possible reasons of cryptic characters in Minicom output

[Adam Lackorzynski]

On Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 02:42:37 +0300, Martin T wrote:
> I should see a command prompt of this radio device which I can use for
> configuration(similar for example to Cisco equipment). At the moment I
> get those Hayes modem initialization commands echoed back, but for
> some reason I still can't see the CLI even if I press enter multiple
> times- just nothing happens. If I type random keys, I can see
> following characters appearing to the screen:
> 
>   <<<<<
> Welcome to minicom 2.3
> 
> OPTIONS: I18n
> Compiled on Oct 22 2009, 15:57:59.
> Port /dev/cuaU0
> 
>               Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
> 
> ������������������������������������������������AT S7=45 S0=0 L3 V1 X4
> &c1 E1 Q0
> 
> >>>>>
> 
> 
> Any suggestions, what might be wrong?

On Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 10:02:01 +0300, Martin T wrote:
> I tried with "19200 8N1"(no "Hardware Flow Control" and no "Software
> Flow Control") settings and using the empty modem "init string", but
> still nothing:
> 
> <<<<<
> Welcome to minicom 2.3
> 
> OPTIONS: I18n
> Compiled on Oct 22 2009, 15:57:59.
> Port /dev/cuaU0
> 
>                Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>>
> 
> If I press any key on my keyboard, I see both Rx and Tx led blink on
> my DE9<->USB RS232 adapter. Any ideas, what might be the problem?

Not really as you tried any communication config variant. Is it working
with another system?



Adam
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