NAME Device::Modem - Perl extension to talk to modem devices connected via serial port WARNING This is C software, still needs extensive testing and support for generic AT commads, so use it at your own risk, and without C warranty! Have fun. SYNOPSIS use Device::Modem; my $modem = new Device::Modem( port => '/dev/ttyS1' ) if( $modem->connect( baudrate => 9600 ) ) { print "connected!\n"; } else { print "sorry, no connection with serial port!\n'; } $modem->attention(); # send `attention' sequence (+++) $modem->dial('02270469012'); # dial phone number $modem->echo(1); # enable local echo $modem->echo(0); # disable it $modem->offhook(); # Take off hook (ready to dial) $modem->hangup(); # returns modem answer $modem->is_active(); # Tests whether modem device is active or not # So far it works for modem OFF/ modem ON condition $modem->reset(); # hangup + attention + restore setting 0 (Z0) $modem->restore_factory_settings(); # Handle with care! $modem->send_init_string(); # Send initialization string # Now this is fixed to `ATZ0H0V1Q0E0' $modem->repeat(); # Repeat last command $modem->verbose(0); # Modem responses are numerical $modem->verbose(1); # Normal text responses # # Some raw AT commands # $modem->atsend( 'ATH0' ); print $modem->answer(); $modem->atsend( 'ATDT01234567' . Device::Modem::CR ); print $modem->answer(); DESCRIPTION Device::Modem class implements basic AT (Hayes) compliant device abstraction. It is meant to be inherited by sub classes (as Device::Gsm), which are based on serial connections. REQUIRES Device::SerialPort (Win32::SerialPort for Windows machines) EXPORT None TO-DO * Document log interface Explain which type of logging hooks you can use with Device::Modem and its sub-classes (Device::Gsm). For now, they are only `file' and `syslog' * AutoScan An AT command script with all interesting commands is run when `autoscan' is invoked, creating a `profile' of the current device, with list of supported commands, and database of brand/model-specific commands * Test `parse_answer()' method * Many more to come! AUTHOR Cosimo Streppone, cosimo@cpan.org COPYRIGHT (C) 2002 Cosimo Streppone, cosimo@cpan.org This library is free software; you can only redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO Device::SerialPort, Win32::SerialPort, perl