty Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409193309.4806C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704091631.QAA25042@nix.netlinxstudios.com>
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On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Henry Stapp wrote: > The Problem: > I can't seem to get the serial port to work right. > > The setup: > I've got a three wire serial cable hooked up to COM1 (cuaa0). The other end > is hooked up to an AIX (:P) host. I know the cable is working, 'cuz I get a > login prompt on it from the AIX host on it when I plug it into a PC. I've > been trying various settings on cuaa0, cuaia0 and cuala0 using "cu -l > /dev/cuaa0" to connect to the port. I saw the prompt _once_ when I > unplugged the cable and plugged it back in, so I know the port works, it's > just not set up quite right. So, you're trying to set up the PC as a hardwired terminal from AIX? When you plug it in, hit <enter> a few times. If you got an intelligible login prompt once, then the settings are right (usually 9600 8-N-1). See your AIX manual for setting up terminals. > What I've tried: > I've tried just about every setting I can think of, including clocal and > -crtscts. The three devices for one port are kind of confusing, I'm not > even sure half the time if what I'm doing is having any effect.... do I > need to reboot for changes in cuala0 to work? Use /dev/cuaa0 for serial comm. The others are lock devices which don't help you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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