openbsd-ports/comms/birda/patches/patch-ircomm_ircomm_1
grange 724a5f6f27 Import birda-1.1.
A set of utilities to communicate with IrDA devices
over an IrDA port on a serial line.

Covers IrComm for connecting via PPP over cell phones
as well as several utilities to exchange data with PDAs. 
  
These programs were written by Tommy Bohlin <tommy@gatespace.com>.
Man pages and some program by Dieter Baron.

Based on port by Pavel Korovin <pvk@oxygene.ru>.
2003-08-21 12:58:01 +00:00

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$OpenBSD: patch-ircomm_ircomm_1,v 1.1.1.1 2003/08/21 12:58:01 grange Exp $
$RuOBSD: patch-ircomm_ircomm_1,v 1.1 2002/05/17 17:42:27 pvk Exp $
--- ircomm/ircomm.1.orig Sun Jan 13 03:45:27 2002
+++ ircomm/ircomm.1 Fri May 17 21:26:20 2002
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ Redirect stdin/stdout to pty.
.It Fl Y
Fork and run as daemon.
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Make a data connection using cellular phone built-in modem:
+.Bd -literal
+ircomm -Y -d /dev/tty01 -y /dev/ptyqf
+.Ed
+.Pp
+After IrDA connection is established, you can make a call using terminal program or
+.Xr ppp 8
+to make data calls.
+.Pp
+You should setup your communication program to use the slave end of selected pty, in our case /dev/ttyqf.
+.Pp
+Also, make sure that you have appropriate files in your /dev directory. If you don't have it, you should create it using
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8
+script.
+.fi
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr irobex 1 ,
.Xr irs 1 ,
@@ -71,6 +87,8 @@ Fork and run as daemon.
.Xr mkobexmemo 1 ,
.Xr mkobexpdb 1 ,
.Xr mkobextel 1 ,
-.Xr mkobextodo 1
+.Xr mkobextodo 1 ,
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
+.Xr ppp 8
.Sh AUTHOR
.An Tommy Bohlin Aq tommy@gatespace.com