A) don't bother initializing a modem. Forget minicom. It's nearly  
useless for what you're doing.

B) openbsd has a utility built in to do just these kinds of things:  
"cu(1)"

C) to use cu(1) with a USB serial: "cu -l /dev/cuaU0"




On Feb 2, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Chris wrote:

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> On Feb 2, 2008 10:29 PM, Marc Balmer <mbalmer@openbsd.org> wrote:
>>> /dev/ttyU0
>> you should use /dev/cuaU0 for "dial-out".
>
> Thanks. I tried both /dev/ttyU0 and /dev/cuaU0 in minicom. They both
> seem to go to the "initializing modem" phase but when I turn on the
> switch with "/dev/cuaU0" configuration, minicom doesn't show anything
> on the screen and minicom with /dev/ttyU0 configuration throws out
> garbage characters on the screen -
>
> ..5%(.!3..=.((((3'=./A-#-.(((('!=7A/5'.5((((;!!. .-.9/.('5.
> ..5%((W/5(3!''!.-#1(9!%%=#7.(.-''(-#-.-='-53'=./(3-'5.
> ..5%(/=.(;55#(-#.5..57(.!.!(-#-.-='-.=..=..9..9.9.O%!75%(3-
>
> Here's my minicom rc file -
>
> pu port             /dev/ttyU0
> pu baudrate      9600
> pu bits             8
> pu parity           N
> pu stopbits         1
>
> The USB Serial converter is detected as "Prolific Technology Inc.
> USB-Serial Controller
> rev 1.10/3.00, addr 2" in /var/log/messages.
>
> Thanks for any further help on this issue.