[KLUG Members] Serial Terminal Program

[Adam Williams]

>I can't seem to get minicom to connect. I just says offline. I could
>dial it I were using a modem but I'm connected directly to a switch with
>a serial cable.

A serial cable or a NULL modem cable?

You can use statserial to see the status of pins like CD, TR, etc..  You 
should see some of the inbound pins heat up if your cabling is good.  Nice 
way to diagnose RS-232 problems.

statserial /dev/ttyS?