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From: "Kelvin Smith" <smith.fcs1111@snet.net>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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Subject: Re: No response on terminal line connection
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Flow control was the issue. SET FLOW XON/XOFF got me running. Thanks!
Kelvin
"Frank da Cruz" <fdc@columbia.edu> wrote in message
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> On 2006-03-10, Kelvin Smith <smith.fcs1111@snet.net> wrote:
> : I'm trying to upgrade from MS-DOS Kermit v3.14 to K95 v2.1.3 on a PC
> that is
> : wired directly to a terminal line. Everything is running fine with
> MS-DOS
> : Kermit. However, with K95, I'm getting no response. I'm running the K95
> GUI
> : directly. SHO COMM reports the following settings:
> :
> : Communications Parameters:
> : Port: com1, speed: 19200, mode: local, modem: none
> : Parity: none, stop-bits: (default) (8N1)
> : Duplex: full, flow: rts/cts, handshake: none
> :
> You have specified RTS/CTS (hardware flow control)...
>
> : Carrier-watch: off, close-on-disconnect: off
> : Terminal bytesize: 8, escape character: 29 (^])
> : Priority: regular
> :
> : Carrier Detect (CD): Off
> : Dataset Ready (DSR): Off
> : Clear To Send (CTS): Off
> : Ring Indicator (RI): Off
> :
> But no modem signals are seen by Kermit. When RTS/CTS flow control is
> selected, nothing can be sent out the port unless the CTS signal is On.
>
> : Data Terminal Ready (DTR): (unknown)
> : Request To Send (RTS): (unknown)
> :
> : When I plug a breakout box into the connection, the lights all look
> : appropriate (I get the same change of lights when K95 starts up as with
> : MS-DOS Kermit), but there is no flickering of lights if I hold down a
> key.
> :
> : I'm starting up with the default initialization file and the following
> : commands:
> :
> : set port com1
> : set speed 19200
> : set modem none
> : set carrier-watch off
> :
> : I'm mystified as to why I'm getting no response. I presume there must be
> : some setting(s) that I'm not aware of.
> :
> Try "set flow none" or "set flow xon/xoff". And since there is no Carrier
> signal either, you might also need "set carrier-watch off".
>
> But maybe the real problem is that you need to use the TAPI device instead
> of the "DOS" device. See the Kermit 95 FAQ:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95faq.html#comport
>
> - Frank