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From: root@libove.UUCP (Jay M. Libove)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Modem control (was: Re: /usr/lib/uucp/uucico ignores LCK.. files)
Message-ID: <180@libove.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 21:53:13 GMT
References: <7897@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Organization: Libove; Pittsburgh, PA
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From article <7897@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>, by jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum):
> You have to have kermit open the modem line with O_NDELAY and then
> set CLOCAL until a carrier is detected.  Since the modem has not yet
> made a connection, no carrier will be present and the open will
> block waiting for DCD to be asserted.
> 
> Kermit has a `modem' flag, which can be set.  Did you remember to
> issue the command 'set modem-dialer' before doing a 'set line' or
> 'dial' command?  Giving 'set modem-dialer' is supposed to do all
> of this [ for your version of Kermit ] for you.
> -- 
> John F. Haugh II 	rpp386!jfh

I set my system up with the following kermit script:

set modem-dialer hayes
set line /dev/tty1A
set baud 2400
&etc...

And it locks tty1A and it works fine.

Thanks for all of the suggestions net!

Jay Libove		ARPA:	jl42@andrew.cmu.edu or libove@cs.cmu.edu
5731 Centre Ave, Apt 3	BITnet:	jl42@andrew or jl42@drycas
Pittsburgh, PA 15206	UUCP:	uunet!nfsun!libove!libove or
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