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From: david <NOSPAMv*2*p*e*r*a*n*t@btv.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: rs/6000 console
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:18:22 -0400
Organization: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, USA
Message-ID: <38E8E06E.E7CA8C4C@btv.ibm.com>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Frank da Cruz wrote:
> In article <38E4FD50.9C1133AB@btv.ibm.com>,
> david <v2perant@btv.ibm.com> wrote:
> : I'm having some problems connecting my AIX 4.3.2 system using kermit to
> : another systems serial port in order to view the console.
> : The strange thing is that it worked once the first time and hasn't worked
> : since, so I don't think this is a cable problem.
> : Right now I can see the output from the console on booting the machine
> : but I can't seem to send anything with the keyboard.
> :
> It could be that the RxD wire broke after the first time you used the cable,
> or your connector has a loose pin, or somesuch.
>
> : Carrier Detect (CD): Off
> : Dataset Ready (DSR): Off
> : Clear To Send (CTS): Off
> : Ring Indicator (RI): Off
> : Data Terminal Ready (DTR): On
> : Request To Send (RTS): On
> :
> So no modem signals whatsoever are arriving on the cable. What kind of
> cable is it? How many wires? What are the interconnections?
>
> I would think you'd do better with a proper null-modem cable with all the
> required wires cross-connected and jumpered.
>
> - Frank
I tried a new cable and it works now. Thanks for helping me out.
Dave