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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Paging Script for Ckermit-6.0192
Date: 5 Nov 1999 23:29:22 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <3823647C.4D36816@ot.com>, Mike <founder@ot.com> wrote:
: I have checked those sites however. Recently though I did actually get the
: page to go through, unfortunatly, only once. The only change I made to the
: script was to set the modem speed to 1200. Also of note, was the fact I
: locked up the process, and reopened kermit and as I took the script took the
: script to use apage, it dumped the previous spooled version, and that is the
: only time it connected. I dont know if that acutally effected the process,
: but it was succesful. I also tried to recreate the error and now recieve an
: 'invalid paging' message instead of the previous message which I cant recall
: right off hand, i know that doesnt help a whole lot, sorry bout that. So, I
: think im going in the right direction, but any suggestions you could make
: would be greatly appreciated.
:
Well, the stuff works for most people. Why don't we take it offline --
you'll need to send details, logs, etc, before we can tell you what's wrong.
The most common problem is in the modem-to-modem negotiations. If you've
got a whizz-bang V.34 or 56K or other fancy modem, all those initial
negotiations can drive some paging services nuts. They really want you to
call them with a real, genuine, Hayes 1200 that knows nothing about
compression, error correction, or any of the rest.
I happen to have one of these -- they just keep on tickin' -- and in every
case where alpha paging failed consistently, or often, using the Hayes 1200
got the page through every time.
Of course you can't buy modems like this any more, so the next best thing
is to give your modem the commands needed to "dumb it down" to Hayes 1200
level: turn off all its features. The APAGE script does this, provided
you've truthfully identified your modem type to it. If you tell the script
you have a Hayes 1200 when your really have (say) a Compaq 56K, all bets
are off.
If these hints aren't helpful, send details of your troubles by email to
kermit-support@columbia.edu. First read:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/support.html#hints
to get an idea of the level of detail we need.
Meanwhile, all readers are more than welcome to chime in with hints and tips
of their own (as always!).
- Frank