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Operator's Guide

14.4 Using Minicom

The CMG-EAM 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:

UP

or

DOWN

or

LEFT

or

RIGHT

or

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.

+

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 added
before every carriage return displayed on the screen.

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