terry@math.ucla.edu (Terence J. McKiernan) (11/09/89)
Light at the end of the tunnel for those of us who live in a
KERMIT-only world: ...
A few weeks ago I posted a plea for help with a KERMIT script problem.
I was trying to cycle a remote port up to the proper connect speed by
sending breaks. I was trying to send \Kbreaks, which was wrong
because \Kbreak is a KERMIT verb, not a character. \B was the proper
output character, as pointed out by Eric Boehm in Albany. Thanks,
Eric!
Here is a summary of responses. Thanks to all who wrote in.
Terry McKiernan
terry@math.ucla.edu
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From emb978@leah.Albany.EDU Wed Nov 1 11:23:40 1989
Here's a script fragment that I use to cycle a data switch:
:LOOP
PAUSE 1
INPUT 1 login:
IF FAILURE OUTPUT \B
REINPUT login:
IF FAILURE GOTO LOOP
Eric M. Boehm
EMB978@leah.Albany.EDU
EMB978@ALBNYVMS.BITNET
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From dg%lakart.UUCP@XAIT.Xerox.COM Thu Nov 2 09:22:05 1989
One suggestion to try (yes, it's a hack, but hey... if it works)
If you can, do the following:
Change the baud rate to the lowest available (75 is preferable, but 300
might just cut it), and send a NUL ('\0') character. That may look like
a break to the getty on the SUN - it works for our Integrated Solutions
BSD4.3 system. Of course, it goes without saying that you change it back
after sending it. :-)
Yours,
dg@lakart.UUCP - David Goodenough +---+
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From thomas@mvac23.uucp Thu Nov 2 14:50:54 1989
Have you tried sending this problem to the Kermit Distribution folks
at Columbia University? They may have an answer for you or may send
the question on to the author of C/kermit who might have an answer.
Let me know if you don't have an address. I can come up with the
address of the Kermit-Digest which answers questions just like yours.
- tom
internet : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu or thomas%mvac23@udel.edu
uucp : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas
Europe Bitnet: THOMAS1@GRATHUN1
Location: Newark, DE, USA
Quote : Virtual Address eXtension. Is that like a 9-digit zip code?
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From mcohen@BRL.MIL Mon Nov 6 10:55:52 1989
Thank you for the information. We have a similar configuration to
yours - but ours has a Gandalf PACX (a digital switch) between the
modem and host mini. We can't use 2400 bps speed even though
everything is capable of it. The powers don't choose to set up the
configuration files for it yet.
You can program a break for any length of time (at lease in kermit).
Some terminal emulators have two breaks (like the vt100): short and
long. Short is .232 sec and long is 3.5 sec according to the manual
for our vt100 lookalike terminal. Break is defined as "the space
state" as in mark/space to define the bits in a character. I think
the rest state for the line is mark. You can get a very short break
for some purposes by typing a null character (eg ^@).
Well that's the end of my expertise. Good luck.
Marty Cohen mcohen@brl.mil {uunet|rutgers}!brl!mcohen
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