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From: gandrews@netcom.COM (Greg Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SVR4 (i386) serial port setup
Summary: That's DCD, not DTR...
Keywords: SVR4, bidirectional, serial port, modem
Message-ID: <1991May13.194152.10947@netcom.COM>
Date: 13 May 91 19:41:52 GMT
References: <1991May8.172714.1412@cbnewsl.att.com> <1991May8.194639.28749@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991May13.125733.8838@cbnewsl.att.com>
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In article <1991May13.125733.8838@cbnewsl.att.com> urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) writes:
>
>I forgot to ask this question before. The modem that you're using, does it
>have DTR strapped high or is it unstrapped?  If its strapped high, then I
>don't know what the problem is.  However, if it's unstrapped, you might
>not have the ,M in the Devices file for your "cu" port.
>
>ie: ACU tty01,M -  1200 hayes1200
>
>The ,M "tells" cu, ct or uucico not to worry about DTR during the \M to \m
>Dialers string in the Dialers file.  I the the BNU Guide talks about this.
>I don't have the guides in front of me.
>

Sorry to nitpick, but you're talking about DCD, not DTR.  (very important
distinction to the guy who's trying to fix a problem)

>John Ben Urban
>att!garage!jbu

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