On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 13:52, Jake McHenry wrote: > > Are you trying to get _in_ to the machine through a serial > > cable connection from another machine, or are you trying to > > get _out_ through the serial cable to something connected to it? > > I'm trying to go from my linux box, to my phone switch via serial > cable. The phone switch is not a computer, it's a box on a wall that I > can get into and configure my speed dials, extensions... Etc. > > When I plug the cable back into my windows box, I can get right into > it. > > It's com1 on the windows box, 8 data, Mark parity, 1 stop, 9600. I get to this stage sometimes. Try plugging in a modem to the same port, and using minicom to talk to it with minimal changes (on linux) that way you can see if linux has even configured the serial ports. Then once you know what serial port you can keep trying with minicom. You could also try c-kermit. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
