Re: [LINUX] Urgent: How to talk to serial device

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Nico De Ranter wrote:
  >> Hi:
  >> 
  >> Yes there is; "cu" is part of the uucp package in debian.
  >> I use it for setting my modem.
  >
  >OK, I installed cu, but when I try:
  >
  >cu /dev/cua0 or /dev/ttyS0 
  >
  >I always get:  cu: /dev/cua0: System not found
  >( I get more or less the same message during boot!)
  
1. Don't use /dev/cua[0-9]; it's obsolete.  Use /dev/ttyS[0-9]

2. The syntax of cu is:

    cu system
 or cu -l port

   so in your case, you want to use `cu -l /dev/ttyS0', which will connect
   you directly to the serial port.

   `cu system' is used to contact another site directly through the serial
   port; it requires the site details (such as modem telephone number) to
   have been set up in configuration files beforehand.

3. To terminate cu once you're connected, type `<CR> ~.' (return, tilde, dot).

   For further information, see the info files for uucp.

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