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NAME

       gnokiid - create a virtual modem for old Nokia mobile phones

SYNOPSIS

       gnokiid

       gnokiid [--help|--version|--debug]

DESCRIPTION

       gnokiid

       is  a  tool  from  the gnokii tool suite used to create a virtual modem
       device with a Nokia portable telephone.  The virtual  modem  device  is
       usually  accessed  via  a  symbolic  link  called  /dev/gnokii (created
       automatically by mgnokiidev(8)). Please note  that  you  don’t  need  a
       virtual  modem  when  you  have  real modem accepting AT Hayes commands
       (most of the modern phones). gnokiid was written for  the  phones  that
       supported  data transfer but didn’t expose AT layer (namely Nokia 6110,
       6130, 6150, 5110, 5130).

       After gnokiid has created the virtual modem, it can  be  accessed  like
       any  other  Hayes-compatible  modem  by  such  programs as the terminal
       program minicom(1) or the PPP daemon  pppd(8)  to  make  standard  data
       connections to remote computers.

       The  full  range  of portable telephone functions (SMS messaging, phone
       book, operator logos, etc.) are accessed using the command-line program
       gnokii(1) or the graphical interface program xgnokii(1x).

       gnokii is a Linux/Unix tool suite and (eventually) modem/fax driver for
       Nokia mobile phones, released under the GPL.

       gnokii supports most phones from the 3810/8110  and  5110/6110  series,
       details  including  bugs  specific  to  each series appear in the files
       Docs/README-3810 and Docs/README-6110 respectively.

OPTIONS

       If called without any options, gnokiid will  set  up  a  virtual  modem
       device  using  the  settings  in  gnokii(1) config file (if it exists).
       Otherwise,

       --help print out a short usage message

       --version
              print out version, copyright, phone, and serial device info

       --debug
              uses STDIN/STDOUT for a virtual modem

DIAGNOSTICS

       Various error messages are printed to STDERR.

BUGS

       Hmmm...

AUTHOR

       Hugh  Blemings  <hugh  at  blemings  dot  org>  and  Pavel  Janik   ml.
       <Pavel.Janik  at suse dot cz> are the authors of the gnokii tool suite.

       This manual page was written by Erik Rossen  <rossen  at  freesurf  dot
       ch>.

       See also Docs/CREDITS from the gnokii sources.

COPYING

       This  program is distributed under the GNU Public License Version 2, or
       (at your option) any later version..

SEE ALSO

       gnokii, xgnokii, mgnokiidev