[19:23] <DammitJim> how does one send commands to a serial port on a terminal?
[19:27] <rmcbride> DammitJim: well writing to the port generally, you'd do something like 'stty -F /dev/ttyS0 speed 9600 cs8 -cstopb -parenb
[19:27] <rmcbride> echo -n ^R^B > /dev/ttyS0'
[19:28] <rmcbride> basically set the port up and just echo the string your command needs to the device
[19:28] <DammitJim> oh, cool
[19:29] <DammitJim> thanks
[19:29] <DammitJim> what is the ^R^B?
[19:29] <DammitJim> this device I'm talking to doesn't echo
[19:29] <rmcbride> DammitJim: that's just an example command sequence
[19:29] <DammitJim> and the -n?
[19:29] <DammitJim> nevermind.... I can look that up
[19:29] <rmcbride> ah hmm.. 
[19:29] <rmcbride> yea the -n is just a formatter for echo IIRC
[19:30] <DammitJim> weird
[19:30] <rmcbride> I wish I could find my old X-10 control scripts for the firecracker serial transmitter
[19:30] <rmcbride> probably on one of the old hard drives I just drilled and dumped
[19:30] <DammitJim> lol
[19:30] <DammitJim> fun!
[19:31] <rmcbride> Yea. Getting ready to probably move to Pompano Beach or thereabouts and start working for a company down in south fl
[19:31] <DammitJim> when?
[19:31] <rmcbride> and I don't need to drag all this stuff down there :)
[19:31] <rmcbride> I'll find out soon. Within a couple weeks certainly
[19:32] <rmcbride> relocation package is still being negotiated between the company and the agency I'm contracting through
[19:33] <rmcbride> once they finish hammering that out, I just need the real estate guy down there to find me an awesome rental, finish packing this place up, and I'm gone. Packing in the mean time. I have a LOT of unused crap I've been dragging around