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From: jbritain@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Britain)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: modem troubles
Message-ID: <1943@crash.CTS.COM>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 13:16:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  2 13:16:12 1987
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Sounds perfectly normal to me.  The pure tone you hear, when the modem first
answers the phone, is an interrogation for 300 baud, and signal provided for
phasing at the other end.  The shusshing noise you hear, is a modem signal of
a higher speed.

The real problem that you have, is allowing the modem to answer the phone on
the first ring.  It simply beats you to the telephone, when it rings.  Your
solution, will depend upon which modem you have.  If it has no intelligence
whatsoever, you will have to disconnect it.  Some use the command ATX, to
disable answerring.  Another method (if intelligent), is to set the number of
rings, to 3, or so, to allow you time to answer the phone first.

A solid solution, really depends upon knowing what brand of modem you have,
and what language it speaks.  In all cases, a seperate line, will solve your
problem.

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