Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip From: chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: WY995 - help required. Keywords: WY995, SCO Xenix 2.2.1 Message-ID: <1733@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 6 Dec 90 03:52:48 GMT References: <1990Dec5.170207.21221@hod.uit.no> Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX Lines: 31 In article <1990Dec5.170207.21221@hod.uit.no> thostr@stud.cs.uit.no (Thomas Strandenaes) writes: >I connected a terminal expecting a login prompt, but instead of a login >prompt, I received junk-characters. And I still do. It looks approx. >like this: "wuu}}}oo" et cetera. It looks like a baud/parity problem, >but isn't. [...] Included in the WY995 package came a diagnostic utility >for MS-DOS - it tests the board internally and it's ports by having the ports >interconnected. Throw away your fancy, schmancy diagnostics. For troubleshooting serial connections, my favorite piece of test gear is a paper clip. (Well, these days I actually use a snazzy $120 Beckman breakout box - but I know in my heart it's just a paper clip with lights.) Disconnect the serial cable from the back of the terminal, and use your paper clip to short together pins 2 and 3. Walk back to the computer and kick off a "cu" on that serial line. If what you type is echo'ed back, then it's a setup problem (check ttys, gettydefs, etc.) If you don't get echo, then it's a problem with the board or its installation. Normally, I'd say if it passes at the terminal, try again at the back of the computer to verify the cabling. However, if I remember right the WY995 uses RJ11 connectors, and it's hard to attach a paper clip to those. By the way, I'm assuming that "wuu}}oo" isn't the normal login prompt for your machine. :-) -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | We was raising insurance premiums, ma. Unicom Systems Development | We was spreading fear of arson. | - Michelle Shocked