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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Dialing on VMS Ckermit
Date: 6 Apr 1999 18:44:00 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
In article <370A566B.E4B00C83@srv.net>, Kevin Handy <kth@srv.net> wrote:
: I'm having a lot of problems with a VaxStation 3100 dialing
: using a fairly new modem, and (I believe) ckermit 192.
:
: If I set the port (TTA2:) as 'set term tta2:/perm/nomodem',
: the modem will refuse to talk to me. It will echo characters,
: but completely ignores them.
:
Your serial speed is 19200 or less?
: If I set the port to 'set term tta2:/perm/modem', then it
: will talk to me, and accept commands, until I try to dail
: out. It then will let the phone ring once, and then dies
: with a 'no carrier' error. If I set 'set carrier off' then
: it gives me a 'disconnected' error at that point.
:
The VAX 3100 serial port offers special challenges.
: No matter what options I've tried, I can only rarely get it
: to actually connect to an outside system. I can't find any
: settings on the modems I've tried to fix the carrier (Recent
: USR robotics 56K modem), and it appears that the modem is
: just randomally flashing the carrier signal and confusding
: everything.
:
: Anyone know of a setting on these modems to fix the modem
: so that it will talk without setting the port to '/modem',
: or a setting on the VAX so it doesn't hang up the modem
: in the middle of a call?
:
Please try the VMS version of C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.05:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
One of its new features is improved support for dialing from
VMS serial ports. Please follow up with any further
problems to kermit-support@columbia.edu.
- Frank