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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Numeric paging
Date: 27 Jan 2001 01:06:19 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <3A71F379.EEFC32E9@yahoo.com>,
Mike Lucente <lucente@yahoo.com> wrote:
: I'm using the numeric paging script from
: ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/scripts/ckermit/numpage to
: dial numeric pagers. The call, however, rarely completes on the first
: dial. Generally it retries 3-5
: times before the page completes. I've tried this on two different
: (similarly configured) machines,
: with the same result.
:
: I'm running RedHat Linux 6.2, using an external USR modem. The script
: detects that the modem is capable of using the '@' (quiet) command and
: issues a dialing string such as
: ATD18009999999@9999#;
:
: Anyone have a hint as to what the problem might be?
:
As noted here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/pagers.html
"Numeric paging applications ... work only as well as your modem, and most
modems were not designed with paging in mind." See the comments in the
numeric paging script for further pointers. In my experience, every
combination of modem and paging service is unique and requires a lot of
trial and error.
- Frank