[VxW] Re: Hyperterm on Linux

[Frank da Cruz]

In article <fcb7d817.0304040645.cb62e54 at posting.google.com>,
Hans Vermeersch <hans.vermeersch at protronic.com> wrote:
: You can use kermit on your linux pc. Create a file ".kermrc" in your
: home directory with the following lines in it :
: 
: set line /dev/ttyS0
: set speed 9600
: set carrier-watch off
: set handshake none
: set flow-control none
: robust
: set file type bin
: set file name lit
: set rec pack 1000
: set send pack 1000
: set window 5
: 
: Next the connection from your pc to the target is made with the
: command "kermit -c"
: 
That is one way to do it, but it assumes you'll never be using Kermit
for anything other than making connections out /dev/ttyS0 (you might
want to also use it for dialing modems, making Telnet and FTP connections,
executing scripts, etc).  Also:

 . SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF is unnecessary if you have a true null
   modem cable (DTR and CD cross-connected).

 . SET FLOW NONE is a recipe for disaster.  Use a true null-modem cable
   that cross-connects RTS and CTS, and then use "set flow rts/cts".

 . The ROBUST command (which slows file transfers to a crawl) is
   unnecessary if you have adequate flow control.

 . The speed can be much higher if you have a true null modem cable
   and are using RTS/CTS flow control; try 57600 or 115200.

 . "set file type bin" is not necessary in modern Kermit releases,
   which determine the type of each file automatically.

 . "set file name literal" is not necessary in modern Kermit releases,
   which automatically recognize the platform type of the opposite
   Kermit and adjust file-naming conventions as needed.

 . "set receive packet-length", etc, are not necessary because modern
   Kermit releases determine the optimum file-transfer protocol operating
   parameters automatically.

The current version of C-Kermit is 8.0:

  http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html

- Frank