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From: geoffw@xenitec.on.ca (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Desterm
Keywords: help
Message-ID: <1990Mar10.175048.10267@xenitec.on.ca>
Date: 10 Mar 90 17:50:48 GMT
References: <1674@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
Reply-To: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
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In article <1674@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> ged@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Ged) writes:
>I currently got a hold of Desterm and was wondering if someone who uses 
>it can help me.

   As co-author, I think I'm qualified to think out loud. <grin>

>After saving numbers and all, I simply select dial number, select the 
>number and nothing happens.  I get an additional wiindow that shows the 
>number being dialed but nothing happens.  Status under the number shows 
>nothing.  I have been able to dial numbers just fine from the terminal 
>mode using Hayes commands, but it gets to be a real pain.
>
>i suspect that it may have to do with the intial sequence but I have 
>played with this string forever, never getting the auto dialer to work.  
>Maybe everyone has this problem?  I have a c128D with a 1670 modem...

   It sounds like your signal inversion is incorrect and the modem is
ignoring the dial command (which should be "ATD" for all Hayes-type
modems, including both versions of the 1670). I doubt that the setup
string is the problem (at least, not the only one), as that shouldn't
prevent the modem from dialing at all.

   Standard procedure for modem setup is in the manual, though I must
admit that it's more than a bit confusing, especially if all the controls
called for aren't easy to find (or available at all) on the modem.

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