On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 11:09:57PM -0800, Neil A. Carson wrote:
> Am trying to use this on a VAIO laptop, getting it to talk via the third
> serial port which is the IRDA. On Win98, if I move it nearby, it 'bongs'
> and talks. However under BSD I have tried all baud rates etc and can't
> get a response to an ATZ out of it.

You need the full IrDA protocol to make it work, I'm afraid.  It's not
enough to send distinct characters over the IR link - you need to speak
the IrDA protocol (which is not available for NetBSD).

  -jm