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- From: mrwally@liberty.com (Michael J. Walsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How To Reset Modem?? ;-( Please
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 96 12:16:55 GMT
- Organization: Liberty Information Network
- Message-ID: <4fng2g$kd5@news.liberty.com>
- References: <4f53us$k8d@redwood.northcoast.com> <4fkddu$a2@ionews.ionet.net>
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- In article <4fkddu$a2@ionews.ionet.net>,
- courtney@ionet.net (Craig S. Courtney) wrote:
- >rosie@northcoast.com (rosie) wrote:
- >
- >>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!
- >
- >Find the command that tells your modem to go on-hook and perform a
- >soft reset whenever it looses the DTR sitnal. The Hayes command is
- >usually AT &D2 or AT &D3 depending on your modem. Yours is probably
- >set at &D0.
- >
- >Add the appropriate command to the reset string your software uses
- >*before* it dials. (Try &D2 first).
- >
- >Craig
- >
- I got a Windows sharware program called Microlink.
-
- It's a full featured comms program that I use for Zmodem file transfer but,
- when I get turfed of my ISP, I simply close Trumpet Winsock open Microlink and
- hang up the modem by clicking on hang-up.
-
- Works for me :)
-
- MJW
-