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From: andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Comm program help
Message-ID: <1990Sep12.230514.2038@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 12 Sep 90 23:05:14 GMT
References: <1990Sep09.012634.22430@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Reply-To: andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann)
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL
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In article <1990Sep09.012634.22430@ddsw1.MCS.COM> andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann) writes:
>  I just bought a 2400 baud MNP5 modem (ATI 2400etc/e.) I have quickly
>found out that some modems do not like the attempt to set up an MNP
>protocol. I am currently using Procomm Plus. The problem is that there is
>no way for me to have a particular entry in the dialer set the modem's MNP
>on or off (a linked script file is only called AFTER connection.) Are there
>any other communications programs out there that let you send special
>initializations to the modem BEFORE dialing? Is there a sneaky way to do
>this in Procomm Plus??

  To answer my own question, I have found a way to do it in Procomm Plus!!
What I did was, in the SETUP section, to change the dialing command from
ATDT to AT. Then in the dialing directory, I set dialing code A to &Q0DT,
and dialing code B to &Q5DT. I then changed all of my phone numbers to
begin with either A or B, depending on whether I want MNP or not.

  I do have one other question, is it better to set the modem to &Q6, which
enables V42? Is LAP-M (what V42 uses) any better than MNP?

  Andrew Rossmann
  andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM