Re: Modem

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Cristiano Tavares - SP wrote:

> Why can't I use my external modem with minicom even if the port is 
> well configurd in minicom?
>  
> Do I have to do anything else in shell?
>  

Is this a "real" external modem, or is it a USB "win-"modem? (Just 
because it's USB does not mean it's a win-modem, but there's a high 
chance of it.)

Are you doing this as root or as a normal user? If a normal user, you 
might need to add your user to the "dialout" and/or "dip" group. (I 
always forget which one is necessary - you'd think "dialout", but then, 
why can't I remember that if that's the case? Maybe I'm just senile.)

At the command prompt, does "echo ATDT555-1234 > /dev/ttyS1" (replace 
the number with your cell phone #, or another number you can hear 
ringing, and replace the "/dev/ttyS1" with the appropriate device name) 
cause that phone dialed to ring? ("echo ATZ > /dev/ttyS1" should quit.)
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Kent