Re: internal modem
On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 21:59 +1000, Cedric Pradalier wrote:
> According to Dean Hamstead, on Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:23:33 +1000,
> >machine is a dual usb ibook
> >
> >has an internal 56k modem, it seems to be at /dev/ttyS0
> >gtkterm seems happy enough to talk to the modem, but when
> >i dial (ATDTxxxxx) it just spews garbage at me immediately
> >no its not ppp, it just hammers in straight away with
> >or without the phone line plugged in.
> >
> >could be to do with setserial
> >
> >or my modem is fried
> >
> >Dean
>
>
> These machine are setup with a winmodem, that is most of the modem operation must be done
> in software by the driver. It cannot work out of the box like a std modem...
>
> There is a non-free driver somewhere if you really want to use
> it. I'm not sure it is ok with a ppc machine though...
No, if he's having reponses on the serial port, then it's still an old
real modem (this is an old ibook).
I think the modem is just setup by default to send the line "sound"
encoded on the serial port. It must be possible to disable that with
appropriate AT commands. I think there is an AT command manual for these
internal modems either somewhere on the Apple CD or on Apple web site.
Ben.
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