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From: Pushpendra Mohta <pushp@cerf.net>
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Subject: Help with Rotored Lines/ Rack Mounted Modems
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Date: 13 Jul 90 23:41:19 GMT
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I recently acquired a set of Telebit2500 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 my
modems will be all over California and technical help may not be
available at all sites )

Ordinarily this would not be a problem, but the application I have is
a dial up terminal server with the phone lines on a rotor.  If the
first modem is busy , the call forwards to the next one and so on.
Should the modem or the terminal server port go bad and the modem does
not go off-hook, all ports beyond that one will not be utilized.

I wonder if there are feautures available in Pac-Bell territory on the
ROTORS which in effect will allow forward on busy AND forward if a
particular line does not answer in say four rings simultaneously. I
tried talking to the rep here without a clear answer.

Are there any other suggestions ? 

Thanks,

pushpendra
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