Guralp Systems CMG-DCM build <10,000 - Manual (Page 267)

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
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