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sigmon(1)

sigmon1

Vodafone 3g/gprs datacard signal strength monitor

Usage

sigmon -?

Options

-? gives brief usage details

Overview

sigmon is a command line tool for monitoring the signal strength seen by a Vodafone 3G/GPRS datacard. Once started, it queries the datacard for the signal strength and displays it every 5 seconds. Use Ctrl/C to stop the signal strength display and exit from sigmon

Dependencies

sigmon requires comgt to be installed so that it appears in the current search path when sigmon is run.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze): the text shown here
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 4.0 (Etch)

Bugs

sigmon is a simple script that assumes that the third port of the datacard is /dev/ttyUSB2. If the datacard is not the first USB device registered the script must be modified to correct the port name. Read /var/log/messages to find the correct port name.

From comgt 0.32-6 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.