Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!bpa!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!dsinc!lgnp1!phile From: phile@lgnp1.LS.COM (Phil Eschallier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: making SCO Xenix answer the phone Summary: xenix answering the phone ... Message-ID: <442@lgnp1.LS.COM> Date: 11 Dec 88 16:36:07 GMT References: Organization: Lagniappe Systems (Norristown, PA) Lines: 23 In article , jl42+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jay Mathew Libove) writes: > I have a SCO Xenix v2.2.1 80286 system, with a US Robitics Courier > (?) 2400 (Hayes compatible) modem... > > I have a cron script do "enable tty1a" at 1am and "disable tty1a" at > 4am, as I want the machine to answer the phone between 1am and 4am > only, but it doesn't pick up the phone when it rings. I've tried > "echo ATS0=1 >> /dev/tty1a" and also "... >> /dev/tty1A" and I've > tried enabling tty1A as well as, and instead of, tty1a, and nothing > seems to get the phone to answer! > "enable tty1A" --> notice the uppercase which signifies the modem control line. since that did not work, check you modem switches to use DTR -- my telebit will enable/disable with out exception but my usrobotics microlink (internal courier) usually needs to be used after enabling for the first time (after a cold boot) -- for me i use "enable tty2A" then i must use the "cu" command once to call someone one that port. phil eschallier