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- From: warren@borg.com (Warren Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How To Reset Modem?? ;-( Please
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 22:32:12 GMT
- Organization: Team OS/2
- Message-ID: <4f60hc$9rg@news.borg.com>
- References: <4f53us$k8d@redwood.northcoast.com>
- Reply-To: warren@borg.com (Warren Hall)
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- In <4f53us$k8d@redwood.northcoast.com>, rosie@northcoast.com (rosie) writes:
- >Once in a while, not often.... I get disconnected violently in
- >some manner while on line. Sometimes I am on CHAT directly with
- >another computer, sometimes I am on the Internet.
- >After the disconnection, I cannot get my modem to hang up. I
- >cannot reset it. I have tried everything. The only way I can
- >get it to reset is to go completely out to the C:> prompt, turn
- >OFF my computer for a minute or two, and then turn it on. Even a
- >soft reboot will not reset the modem.
- >Is there software that can be run in a situation like this, to
- >reset the modem when it is still on-line but disconnected from
- >it's source?
- >Much thanks to anyone who can help!
- >
- I have used the following batch file with considerable success.
-
- rem clear modem settings as aggressively as is reasonable.
- rem by warren@borg.com 12/09/95
- rem Change to your port n @ each 'COMn' below
- mode COM3
- mode COM3: dtr=off
- Pause
- @echo ATH0 > COM3
- rem above sends HANGUP
- @echo AT&F > COM3
- rem above sends FACTORY RESET
- @echo ATdt5551234 > COM3
- pause
- rem above sends DialTone number
- @echo ATH0 > COM3
- @echo ATZ0 > COM3
- EXIT
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- Warren
- http://www.borg.com/~warren
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