Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:1973 comp.sys.mac:11613 comp.sys.amiga:13639 comp.sys.ibm.pc:11083 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!ihuxv!tedk From: tedk@ihuxv.ATT.COM (Kekatos) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Modem Problem Keywords: How do you connect two modems that do not have an answer switch? Message-ID: <2412@ihuxv.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Jan 88 18:03:31 GMT References: <1518@bgsuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: tedk@ihuxv.UUCP (55624-Kekatos,T.G.) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 42 In article <1518@bgsuvax.UUCP> hovan@bgsuvax.UUCP (John Hovan) writes: > > > Can anyone offer a suggestion on ways to connect two 300baud modems >that do not have an answer switch so that a carrier can be generated on one >end? Is it at all possible to emulate a carrier in software or is this NO >reaching? Please email or post any realistic solution to this problem. > > >These modems, if able, will be used to call a friend with an SE. My machine >is also an SE. Modems we have are ComData Model #305E2-12 which have a >voice data switch on the front panel. > > > Thanks, > > John Hovan > Bowling Green State University > Hardware Support > hovan@bgsuvax.uucp > N8JAA Don't understand your problem. Answer end: Connect your modem to the phone line. Put the switch on the front to data. It ought to answer the when the phone rings. Thus generating carrier. Do you have a manual for modem? Ted G. Kekatos backbone!ihnp4!ihuxv!tedk (312) 979-0804 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Indian Hill South, IX-1F-460 Naperville & Wheaton Roads - Naperville, Illinois. 60566 USA