screen: Something keeps typing "AT+GCAP" to my terminal
 

I'm trying to use a usb-to-serial connection for an UART device on Mint linux. I setup the terminal by doing "# screen /dev/ttyADM0 115200". That's it, I get a nice serial connection to the device where I can interact with it. But when initializing the serial connection with the given command, something types in the "AT+GCAP" string to my terminal and hits newline/enter (sends the command over). This happens a couple of times only at the very beginning after starting the screen session, then it stops. I've also seen a few lines like "~x~" veing typed.

What is causing this behavior? I find it a nuisance since it interferes with the device I'm using.

Hi there,

it looks as though Ubuntu's/Mint's modem manager does that to check if there is a modem connected, and if so, to see what capabilities (e.g. fax, answering machine) it supports:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-modem-go-away
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2056285

If you don't use actual modems, you might even try to uninstall the modem manager. I did so for my desktop PC - not because modem manager caused me trouble, but only because I was quite sure I didn't need it.

That's the escape sequence to bring the modem from data mode into command mode.

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Thank you, I believed it was the screen program that was misbehaving. This worked: