SerialDeviceManager(1M)
SerialDeviceManager - serial device manager
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.19. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME SerialDeviceManager - serial device manager SYNOPSIS /usr/sysadm/bin/runcatalog /usr/sysadm/catalogdf/SaSerialDeviceCatatog.cdf DESCRIPTION Managers display information about your system and provide access to interactive guides (also called tasks) that let you administer your system. For example, the User Manager displays a list of the user accounts currently on the system and gives you access to guides like "Add a User Account" and "Modify a User Account." In a Manager window, you can open a guide by choosing its name from the Task menu or by clicking its button at the bottom of the window. The serial device manager displays an icon for each serial port on the system. The icon represents the device attached to that port. The serial device manager gets its information from the inittab(4) file, the /dev/input directory (see input(7)), and from the configuration files in /etc/uucp (see cu(1C)). GUIDES Guides, also called "tasks," are interactive windows that lead users through the steps necessary to perform various system administration tasks, such as adding new user accounts and configuring networking on the system. A guide typically consists of a series of pages that prompt users to enter information or select options. A user navigates through guide pages using the Prev and Next buttons (or corresponding arrow keys). When the user reaches the last page of a guide and clicks the OK button, the system executes one or more privileged commands to perform the system administration task. These commands are located in /usr/sysadm/privcmd. See runpriv(1M) for more information about privileged commands. Many of the guides require that a user either know the root password or be assigned the necessary privileges (using the PrivilegeManager(1)) in order to perform the task. Add a Serial Device This guide lets you configure a serial port for use by a terminal, optional input device, or midi. The privilege needed for this task is: Add Serial Device (addSerialDevice(1M)). Remove a Serial Device This guide lets you unconfigure a serial port configured for a terminal, an optional input device, or midi. The privilege needed for this task is: Delete Serial Device (deleteSerialDevice(1M)). Add a Modem This guide lets you configure a serial port for use by a modem. The privilege needed for this task is: Add Modem (addModem(1M)). Remove a Modem This guide lets you unconfigure a serial port configured for use by a modem. The privilege needed for this task is: Delete Modem (deleteModem(1M)). SEE ALSO cu(1C), sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), addSerialDevice(1M), deleteSerialDevice(1M), addModem(1M), deleteModem(1M), inittab(4), input(7).