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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: can't get uucp to work with Xylogics Annex II
Keywords: uucp annex rtelnet
Message-ID: <1990Nov16.084755.9652@erbe.se>
Date: 16 Nov 90 08:47:55 GMT
References: <1990Nov15.201535.6710@maytag.waterloo.edu>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jakobsberg, Sweden
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In a recent article gamiddle@maytag.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton) writes:

>Does anybody use uucp through an Annex II?

Sure, since '86-87 or so.

>I can't get ours to work (on a MIPS machine, but it won't work on
>Suns or BSD Vaxes either).  We're using rtelnet,
>and making incoming calls; I haven't tried outgoing yet.

You mean that you're running a getty over a rtelnet pty?

>Has anybody got this to work?  Will I have to use CLI instead of rtelnet?

We use CLI's and bidirectional ports here. But I've tried the
rtelnet setup, and it works just as well.

>If you do have this working, what Annex port settings are you using?

The calling site has to disable s/w flow control before rlogin'ing into
the uucp host. This is how it looks in remote sites Systems (or L.sys)
entries for us:

... nnex: stty\siflow\snone\soflow\snone nnex: rlogin uucphost ...

>Is there some specific way the modem has to be set up?  We're using a Telebit
>T2500.

For bidirectional ports, like our setup, make sure that the modem isn't
sending anything back to the Annex CLI. In other words, disable echo
and enable quiet mode.

>The symptom we see most often is that the conversation hangs and eventually
>times out, leaving a message like "PKCGET READ  (-1) [FILE: pk1.c, LINE: 432]"
>in the log file.

Sounds like a) s/w flow control is enabled or b) data is being corrupted.
Do you really start rtelnet using the -b (for binary) flag?

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