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From: learn@igloo.UUCP (william vajk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Dropping DTR?
Message-ID: <1462@igloo.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 89 13:49:25 GMT
References: <362@cocktrice.UUCP> <916@ssbn.WLK.COM> <363@cocktrice.UUCP>
Organization: igloo, Northbrook, IL
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> >In article <362@cocktrice.UUCP> mdm@cocktrice.UUCP (Mike Mitchell) writes:

> >>Does anyone have a fancy trick for lowering DTR going to a modem attached
> >>to tty0? I have my modem set up to auto answer, however there are times
> >>that I do not want the modem to answer the phone.

It is an easy matter to reset most modems to ignore auto answer. I only
buy modems which have S0 as a software settable function.

If someone is on the line when cron strikes get_off, there is at least
one PD pkill routine (kill process by name) that can be run as part of
a script called by cron.

If your modem has S0 writable, there's probably no good reason to
use dropping DTR as a means of locking out the system from incoming 
calls.


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