[please don't top-quote...] On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 11:37:30AM +0100, Paulo Lopes wrote: > Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > >On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 06:24:56PM +0100, Paulo Lopes wrote: [snip] > >>Now i want to use my infrared port and i don't know how?! > >>i've installed irda-utils package (i only have install the stable > >>packages on my system) and compiled the kernel with irda support. > >> > >>the irda package created an irlan device that shows up > >>under 'ifconfig' but i want to connect to it a mobile phone. > >>(it worked fine under windows) now i try the minicom to /dev/ircomm0 > >>and cannot connect to the phone... > > > >It depends on what sort of phone it is - not all I/R phones accept > >Hayes-style commands; some use a protocol of their own. > > > >If your phone allegedly supports at commands (e.g. Nokia 7110 and > >probably others) [1], then it should be relatively easy (that seems to be > >the route you have taken). Other phones need their own special "drivers" > >to simulate a modem - gnokii can provide this for most Nokia models. [snip] > Thanks for the tip, i want to connect to a Nokia 7110, i know the Hayes > AT command set, You shouldn't *need* to use gnokii to use the Nokia 7110 as a modem (although gnokii is nice for sending sms's and fiddling with the address book). I've got a 7110 myself. > all i need is to find the /dev entry... (as i said i'm no linux expert :-) It should look a bit like this one: crw-rw---- 1 root infrared 161, 0 1 jan 1970 /dev/ircomm0 where the major number of 161 is important. Stupid question: Have you activated infrared on the phone? The 7110 doesn't listen constantly. What does "irdadump -l" show ? It should show the normal discovery frames being sent out 'bout every 3 seconds. If the phone has IR activated and is within range, you should be able to see the responses from the phone too. Firing up minicom will cause a fast flurry of IR activity. If irdadump shows no activity, then you probably have a problem with the IR set-up. On my laptop, irda sometimes stop after a suspend/resume cycle; I have to stop irda, unload the modules start irda, before it gets going again. HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com Please read http://www.pantsfullofunix.net before reporting bugs in my code. It won't help you, but it will make me feel better.
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