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From: wdawe@geac.com (Wayne Dawe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Procomm 2.4.2 & dumb modem
Summary: Host mode problems in procomm
Message-ID: <1990Jan15.220313.22261@geac.com>
Date: 15 Jan 90 22:03:13 GMT
References: <12540@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> <5966@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: wdawe@geac.com (Wayne Dawe)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Geac Computer Corporation
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In article <5966@cps3xx.UUCP> gcook@cps3xx.UUCP (Greg Cook) writes:
>From article <12540@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>, by rlneal@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (r.l.neal):
>> Will Procomm only work in the host mode if it is using
>> Hayes compatible modems?  or is something else the problem?
>
>I have a Hayes compatible modem and have yet to get Procomm's (2.4.3) 
>host mode to work.  It answers a call occaisonally, and if it does, it
>just sits there!  Or it keeps cycling between some dumb messages procomm
>has and won't stop (even not connected, when I initiate host mode).

When using Host mode in Procomm you must ensure that your modem is set
so the carrier detect line follows the the carrier detect status. This is
done either by setting a dip switch or in newer modems by sending a
command to the modem. Another thing to check is that you are using the proper
method to hang-up the modem. Most Hayes compatible modems uses the ATH0
command prefaced with the proper escape sequence (usually +++). 
In Procomm+ it is also necessary to choose whether or not to drop DTR to hangup,
the use of the method may also require reprogramming the modem registers.
I have found not using this option to be more reliable.
 
Procomm will work in host mode with non-Hayes modems but requires more care
in setting the proper initialization sequence.


-- 
Wayne Dawe
wdawe@geac.com
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