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>6. Testing the drivers</H1
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>There is only one way to check whether the drivers are working or not. You will have to see if your
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modem is recognized or not. The driver makes a node for your modem at <TT
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>/dev/ttyS15 </TT
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>, no matter
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what com port it may be in in M$DOS/M$ Windows. <TT
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>/dev/ttyS15 </TT
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> is symlinked to <TT
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>/dev/modem </TT
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most programs search for a modem at <TT
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> first, you will not have to fiddle with the settings/configs of those programs. The
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program that I use to test my modem in GNU/Linux is minicom. If you have minicom installed, what you have to do is type</P
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>bash$
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minicom</B
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>in a shell prompt or in a terminal emulator window.
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If everything is all right, you will see a <EM
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>Initializing modem</EM
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> message for a few seconds and then a
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screen with a blinking cursor.
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Just type in <B
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>ATZ</B
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> in that screen and hit the enter key.
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If you see a <EM
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>OK</EM
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> message, then, congratulations, your modem is working in GNU/Linux.
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Type in <B
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>ATI 3</B
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> and hit enter and you will see a <EM
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>PCtel HSP56 MicroModem</EM
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> output.
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If you get a error message, or if you fail to get any response from minicom proceed to the troubleshooting section.
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If everything is all right up to now, you can go ahead to configure your dialer software and connect to
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the internet, and please do take some time to submit your modem information to the compatibility database at <A
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>http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net</A
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>. Also, you may consider helping out the author.
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See <A
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> this section </A
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