[Packet] Linux setup - putting TNC into KISS mode

[Doug Laidlaw]

I got a lot of help on this subject before, but have lost most of it.

I have installed the AX25 programs and have an ax0 item in gKrellM.  I have 
tried sending a "connect" with xcall, and the data is going through to the 
TNC ( a MFJ-1270B), but nothing is happening on the status lights.  I believe 
that I am not putting the TNC into KISS mode first.  I have the following in 
my /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

#Set up AX.25 Packet
insmod ax25
insmod mkiss
/usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyS0 Port1 44.135.96.242
kissparms -p Port1 -t 100 -s 100 -r 25
/usr/sbin/ax25d

(I thought that the two "insmod" commands should be once-only, but they don't 
seem to persist.)

As I understand it, everything there assumes that the TNC is already in KISS 
mode and I have to send a KISS command to the TNC first.  From memory, it was 
"echo" something to the serial port.  What is the syntax, and which line does 
it follow?

TIA,

Doug VK3KDI.
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