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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: testing for busy networked com port
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Date: 3 Apr 97 14:38:22 MDT
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In article <5hu5vm$9jc$1@nuke.csu.net>, tem@library.humboldt.edu (Tom Mendenhall) writes:
> I know this is a kermit list, but it is related to mskermit.
> We have a Netware 3.12 server running Netware Connect 1.x with
> NCS services loaded.
>
> I can load nasi and nint14 on the workstation. If the single
> com port is being used by another workstation, nasi and nint14
> load, but the user can't connect. The errorlevel returned by
> nint14 does not give an indication of success in connecting
> to the port (loaded in a batch file).
>
> Is it possible to write a program that checks DTR on
> the com port to see if the port is busy? Any ideas would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Mendenhall
> HSU Library systems
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Tom, you are right: the msg is well off topic for this list.
Try an RS-232C breakout box (see your campus datacoms people or any
computer comms supply house).
Joe D.