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From: Mike <staff@ot.com>
Subject: Re: Paging Script for Ckermit-6.0192
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:11:57 -0500
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Message-ID: <382871D5.E7CE9E7A@ot.com>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Hello Frank,
Well, I have solved the problem. I ran the modem through a series of paging
attempts at different rates. Suprisingly, when I went to 9600 the page went
through rather quickly. I tested this about 10 times and 10 times I recieved a
page, so I am up and running, thanks again for you thoughts.
-Mike Ritter
Frank da Cruz wrote:
> 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