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From: rrk@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DECSERVER 200's and dial in/out modems
Message-ID: <60rrk@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 20 Jan 88 05:03:59 GMT
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I didn't mean to offend anyone by my posting.  I posted essentially the
same information that I posted now three times previously and no one
acknowledged that the questions had either been properly or improperly
addressed.  I can see that my response was out of line, but the fact remains
that the DECServer 200 communicates properly and automatically at both dial
in and out speeds.

With 1 DECServer devoted to nothing but modems (in an isolated room), it would
be very difficult to manually switch speeds on the DECServer, fortunately,
the DECServer appears to do this on outgoing calls as well as incoming when
the fallback speed is correctly set.  I don't have the book in front of
me right now either, but I believe that after the modem begins communication
at the proper speed, the port also decides to communicate at either the
primary speed or the fallback speed (probably using a process similar to
autobaud).  We have nothing but RS232 cables between the DECServer and the
modems.

I was insistent about the book, because it (according to my best recollection)
explicitly mentions use of the fallback speed in connection with multispeed
modems, dialouts, I believe.  The book, definately (again, my best
recollection) does NOT say how to do a SET TERM/SPEED=xxx.  I dial out
frequently to 1200 and 2400 baud systems.  The only time I have to go in
the computer room is when too many modems get hung (about once every two
weeks).  Why do a SET TERM/SPEED=nnn when the port/modem can switch by itself?

I will look it up in the book and post the page number.

                                Ray Whitmer
                                AMMON::RAY