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Re: COM Port Question


On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Tester Field wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I have installed Cygwin on a Dell PC with windows
> 2000, and I am trying to sent AT command to an
> external modem attached on COM1.
>  
> My questions are:
>  
> 1) What do I need to do for cygwin to recognize COM1?

Nothing :-).

> 2) Is there a utility provided for the purposes.

Not sure.
  
> My ultimate goal is to send SMS message using Kannel
> and a GSM modem. I understand this is not the right
> place of Kannel questions, however I will like to ask
> for help on Cygwin recognizing COM1 port.
>
> I appreciate any assistance that you might provide.
> Also, I have searched google without success. If any
> document that provides assistance, please provide me a
> link. Again, I appreciate any assistance you might
> provide.
>  
Did you look here?

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN825
  
HTH

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