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On Saturday 15 Sep 2012 12:24:37 Philipp Kraus wrote: |
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> On 2012-09-14 02:32:37 +0200, Walter Dnes said: |
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> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 08:08:10PM +0200, Kraus Philipp wrote |
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> > |
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> >> Hello, |
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> >> |
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> >> I have got a modem US Robotics 5637 and I would like to use it with |
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> >> Hylafax+. Hylafax works fine, all clients can create jobs, but now |
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> >> I would like to configure / test the modem. Can anybody explain me |
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> >> how I can test / configure my modem. I have installed minicom and |
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> >> the modem is setup under /dev/modem with this udev rules |
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> >> |
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> > I have the same type of USB dialup modem running under Gentoo. I use |
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> > |
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> > it for emergency backup, if my ADSL connection goes down. First |
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> > question... is your kernel properly configured? You need to select the |
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> > USB Modem (CDC ACM) support kernel option. In "make menuconfig" the |
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> > path is... |
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> > Device Drivers ---> |
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> > |
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> > [*] USB support ---> |
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> > |
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> > <*> USB Modem (CDC ACM) support |
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> Thanks, I have forgot the CDC ACM module within the kernel. Rebuild my |
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> kernel, everything works fine except |
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> minicom, it shows always that my modem is offline, but if I send AT |
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> command the modem response |
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Hi Phil, |
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I'm going from memory, so I may not have this 100% correct and I have no modem |
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to hand to try it any more, plus what I'm going to say used to be the case |
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with a serial connection to a modem. I never had a USB modem to know if it |
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would be the same. |
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If you have a DCD line between the modem and the PC, you should get the status |
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of the DCD signal in lower case "online/offline". |
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If the cable between the modem and the PC has no control wire, then minicom |
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would use an internal simulation of the DCD status and show the status in |
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capital letters "ONLINE/OFFLINE". In that case you will only get "ONLINE" if |
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minicom can detect that you have enabled the modem, perhaps because data are |
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flowing back & forth. |
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You may want to tweak your flow-control options and see if the on/offline |
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signal works when a fax is being sent/received. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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