tcpser - emulate a Hayes compatible modem
tcpser -d dev -s speed [-l log_level
-t tracing_options] ...
tcpser -v port [-l log_level -t tracing_options]
...
This manual page documents briefly the tcpser command.
tcpser turns a PC serial port into an emulated Hayes
compatible modem that uses TCP/IP for incoming and outgoing connections. It
can be used to allow older applications and systems designed for modem use
to operate on the Internet. tcpser supports all standard Hayes
commands, and understands extended and vendor proprietary commands (though
it does not implement many of them). tcpser can be used for both
inbound and outbound connections.
A summary of options is included below.
- -h
- Show summary of options.
- -p
- Port to listen on (defaults to 6400).
- -t
- Trace flags: (can be combined)
- s
- modem input
- S
- modem output
- i
- IP input
- I
- IP output
- -l
- Log level: 0 (NONE), 1 (FATAL) - 7 (DEBUG_X) (defaults to 0).
- -L
- Log file (defaults to stderr).
- The following can be repeated
for each modem desired (-s, -S, and -i will apply to any subsequent device
if not set again):
- -d
- Serial device (e.g. /dev/ttyS0). Cannot be used with -v
- -v
- TCP port for VICE RS232 (e.g. 25232). Cannot be used with -d
- -s
- Serial port speed (defaults to 38400).
- -S
- Speed modem will report (defaults to -s value).
- -I
- Invert DCD pin.
- -n
- Add phone entry (number=replacement).
- -a
- Filename to send to local side upon answer.
- -A
- Filename to send to remote side upon answer.
- -c
- Filename to send to local side upon connect.
- -C
- Filename to send to remote side upon connect.
- -N
- Filename to send when no answer.
- -B
- Filename to send when modem(s) busy.
- -T
- Filename to send upon inactivity timeout.
- -i
- Modem init string (defaults to `', leave off `at' prefix when
specifying).
- -D
- Direct connection (follow with hostname:port for caller, : for
receiver).
tcpser was written by Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com>.
This manual page was written by Peter Collingbourne
<pcc03@doc.ic.ac.uk>, for the Debian project (but may be used by
others).