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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: help
Date: 13 Nov 1995 19:25:47 GMT
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In article <47o8eu$8gh@toads.pgh.pa.us>,
Henry Robertson <robohen@cs.pitt.edu> wrote:
>Hi, I just got kermit 3.1.4. When I try to connect to a certain number,
>
You mean it only happens with this number but not with others?
>I get a bunch of garbage characters because either the baud rate or the
>parity bit or byte size is incorrect. So when I try to change this and
>reconnect, kermit keeps saying I should turn the modem on. It is on and
>disconnected. Any suggestions?
>
So it sounds like you are using one of the MS-DOS Kermit dialing scripts.
Which one?
If you are using a relatively modern high-speed modem, for example a
USR Sportster, then if you choose the appropriate script (for example, by
giving the command "set modem sport" or putting this command in your
MSCUSTOM.INI file), then it will lock your modem's interface speed and
Kermit's speed to match, and that way you shouldn't get any speed mismatches.
Some of our older scripts used to look and see if the modem was asserting
the Data Set Reader (DSR) and/or Clear To Send (CTS) signal(s) prior to
dialing, and if not, would assume that you had forgotten to turn on your
modem. However, since some modems do not assert these signals (despite
well-known standards that say they should) even when they ARE turned on,
this would result in the aforementioned message. I'm pretty sure we removed
all of these checks from the 3.14 scripts, but if the script you are using
has this check and message in it, you can simply edit it out.
Much more about this topic in the manual, "Using MS-DOS Kermit", in the
online files KERMIT.BWR, KERMIT.UPD, etc, and in our FAQ:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.txt
- Frank