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Reboot and test</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="end.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECTION" ><H1 CLASS="SECTION" ><A NAME="TEST-CONSOLE" ></A >8.3. Test the console</H1 ><P >Dial in from a machine, perhaps using <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Minicom</SPAN >.</P ><DIV CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><A NAME="TEST-CONSOLE-SESSION" ></A ><P ><B >Example 8-1. Dialing into a serial console</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><TT CLASS="PROMPT" >localhost bash$</TT > <B CLASS="COMMAND" >minicom</B ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >Initializing modem Welcome to minicom 1.83.1 Press ALT-Z for help on special keys AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &C1 E1 Q0 OK</TT > <B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Alt</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >D</B > <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >remote.example.edu.au-ttyS0</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Dialing: remote.example.edu.au-ttyS0 At: 1234-5678</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Connected. Press any key to continue</SPAN > <B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Any</B > <TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >CONNECT 115200/V34/LAPM/V42BIS/33600:TX/33600:RX</TT ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Enter</B > <TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >/etc/issue says "All your base are belong to us".</TT > <TT CLASS="PROMPT" >remote.example.edu.au ttyS0 login:</TT > <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >user</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="PROMPT" >Password:</TT > <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >********</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >Message of the day is "be careful out there".</TT > <TT CLASS="PROMPT" >remote bash$</TT > <B CLASS="COMMAND" >stty -a</B > <TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >speed 9600 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0; -parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal crtscts -ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -ixon -ixoff -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab3 bs0 vt0 ff0 isig icanon -iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt -echoctl -echoke</TT > … <TT CLASS="PROMPT" >remote bash$</TT > <B CLASS="COMMAND" >logout</B ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><TT CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" >NO CARRIER</TT > <B CLASS="KEYCAP" >Alt</B >-<B CLASS="KEYCAP" >X</B > <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENU" >Leave Minicom?</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >Yes</SPAN > <SPAN CLASS="GUILABEL" >Resetting modem</SPAN ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><TT CLASS="PROMPT" >localhost bash$</TT ></PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><P >Interestingly the <B CLASS="COMMAND" >stty -a</B > command, used to display the terminal settings, reports that the link from the modem to the serial console is 9600<SPAN CLASS="ABBREV" >bps</SPAN >. The <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >CONNECT</TT > message reports that link between the two modems operates at 33600<SPAN CLASS="ABBREV" >bps</SPAN >. The constant speed modem-computer link is a very useful feature of the Hayes <SPAN CLASS="ACRONYM" >AT</SPAN >-style modems: the calling computer need not know in advance the line speed of the called serial console.</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="recreate-ioctl-save.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="end.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Re-create saved console settings</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="test.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Where to next from here?</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >