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From: bob@ahxenix.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes command set oversight/problem
Message-ID: <326@ahxenix.REL.COM>
Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 17:48:11 EST
Article-I.D.: ahxenix.326
Posted: Sun Feb 15 17:48:11 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Feb-87 19:45:57 EST
References: <871@basser.oz>
Organization: Auburn Hills Xenix BBS
Lines: 22
Summary: +++ escape command

In article <871@basser.oz>, alans@basser.oz (Alan Skea) writes:
> I have discovered the following problem with "Hayes-Compatible" 1200
> baud modems.  Here is the scenario:
> 
> To disable the escape facility on the remote modem usually requires the
> sitching of a DIP switch.  This is not the ideal solution when the modem
> is used for both dial-in and dial-out.  One solution to the problem
> would be to change the escape character from + to, say, - on the
> answering machine, but in order for this to be effective, everyone must

I have a USR Courier 2400.  I am able to re-program the escape character
to just about anything that I want.  For obvious reasons,  I have choosen
an almost never used character on my inbound modem lines.  This way if 
somebody send a +++ down the line,  my modems are not put in the command
state.



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Bob Leffler  -  bob@ahxenix.REL.COM
            
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