[Packet] Linux setup - putting TNC into KISS mode

[Duane Hofstetter]

Hey Doug,

I generally left my MFJ1274 in kiss mode all the time while running NOS.
If you use hyperterminal or another terminal program to connect to your tnc.
You should be able to just type in KISS ON  then PERM.. and it should stay
in kiss mode
To put it back into standard mode.. from NOS type in : param ax0 255 I
believe

This may explain it better..

http://he.fi/archive/linux-hams/200004/0047.html

He is using JNOS for linux though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Laidlaw" <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au>
To: <packet@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:15 AM
Subject: [Packet] Linux setup - putting TNC into KISS mode


> 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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