modem question

[chris]

On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 06:14 -0500, Linda wrote:
> On 05/27/2012 04:09 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > On 27/05/12 18:35, Ric Moore wrote:
> >> On 05/26/2012 11:22 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >>> On 27/05/12 07:45, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>>> On 05/25/2012 11:04 AM, Linda wrote:
> >>>>> I have a computer set up so you can dial in and work 
> >>>>> on it from
> >>>>> another location. Lately I am having problems that if 
> >>>>> the line
> >>>>> disconnects (our phone lines have problems) the 
> >>>>> computer is not
> >>>>> releasing the modem so you then can not call back in 
> >>>>> and reconnect
> >>>>> without having someone on site shutdown the computer 
> >>>>> and restart it.
> >>>>> My question is should I be looking at settings for the 
> >>>>> modem or for
> >>>>> mgetty to ensure that if the call is broken that ttyS1 
> >>>>> is freed back
> >>>>> up and the modem is reset so it can answer the new 
> >>>>> call. In the past
> >>>>> the most I had to do was get someone to turn off the 
> >>>>> modem and turn
> >>>>> it back on in a few minutes to reset everything so you 
> >>>>> could call
> >>>>> in.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> AH!! Olde SKOOL!! It's your init string. It should 
> >>>> automatically
> >>>> detect that the call is dropped and re-init itself 
> >>>> which mgetty will
> >>>> pick up on. Just do a google search on your modem and 
> >>>> you will find a
> >>>> good init string for it. I USED to know all this stuff 
> >>>> by heart, but I
> >>>> have conveniently forgotten it all. I used to have 8 
> >>>> phone lines to my
> >>>> Linux based BBS with various modems that all had to be 
> >>>> properly
> >>>> configured to avoid what is happening to you. Getting 
> >>>> your init string
> >>>> correct is a beautiful thing. Keep it written down in a 
> >>>> safe place,
> >>>> just in case something mangles it. :) Ric
> >>>
> >>> I think it is the S10 register....I think :-) .
> >>
> >> D2 is rattling around in my brain for some reason.
> >> http://www.56k.com/inits/a2z.shtml
> >
> > This series of posts has started me on the "nostalgia 
> > quest" :-) . A few minutes ago I found this in my notebook 
> > as the init string for one of my modems:
> >
> > B0 E0 S95=47 W1 X3 &C1 &D2 \N5 S11=75 % %C3 % %E2 &W &W1
> >
> > What the heck all of this means I now don't remember! :-D
> >
> > But in there is the "D2" you mention.
> >
> >> Hopefully, this a REAL modem, like an external US 
> >> Robotics, and not some $2 internal "win-modem". Ric
> >
> > Oh god, not one of those "Win-modems" :'( .
> >
> > Mind you, there was one internal modem which used a 
> > Conexant chip which performed flawlessly with a driver 
> > which, to begin with, was free but then capitalism took 
> > over and the driver cost an arm and a leg - but it WORKED. 
> > (Actually, I still have the modem somewhere in the 
> > darkroom in the garage.)
> >
> > BC
> >
> No its an external US Robotics modem. I found the S10 stuff 
> reading on Thursday and Friday and tried setting it. I'll 
> look into what the D2 is for. It looks like everyone agrees 
> I need to focus on modem settings to fix the issue not on 
> mgetty's configuration.  Some day I might have to give up on 
> dialing in but most of our programs are still text based so 
> it works fine, the hard part is finding a modem to buy 
> hopefully this one will last a good decade or more like the 
> one it replaced.
>                                 Thanks
>                                  Linda
> 

Hi Linda, try this ATQ0 v1 e1 s0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS =0

Have been using this with a US Robotics, and it has worked with all
versions of 'Buntu since 4

-- 
Cheers the Kiwi