Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Controlling answer tone sequence Message-ID: <1991Mar31.144401.18443@nstar.rn.com> Date: 31 Mar 91 14:44:01 GMT References: Organization: NSTAR Unix Conferencing System - 8 lines - 1400 newsgroups Lines: 26 In comp.dcom.modems you write: >1) My (very old) USR HST has an undocumented feature-- setting the >lowest bit of S13 will cause a modem reset on DTR drop. I have no idea >if this still exists or is documented or has been replaced by something >else or has been dropped entirely in the vastly different modem you have. this option is still available on the latest dual standard modems available from USR - and we use it here on nstar >2) There is more than one Hayes modem compatible getty replacement out >there that knows about setting up Hayes modems and using their connect >messages to set the baud rate on the line. >You may have to hack on something like this a bit to get it to work with >your HST. we have that getty available here on the BBS (number below) - which accepts CONNECT 9600/ARQ, CONNECT 2400, etc. strings from the modem and sets the baud rate correctly - but unless you are using smartboards, we have found that the characters from the modem get dropped in which case getty doesn't know how to proceed (at least when using multiple high speed modems) -- Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287 (HST/PEP/V.32/v.42bis) regional UUCP mapping coordinator {larry@nstar.rn.com, ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!larry}