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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Direct Serial Connection - Unable to Set Line
Date: 12 Oct 1999 14:22:43 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <7tvg7j$9lf$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <nAvM3.1823$C8.521394@homer.alpha.net>,
Eric J. Paulsen <epaulsen@smls.org> wrote:
: I'm trying to connect my Linux box to our phone switch which has a simple
: RS-232 serial port which dumps phone usage as the calls are handled by the
: phone system. I have it connected to my 25 pin serial port (which was comm2
: under windows) and have tried to set line to cua1 and ttyS1 and both give
: this:
:
: (/usr/bin/) C-Kermit>set line ttyS1
: ttyS1
: Sorry, can't open connection: ttyS1
:
>From the form of the prompt, I assume you're using C-Kermit 7.0.
: (/usr/bin/) C-Kermit>set line cua1
: cua1
: Sorry, can't open connection: cua1
:
: There are no gettys running on this, but it seems something is locking the
: port. What can I check to start troubleshooting this?
:
Try "set modem type none" and "set carrier-watch off" before "set line".
If that doesn't work, type:
log debug {| grep ttopen > debug.log}
at the C-Kermit> prompt and then try again. If the answer isn't obvious
from the resulting debug.log file, send it to kermit-support@columbia.edu.
- Frank