Subject: Re: Serial connection - getty
To: phil <eukaryote@sympatico.ca>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/03/2003 00:14:02
On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:26:39PM -0500, phil wrote:
> Hi all. This might be a newbie question and the answer is probably simple. I
> need to setup a serial connection to remote control a pc using a serial
> cable.
> 
> # here is my /etc/ttys file
> console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt100   on secure
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   off secure
> ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> tty00   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on secure
> 
> # I have this line in /etc/gettytab
> std.9600|9600-baud:\
>         :sp#9600:
> 
> I use a terminal client with the following settings
> return : CR
> baud : 9600
> parity : N
> word : 8
> StopBits : 1
> Xon/Xoff : is on

You probably want that to off

> RTS/CTS : is on

Maybe try to set this to off too.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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