Re: MC35i on a TCP terminal server -- userguide patch

Stanislav Sinyagin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mobile.kannel.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Attached, please find the userguide patch, describing the rawtcp mode.

thanks
stan
kannel.rawtcp.userguide.ssinyagin.20050712.patch (text/plain, 2.3 KB)
Index: doc/userguide/userguide.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/doc/userguide/userguide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.301
diff -u -r1.301 userguide.xml
--- doc/userguide/userguide.xml	14 Apr 2005 11:58:58 -0000	1.301
+++ doc/userguide/userguide.xml	12 Jul 2005 10:17:32 -0000
@@ -3460,6 +3460,9 @@
      <entry><literal>device-name</literal></entry>
      <entry valign="bottom">
           The device the modem is connected to, like <literal>/dev/ttyS0</literal>.
+          When the device name is set to <literal>rawtcp</literal>, two other 
+          variables are required in the configuration: <literal>rawtcp-host</literal>
+          and <literal>rawtcp-port</literal>. See the note below.
      </entry></row>
 
    <row><entry><literal>speed</literal></entry>
@@ -3529,6 +3532,21 @@
           hard reset. Default disabled.
        </entry></row>
 
+     <row><entry><literal>rawtcp-host</literal></entry>
+       <entry><literal>IP address</literal></entry>
+       <entry valign="bottom">
+          Hostname or IP address to connect in <literal>rawtcp</literal> mode. 
+          Required if teral>device</literal> is set to <literal>rawtcp</literal>.
+       </entry></row>
+
+     <row><entry><literal>rawtcp-port</literal></entry>
+       <entry><literal>integer</literal></entry>
+       <entry valign="bottom">
+          TCP port to connect to on <literal>rawtcp-host</literal>.
+          Required if teral>device</literal> is set to <literal>rawtcp</literal>.
+       </entry></row>
+
+
    </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
 
    <para>Modem definitions are now multiple groups present in kannel.conf,
@@ -3684,6 +3702,13 @@
    finally your GSM network provider may not support delivery reports to mobile 
    units.</para>
 
+   <para><emphasis>A note about <literal>rawtcp</literal> mode:</emphasis>
+   This mode allows you to use a GSM modem connected to a remote terminal server,
+   such as Perle IOLAN DS1 or a Cisco router with reverse telnet. The teminal
+   server should support raw TCP mode. The driver is not tested in telnet mode.
+   It is recommended to use <literal>keepalive</literal> variable, in order to 
+   automatically reconnect in case of network connectivity problems.</para>
+
 </sect2>
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