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Article: 12653 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Init settings
Date: 10 Aug 2001 16:10:31 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <tn814g5t0guve0@corp.supernews.com>,
Steve <steve@baus-systems.com> wrote:
: I have a standard external Zoom modem which works fine. I setup the Zoom
: with an init string which includes s0=1 and then set K95 in server mode, the
: other side dials in and sends and gets files as needed.
:
: As an excersise to prove I have no life, I was messing around with a USB
: modem to see if I could get it to work specifying it as Tapi. I initially
: set the modem by going into connect mode and sending an AT string which
: seemed to take fine but I could not get the USB modem to keep the s0=1
: setting so the modem was not answering once in server mode...
:
Why not sidestep all of this and use Kermit's built-in ANSWER command,
which does all of this for you?
: I then made a
: change to output an init string as Windows said it was using Com3:. That
: got the modem to answer and most of the time it would work but about ever
: 4th or 5th call in the middle of files going across I would get an exception
: error or the PC would simply reboot which typically is not what you would
: like to see during a file transfer.
:
: I set the Zoom backup and no problem.
:
It is quite conceivable that a buggy modem, especially a "controllerless"
(software) modem, could crash Windows. As always, we recommend external
modems. It's not a Kermit issue, it's just good sense.
- Frank