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- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem lists in software
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 03:37:55 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
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- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- WFrati (wfrati@aol.com) writes:
- > We're trying to write some software that involves communication with
- > modems. The task appears somewhat daunting because the software that I've
- > used as an
- > end-user involves choosing the brand name of the modem that I'm using. Is
- > this necessary? If a modem uses a Hayes command set, then wouldn't simple
- > communications be possible independent of the modem brand? I would think
- > that the reason for being able to select the specific modem brand you're
- > using is to take advantages of that modems features, thus making
-
- That's about the lot of it. All the choosing of a particular
- mdoem does is that it sets up the software with a canned configuration.
- You can actually completely do away with these lists and let the users set
- up their modems themselves as long as you don't plan on having too many
- people who are incapable of opening their modem manual using your
- software. Of course, the sad truth is that these days it would seem that
- the majority of users are, in fact, incapable of opening their manuals.
-
- > connections faster etc. If this is true, just how big an effort is this?
- > Is there some database I can tap into or some other information source
- > that will facilitate this? Any help would be greatly appreciated
-
- There are several lists of modem init strings around, although I'm
- really not sure where to start looking for them. The init string is
- really the only part that changes from modem to modem. This like flow
- control, port speed, autobauding, etc. are all pretty much the same for
- most groups of modems; eg. all 28.8 modems should have Xon/Xoff flow
- control OFF, RTS/CTS flow control ON, Autobauding OFF, and a port speed of
- 38400, 57600 or 115200 (I'd recommend 57600 for any canned configuration,
- that'll give better performance on un-compressed files then 38400, and
- it's less likely to cause problems on some systems then 115200).
-
- Anthony
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