Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!ndmath!thelink!andy From: andy@thelink.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Hayes command set oversight/problem Message-ID: <96@thelink.UUCP> Date: Sat, 14-Feb-87 18:36:35 EST Article-I.D.: thelink.96 Posted: Sat Feb 14 18:36:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Feb-87 22:38:21 EST References: <1144@sri-unix.ARPA> Organization: The Link, South Bend, IN Lines: 7 Will a Hayes modem that uses "-" as the escape character go into command mode when you are running readnews or anything else that outputs a line of "-"'s? No. There is a command character guard time built-in. There must be at least one second before and one second after the three escape characters for the command to be recognized, although this can be tweaked by changing register S12, where the value can be set in 50ths of a second.