modemtest(1) - Linux man page

Name

modemtest - Tool to examining your modem through Perl's Device::SerialPort

Synopsis

modemtest [ OPTS ] [ DEVICE [ BAUD [ DATA [ PARITY [ STOP [ FLOW ]]]]]]

DEVICE    Device to use as a serial port (default: "/dev/modem")
BAUD      Serial speed to use            (default: 9600)
DATA      Number of databits to use      (default: 8)
PARITY    Type of parity to use          (default: "none")
STOP      Number of stop bits to use     (default: 1)
FLOW      Kind of flow control to use    (default: "none")

-h, --help           Help report
    --skip-status    Skip modem status bit tests
    --hide-possible  Don't show all possible settings

Description

Some systems, serial ports, and modem behave in strange ways. To test the capabilities of Perl's Device::SerialPort, this tool queries the system settings for the given DEVICE , and attempts to set up the port and send the initialization string " ATE1 " to the modem, reporting the results seen.

See Also

Device::SerialPort(3)

perl(1)

Author

Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>.

Copyright And License

Copyright 2000-2004 by Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>.

This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms ans Perl itself.