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- From: lasse@ucom.no (Lasse E. Haugen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: help: multiline phones + modem == NO DIALTONE
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:56:50 GMT
- Organization: Ucom AS
- Message-ID: <4flega$h0d@nms.telepost.no>
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- planders@mail.utexas.edu (Preston Landers) wrote:
-
- >Hi there. Sorry to pester everyone, but I have what I think is a fairly
- >simple question. I am trying to get a modem to work on our office's phone
- >system. It's a multi-line system (4 lines) I believe. I don't think
- >there is a PBX.
-
- >When you pick up a phone, if you want to call, you *have* to press a 'line
- >button' on the phone to activate it. There is no automatic dialtone. The
- >problem is, of course, that the modem does not know how to get a line and
- >gives me the message "NO DIALTONE."
-
- >How can I fix this? Is there a simple AT command that I can affix to the
- >dialing command (or something) that will allow the modem to pick a phone
- >line? Help! Help! Help!
-
- >Thanks very much.
-
- I dont think you will get this to work.
-
- The modem is not able to press anything to get a line.
-
- Lasse
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