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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