How to connect android devices to hyperterminal?

Question

I would like to know how to connect android devices to hyperterminal? I am not able to find the port on which my android mobile connects and which connection mode to use? On my HTC wildfire S I have various connection modes like 'Internet pass through','charge only','disk drive',etc.

Please help !!

Answer 1

I'm afraid android doesent expose it's 'modem' via a serial port.

What you probably need is some kind of application, that will expose desired functions through either XML-RPC, plain HTTP or some kind of IP based protocol.

Some of those apps could be AirDroid (here i'm not sure how easy it is to control this from a script), RPC - Base + XMPP Channel, or SMS Gateway from APK Soft.

Or you can write your own app for android and emulate a modem over TCP... (i have no experience in this, but expect it to be fairly easy)

Answer 2

There is a review of this in the XDA forum thread:

How to talk to the Modem with AT commands.

That thread show you how to send AT commands (ATC) with a remote terminal (USB connected to you PC), but it has not yet solved the problem of how to use a local (phone) terminal to talk to the phone Modem. This is dependent on both the Modem chip set used in your phone and how the phone is set up when connected to a USB port. There are usually some kind of engineering menu (aka secret code) that you can dial to get the phone to act like a MODEM or PDA.

BTW. You need a terminal application/program to do any talking to the modem (remember, its a 2-way communication). So that's why you need a rooted device, since the root kit usually come with Busybox (that includes a microcom terminal program). Otherwise you have to write your own program.