3 appendix c - using minicom – Guralp Systems CMG-DCM build <10,000 User Manual

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Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware

Appendices

16.3 Appendix C - Using Minicom

The acquisition module includes the Linux program minicom as a terminal

emulator for use with serial devices, including Güralp digitisers. The
following is part of the minicom man page.

Minicom is window based. To pop up a window with the function you want,
hold the

key while typing

(from now on, we will use

+

to

denote this), and then the function key (a-z or A-Z). By pressing

+

first and then

, a help screen comes up with a short summary of all

commands.

For every menu the following keys can be used:

Key

Action

or

UP

or

DOWN

or

LEFT

or

RIGHT

CHOOSE

CANCEL

The screen is divided into two portions: the upper 24 lines are the
terminal-emulator screen. In this window, ANSI or VT100 escape sequences

are interpreted. If there is a line left at the bottom, a status line is placed
there. If this is not possible the status line will be showed every time you
press

+

. On terminals that have a special status line, it will be used

if the termcap information is complete and the -k flag has been given.
Possible commands are listed next, in alphabetical order.

Key

Action

+

Pressing

+

a second time will just send a

+

to the remote system. If you have changed your "escape

character" to something other than

+

, this works

analogously for that character.
Toggle 'Add Linefeed' on/off. If it is on, a linefeed is

MAN-EAM-0003

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