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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How escape sequence works?
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 17:16:07 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- kristof@flinet.com wrote:
- :
- : Does anybody know how the escape sequence works?
- : I have USR 28.8 and its default is +++. I am not sure whether it
- : uses 1-sec guard times before and after but let's assume it does.
- :
- : My questions are:
- : 1. What happens if the sequence does happen in real data?
-
- I have never seen it happen. But, on the off chance that it does, nothing
- will really happen except that the modem goes into *local* command mode
- and quits paying attention to the incoming data.
-
- : 2. I noticed that the whole sequence +++ is sent over to the remote
- : side anyway. Wouldn't be more logical for the modem to buffer
- : the characters before any potential escape sequence is detected
- : and sent over to confuse the other end. I set up two PC's, connected
- : them with modems through my basic PBX and I verified that this
- : escape sequence is sent over and then detected by the local PC.
-
- No need. Modems that are used to answer lines (like on a BBS) are
- generally set up with a different escape code (change value for S2) to
- avoid confusion. Strangely enough, my ISP did not set their Couriers up
- that way which I learned after attempting to drop to local command mode
- to see what the connection was like. They have corrected that, however.
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