mgetty is running but I want to manually outdial - How

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Back in the days of DOS I use to verify whether a modem was working by
accessing the modem manually. Can I do the same from the linux server
prompt? I have tried the follow command without success>

echo atdt1234567 >/dev/ttyS1 <enter>

The lights on the modem flicker but ir does not outdial.

I want to accomplish this as a trouble shooting measure. I have mgetty
running ( successfully ) and now I want to setup uucp. I'm having
trouble getting uucp to dial and I'm not sure whether mgetty and uucp
don't like living together or whether uucp is having trouble accessing
the modem. UUCP seems to be configured properly but does not see the
modem. 

Any light you may shed on the problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Jim