12.1. Using Minicom to give commands to
a modem
Minicom is a full-screen serial
terminal emulation package, very much like the classic
Telix terminal emulator for
MS-DOS.
Firstly, start Minicom in
configuration mode with the command:
The following menu appears:
Select and
set
Now save the configuration
and exit Minicom.
To configure a modem use the command minicom -o
console to start Minicom without sending an
initialization string to the modem. Now issue the
AT commands to configure the modem.
When finished use the option
to leave Minicom without sending a reset
string to the modem; this option is
Alt-Q.
Sometimes Minicom will use
Ctrl-A rather
than Alt to access the menu system, look for a
hint in Minicom's start up
message: