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sigmon(1) General Commands Manual sigmon(1)

NAME

sigmon - Vodafone 3G/GPRS datacard signal strength monitor

SYNOPSIS

sigmon -?

OPTIONS


-?
gives brief usage details

DESCRIPTION

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

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.

DEPENDENCIES

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

22 January, 2005