Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!shelby!rutgers!kb2ear!overlf!emanuele From: emanuele@overlf.UUCP (Mark A. Emanuele) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Telebit uucp/alarm problem Message-ID: <3@overlf.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 91 02:53:34 GMT References: <1CE00001.e3inaa@tbomb.ice.com> Organization: Overleaf Systems, Inc. Lines: 45 In article , chris@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov (Chris Shenton) writes: > I did a > uucico -r1 -x9 > > from machine thanatos to machine asylum. Here's the relevant part of the > output where thanatos alarmed. Note that they start talking, negotiating > for protocol, but fail on the send. When I *don't* have a file queued up on > thanatos, it hangs in the same place, but on "rmesg - 'H'" instead of > "rmesg - 'S'". > rmesg - 'S' alarm 1 > send 37777777610 > alarm 2 > ... > send 37777777610 > alarm 10 > send 37777777610 > tries = 10 > got FAIL > ... > Looks to me like a serial line flow control problem. As per the telebit manual you MUST be using hardware flow control . I had the same problem when my HFC did not work. Hope this helps. emanuele@overlf.uucp -- Mark A. Emanuele V.P. Engineering Overleaf, Inc. 218 Summit Ave Fords, NJ 08863 (908) 738-8486 emanuele@overlf.UUCP