Minicom + Procurve switch

[cliff here]

Yea it's set to 9600, like i said I"m duplicating the same settings I used
in hyperterm that worked fine.

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Grzegorz Witkowski <geslinux at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 15:18 -0400, cliff here wrote:
> > Good afternoon list compatriots;
> >
> > Having a weird issue using minicom to connect a  2400 series Procurve
> > switch.  I am using 8N1 and I start by leaving minicom listening and then
> > reboot the switch.
> >
> > Switch comes up and I see it's ROM decompress and post,  then asks me to
> hit
> > enter twice to confirm speed test. However minicom doesn't seem to be
> > responding to any keystrokes.  I believe the terminal emulation is set to
> > VT102.
> >
> > The other item that seems odd is that even though I can see output from
> the
> > switch minicom still says 'offline'
> >
> > I know my settings are correct since I've used hyperterm to get it
> working
> > before, I'm assuming I just am not understanding a setting or behavior of
> > minicom.
> >
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> Hi,
>
> You did not say anything about boud rate and flow control.
> They are very important. Typically you set flow control to none when
> connecting to switches. Check documentation of your switch for baud
> rate. Usually it's 9600, but some switches may have 115200 default.
> If those are incorrect, you may see connection problems.
>
> Hope this will help.
>
> Regards,
> Ges
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