<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configuring your Phone</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Reliance LG LSP 340 Series WLL Modem Setup HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Checking for PPP Support" HREF="sect_04.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="PPP Configuration" HREF="sect_06.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Reliance LG LSP 340 Series WLL Modem Setup HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sect_04.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sect_06.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="sect_05" ></A >5. Configuring your Phone</H1 ><P >Currently Reliance comes with one of two brands of handsets: LG and Samsung. TATA Indicom also provides two handsets: LG and AXESSTEL.</P ><P >Plug the cable to the phone and also to the system.</P ><P >It is important to note that all these phones act as a serial modem so they do not require a driver or anything. After you have connected your phone to the cable, the cable is plugged in either COM1 or COM2 (and not COM3 or COM4, as these are virtual ports).</P ><P >Remember:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >COM1 in LINUX is <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS0</TT ></P ></LI ><LI ><P >COM2 is LINUX is <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS1</TT ></P ></LI ></UL ><P >Your phone modem works on either of the two ports, but I suggest that first try <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS1</TT >, so as not to disturb other peripherics on your system that are also using a serial port, which would then usually be on <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS0</TT >.</P ><P >First check if your COM port is fine using the command</P ><P ><B CLASS="command" >setserial <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS1</TT > <TT CLASS="option" >-a</TT ></B > </P ><P >If it displays something like this: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000 Flags: spd_normal skip_test </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >then your COM port is fine. If this does not work, it is possible that PPP support is not configured after all. Return to <A HREF="sect_04.html" >Section 4</A > to check. If you are sure that PPP support is configured on your system, maybe the problem is with the COM port. You could try the other port in that case.</P ><P >Now go to the shell and type</P ><P ><B CLASS="command" >cat <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS1</TT ></B > </P ><P >If this prints nothing, your phone is configured. Type <B CLASS="keycap" >CTRL</B >+<B CLASS="keycap" >C</B > to exit.</P ><P >If your modem is not configured, the <B CLASS="command" >cat</B > command would give an error message like this:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > cat: /dev/ttyS1: No such device </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >Alternately, in case you use <SPAN CLASS="application" >KDE</SPAN >, start the <SPAN CLASS="application" >KPPP</SPAN > program: go to the desktop and press <B CLASS="keycap" >Alt</B >+<B CLASS="keycap" >F2</B > and type <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"kppp"</SPAN > in the box which appears. This will start <SPAN CLASS="application" >KPPP</SPAN >.</P ><P >Testing using <SPAN CLASS="application" >KPPP</SPAN >:</P ><P >Click on the <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >Configure</SPAN > button. Go to the <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >Modem</SPAN > tab.</P >There add a new modem on <TT CLASS="filename" >/dev/ttyS1</TT >and click <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >OK</SPAN >. Now select the newly created modem and click the <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >EDIT</SPAN >button. In the new box which appears, select <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >Modem</SPAN >and then click <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >Query modem</SPAN >. If the modem is properly set then you will get the proper status of the modem. It will first say something like <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Finding Modem"</SPAN >, then some more messages. <DIV CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/warning.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Warning"></TD ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="CENTER" ><B >Lock file</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD > </TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P >BE SURE TO UNCHECK THE <SPAN CLASS="guibutton" >USE LOCK FILE</SPAN > CHECKBOX in the modem properties, else it may give some random errors.</P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><P >If all is fine you will be presented with a window with some blank textboxes and you can go ahead.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sect_04.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sect_06.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Checking for PPP Support</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >PPP Configuration</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >