Re: modem firmware update: cu, seyon, minicom?
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Jameson Burt wrote:
> I wish to both interactively type commands to my modem and send files to it via
> xmodem or zmodem.
> (I do not want to dial some phone number as I communicate with my modem)
> I didn't see how to really do this with "cu";
> seyon and minicom want to dial phone numbers but not just the modem.
>
> I want to do the following for my USRobotics V.everything courier modem,
> AT~X! #starts an xmodem or zmodem session.
> send a file to the modem, replacing its firmware.
> WHAT SOFTWARE MIGHT I USE FOR THIS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MODEM?
>
>
> Why do I want to do this?
> Getting this modem last week, I ran pppconfig, then I altered the resulting
> scripts. I added the second line below to /etc/chatscripts/provider
> "" ATZ
> ""ATI11
> Notice that I forgot a space after "" and should have had
> "" ATI11
> After making this mistake and starting ppp, my modem ran rapidly through
> its lights and sent clicks galore.
> Then "cu -l ttyS0" responded
> MODEM FIRMWARE IS CORRUPTED. FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD IS NECESSARY
> So, perhaps a missing space in ppp configuration destroyed my modem.
> USRobotics said they offer no support for Linux, though their ftp site
> hinted that an appropriate serial communication package would work on
> any operating system. I haven't been able to do this on Linux,
> and USRobotics Microsoft approach fails on NT since their approach
> needs pure DOS.
>
i do not think altering ppp is the right idea
i once used minicom with X modem protocol to update
Zyxel modem and all went fine.
regards
OK
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