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From: pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Help with rotored lines / Rack Mounted Modems
Message-ID: <78@nic.cerf.net>
Date: 16 Jul 90 20:14:06 GMT
References: <70@nic.cerf.net>
Organization: CERFnet, La Jolla, CA
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In article <70@nic.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes:
>
>I recently acquired a set of Telebit 2500 Rack Mount Modems
>and found what I consider a major irritant.
>
>Unlike the stand-alones there is no switch on the control
>panel of the rackmounts to make a particukar modem go busy or off hook.
>(You can connect to the modem in AT mode and then make it go offhook but
>our modems will be all over California and technical help may not
>be available at all sites ) 
>

It turns out that pulling the modem out of the cage makes the line
go busy.This suggestion came from Doug Faunt at cisco 

I still believe that there should be a toggle switch
on the control panel.

Also, I wonder if it would be asking too much to build in
intelligence into rack  mount controller boards  which allows them
to define "rotary" groups and like functionalities.
 
--pushpendra
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