Re: In search of a terminal package to talk to a tnc

[gena@genaj.plus.com]

Hi

Many thanks.  That works fine for the tiny-2 but the kernel pannics when
using the 2.6.14 kernel. 

Gena

>On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 04:56:58PM +0000, gena@genaj.plus.com wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I've got a Tiny-2 and a PK-232 tnc but can't get them to talk to
>> software once the /dev/ttyS1 is bound by kissattach.  Being new to using
>> a hardware tnc, I'm not sure how I can get them back into command mode. 
>> After turning kiss on, I can only get back to the cmd prompt by
>> disconnecting the internal battery.  I've been using minicom to enter
>> values such as mycall kiss on and restart.  Which I understand to be a
>> ready state.  I thought that call would enable me to get back to the cmd
>> prompt but the escape characters stated in the man page seem to be
>> ineffective.  Minicom, complains that the ttyS1 is locked.  So I'm
>> looking for software that'll talk to my either of my 2 tnc's that will
>> enable me to switch between modes.
>> 
>
>kissparms -p <port> -x
>
>see man kissparms or http://linux.com.hk/penguin/man/8/kissparms.html
>
>Pat
>
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