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From: "Joe H. Gallagher" <dtrwiz@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: "can't open connection" K95 error
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:39:25 -0500
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Message-ID: <3A93C505.15905A5C@ix.netcom.com>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Frank da Cruz wrote:
>
> In article <3A8D714F.4FC99117@ix.netcom.com>,
> Joe H. Gallagher <dtrwiz@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> : Kermit-95 Version 1.1.20 (upgraded from 1.1.11 via 1.1.17)
> : hp 733Mhz machine
> : OS: Microsoft ME
> : Serial ports on com1 and com2
> : Lucent Technologies (new) V90 "software modem" on com3.
> :
> : Hyperterm works on com3.
> : Can access the Internet on com3.
> : Can access an external modem on com1 using Kermit-95.
> :
> : However, when trying to access com3 with Kermit-95 with
> : SET PORT or SET LINE, I get
> :
> : Sorry, can't open connection: com3: Invalid argument.
> : or
> : Sorry, can't open connection: com3: Bad file descriptor.
> :
> : How do I set up the operating system or configure Kermit
> : so that Kermit-95 can "talk to" this "software modem"?
> : Is there some way to tell Kermit about the special
> : driver for this modem? Its as though Kermit-95 is
> : incompatible with this kind of "softare modem"?!?!
> :
> If it's a "software modem" then you almost certainly have to
> access it by its Windows Control Panel name, not by the PC
> device name. Try:
>
> set tapi line
>
> rather than:
>
> set port com3
>
> - Frank
Thanks, Frank.
"set tapi line" does indeed do the trick. In fact, entering
K-95> set tapi line ?
gives me the name (and correct spelling) of the intermediate
device driver -- which in this case was LUCENT_WIN_MODEM.
Again, thanks.
Joe H. Gallagher