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From: rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Setting and reseting DTR through the COM port
Keywords: DTR , COM
Message-ID: <1432@wet.UUCP>
Date: 10 Aug 90 04:53:09 GMT
References: <10038@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Reply-To: rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge)
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Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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rmorris@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert Morris) writes:

>I need to turn on a box which is hooked to a serial port and is activated by
>setting or resetting the DTR.  How does one do this?  I've seen software that   
>can so I know it can be done, I just don't know, and can't find out how.
>Thanks in advance -----

Check your local BBS's.  There are PD programs called AT and DTR.  They
operate approximately as follows:

	DTR [COM2] ON|OFF
	AT [modem string]

They both operate from the DOS command line, and like most PD stuff, I think
they are self-documenting or come with a small README file.  I probably have
them here somewhere, but haven't used them in ages.

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