Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:3318 comp.mail.uucp:2728 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!aplcen!wb3ffv!tcsc3b2!pag From: pag@tcsc3b2.UUCP (Philip A. Gross) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Problems with HDB uucp xfer Summary: "speaking" to other modems with a TB+ Message-ID: <499@tcsc3b2.UUCP> Date: 2 Feb 89 18:35:42 GMT References: <257@utgard.UUCP> <173@n8ino.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: The Computer Solution Co., Inc. of VA Lines: 67 In article <173@n8ino.UUCP>, craig@n8ino.UUCP (R. Craig Peterson ) writes: [...one person wrote...] > > connection is made fine, initial protocol exchanges > >are done, file names to be sent are exchanged, directories are made, > >... then while waiting for the first packet, uucp says 'alarm 1', > >'alarm 2', etc. all the way to 'alarm 10', then quits. > [... and another wrote...] > > I've had the EXACT same problem as you appear > to be having. > > I'm trying to use a TB+ to talk to a machine with a > Hayes 1200 bps modem. Both sides are running HDB uucp. > > I talk fine to other sites. Very annoying!! The problem you both are experiencing has to do with the XON/XOFF handshaking being implemented by the modem. Uucp has serious problems when trying to xfer files between systems where one of the modems is using XON/XOFF. Listed here are the NVRAM settings of our TB+: E0 F1 M1 Q6 P V1 X0 Version BA4.00 S00=002 S01=000 S02=04 S03=013 S04=010 S05=008 S06=002 S07=060 S08=002 S09=006 S10=007 S11=050 S12=050 S45=255 S47=004 S48=000 S49=000 S50=000 S51=004 S52=002 S53=000 S54=003 S55=000 S56=017 S57=019 S58=000 S59=000 S60=000 S61=128 S62=003 S63=001 S64=000 S65=000 S66=001 S67=000 S68=000 S90=000 S91=000 S92=001 S95=002 S100=000 S101=000 S102=000 S104=000 S110=255 S111=255 S112=001 S121=000 and finally, this is an excerpt from our HDB Dialers file: # This is for connecting to those systems which also have a Telebit modem, Yea! tbfast =W-, "" \d\rA\rAT OK ATS58=3\r OK ATS50=255\r OK ATS111=30\r OK ATDT\p\T\r\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\c CONNECT # This is for those installations not so fortunate to have a Telebit modem # and therefore, their systems have a difficult time with things like # XON/XOFF. tbnorm =W-, "" \d\r\r\rAT OK ATS58=0\r OK ATDT\p\T\r\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\c CONNECT The speed in which the computer and the modem communicate is locked in at 9600 baud, while we allow the modem to handle the transition to various speed modems. Therefore, all systems we communicate to are listed at 9600 baud in our HDB Systems file. BTW, all of the delays that you see in the Dialers, above are to ensure that uucp doesn't get impatient with the modem when the modem has to wait for the phone company to establish the connection. Sometimes the wait gets to be a bit long. Hope this info is of assistance... ===================================+=========================================== Philip A. Gross |INTERNET: pag%tcsc3b2@wb3ffv.ampr.org The Computer Solution Co., Inc. |USENET: ...!wb3ffv!tcsc3b2!pag 1009 Sycamore Square, P.O. Box 716 |UUCP: tcsc3b2!pag (804)794-1514 Midlothian, VA 23113-0716 |ATTMAIL: attmail!tcsc3b2!pag Voice: (804)794-3491 | The opinions expressed here are strictly mine and nobody elses. << I haven't heard what I have to say about that yet. >> :-)