My MB has builtin UARTs (Supermicro X10SAE). I've got an external modem hooked up to /dev/ttyS0. I'm running CentOS7.
Without minicom running on /dev/ttyS0:
- The modem has CTS on.
With minicom running on /dev/ttyS0:
- The modem lights up RTS and DTR along with CTS.
- Typing text into minicom does NOT light up the TX/RX lights
- AT does nothing
- +++ does nothing
- ATDT does nothing
If I move the modem (on the same box!) to a usb/serial convertor, and connect minicom to /dev/ttyUSB0, the modem responds.
[root ~]# setserial -a /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
closing_wait: 3000
Flags: spd_normal skip_test
[root ~]# setserial -a /dev/ttyUSB0
/dev/ttyUSB0, Line 0, UART: 16654, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0
Baud_base: 460800, close_delay: 0, divisor: 0
closing_wait: infinte
Flags: spd_normal
I called the modem while on /dev/ttyS0 and saw a blip on TX for the RING, but it did not show on the screen.
I assume I have the right port -- I even moved it to ttyS1 for comparison. No difference.
I'm stumped! Ideas? I'm beginning to wonder if the MB header to serial jack ribbon cable -- both!? -- are defective somehow.