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From: doogie <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cuaa1 device on us robotics sportster does not echo AT output
Date: 10 Jul 1997 17:03:31 GMT
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Patrick McCook <cookie97@flash.net> wrote:

> Brian Somers writes:

> > Sounds like maybe something else is using IRQ 3 (maybe a network card?).

> No, I took the modem out completely, shutdown and restarted cold.  I
> checked /var/log/messages and the dmesg log, but there were no entries with
> irq 3 except the sio1 device, which as I understand is as it should be.
> The boot messages display:

> 	sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq on isa
> 	sio1: type 16550A

> The AT commands still exhibit the same behavior, where I have to press the
> enter key to display the modem return codes one byte at a time to screen. 
> Any additional help is greatly appreciated! 

If you removed the internal modem and you still have a sio1 (com2) then
you already have a serial port sitting on com2 and that is what's
conflicting. Move your modem to another comport and IRQ or disable the
serial port. 

-- 
Jason Young
ANET Technical Staff