Re: iMac to GS

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> writes:

>"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
>news:amPm7.95079$K6.38590156@news2...
>>
>> AT - Attention
>> X3 - Enable Busy Tone Result Set
>> D - Dial
>>
>> The command ATX3D would not dial the phone because it is missing
>> a number. According to the user guide it would cause the modem to
>> pick up the phone and you would get the dialtone. However, since
>> you don't have a phone service, it would open the modem for a
>> connection.
>> --
>> --

>Another problem. Most modems expect to hear a dial tone
>and report the error "no dialtone detected" if it doesn't hear
>the dial tone.

Were I trying to get twp modems plugged directly into each other to connect,
I would use the following two commands (one at each end of the connection):

ATO	Originate	If modem is not online it will go off hook and wait
			for answer tone
ATA	Answer		Go off hook, try to train on incoming signal and go
			on-line.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia