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- From: profgmby@cybercomm.net (Sir Spamalot)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Motorola Power 28.8 & busy signals
- Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 20:35:15 GMT
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- acton@cs.ubc.ca (Donald Acton) wrote:
-
- >I recently acquired a Motorola Power 28.8 and am pleased with the
- >acquisiton. The documentation seems to be a bit on the sparse side though.
- >For example, the only mention of it having flash ROM was on the box,
- >and the subject isn't in the index. Anyhow, back to the problem at
- >hand. Basically, the modem seems to take forever to return a busy
- >code. On my previous modem, as soon as the first busy signal was
- >heard the modem would disconnect and return a busy status. I'd like to
- >set the 28.8 to do the same thing. There seems to be some
- >relationship between the S7 register and how long the modem will wait
- >for a connection to complete. I am hoping that there is a way to
- >shorten the time it takes to report BUSY while not affecting the
- >amount of time the modem has to make a connection. (Some of the places
- >I call take a while to answer the phone and then establish the
- >connections.) I am running the Rev 4 software. So, if anyone has any
- >pointers on this that would be appreciated.
-
- >Donald Acton
- >acton@cs.ubc.ca
- >or
- >acton@nsg.bc.ca
-
- Mine does the same thing - takes 6-8 seconds to give a BUSY. I really
- don't mind it, because it is such a fine modem in all other regards.
- And anyway, if I need to redial my ISP due to a BUSY, what do I care
- if it's 6, 8, or 10 seconds later. (Chances are it will still be
- busy).
-
- If you get an answer from MOT, please post it. It is probably just an
- idiosyncracy of the Power's.
-
- --
- This is my theory, which is mine.
- *** Ms. Anne Elk ***
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