* Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> spake thus: > > Could be I just did it wrong. Maybe the > > echo foo > /dev/ttyS0 > > method doesn't have any way to say back "OK". Except for > > lighting up the lights and making beeping noises, of course. > > AFAIK, it doesn't. > > My usual test is to run a test string into the modem which activates the > dialer, and calls some "safe" number -- time info (767-1111 in most of > the US). This lets me find out if the blamed box is working or not, if > the speaker's working and you can hear the dialtone, ring, and voice > pickup on the far end.
Heh, I usually put my mobile's number into my connect script. Then I could see that it worked correctly withouth bothering anyone, and I could just reject the call so that I didn't have to pay anything either.. (I imagine that your "safe number" is free, but I can't remember any such number over here.) Regards, Stig -- brautaset.org Registered Linux User 107343
