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- From: floyd@polarnet.com (Floyd Davidson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Connecting 2 modems without the phone line
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 03:58:48 GMT
- Organization: __________
- Distribution: usa
- Message-ID: <4fub1o$n97@zippy.cais.net>
- References: <4f62f0$re6@chinx4.thoughtport.net> <4fgcf2$ia6@polaris.dsc.com> <pumaDMn4yz.MCp@netcom.com> <4ftdh5$h8h@trojan.neta.com>
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- In article <4ftdh5$h8h@trojan.neta.com>,
- William L. Grenoble Jr. <billg@trojan.neta.com> wrote:
- >If you want two computers to communicate, leave the modems out of the loop.
- >If you are testing the modems, you really need a Central Office in the
- >middle to provide battery, dial tone, and ring voltage. Some modems
- >sense the battery voltage to tell if they are connected, and many
- >wait for the dial tone. It is not difficult to build a CO, if modem testing
- >is the goal.
- >My 2c worth.
- >Bill Grenoble
-
- What modem senses the battery voltage? And are there any that
- require, with no way to get around it, a dialtone?
-
- And which modem requires ring voltage?
-
- Floyd
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- Floyd L. Davidson Salcha, Alaska floyd@tanana.polarnet.com
-