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- From: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com (Brian Willoughby)
- Subject: Re: A tip on tip
- Message-ID: <BzJr44.37I@sounds.wa.com>
- Sender: brianw@sounds.wa.com (Brian Willoughby)
- Reply-To: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com
- Organization: SoundSoftware, Bellevue, WA, USA
- References: <1992Dec18.125534.15316@investor.pgh.pa.us>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 07:21:39 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- Bob Peirce #305 writes
- | I run a Telebit TrailBlazer and I could never figure out how to automate
- | the setup and dialing for different machines. The other day, reviewing
- | the manual for /etc/remote, I found reference to cm which is a command
- | to issue a string of instructions to the machine you are logging into.
- | Playing around with this command I discovered I could use it to
- | initialize the modem and to dial out. For example, to call my office
- | computer I have the string :cm=at&edn\r:. For another machine I use
- | :cm=ats50=0s66=1dt#######\r:, where ####### is the phone number. I was
- | surprised to find these things work perfectly.
- |
- | If you have been having trouble getting tip to set up your modem and
- | dial out, give cm a try. It might solve your problem too.
-
- This is a very good tip, and it mentions a feature of /etc/remote that I could
- never get to work (I'll be trying again soon with your example as a starting
- point), but I wanted to mention what might be an easier way to dial a system.
-
- If an /etc/remote entry has the string :du:, tip will treat that entry as a
- dialup system and will use the :pn=XXXXXXX: string as the number to dial. I
- just type 'tip systemname' and it will dial the correct phone number.
- Currently, I cheat by setting the EEPROM in the modem with the correct
- parameters for tip (see above, couldn't get :cm= to work) and then force UUCP
- and SLIP to make modem configuration changes from the basic modem setup.
-
- Here is an excerpt from my /etc/remote, set up to build a system entry in
- easily replaceable units:
-
- # Telebit WorldBlazer definition
- telebit|wb:\
- :dv=/dev/cufb:br#38400:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:at=hayes:
- # CD 2400 definition
- cd2400|2400 Baud Hayes attributes:\
- :dv=/dev/cufb:br#2400:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:at=hayes:
- # Select Main Unit for other definitions
- mainunit:tc=wb:
- # mainunit:tc=cd2400:
- # System phone numbers
- CDCD:pn=14087309015:pa=none:du:tc=mainunit:
- Hayes:pn=18008742937:pa=none:du:tc=mainunit:
- Seagate:pn=14084388140:pa=none:du:tc=mainunit:
-
- I suppose I could also include :cm= settings to further customize each system,
- provided that I can figure out how to make it work. Perhaps there is some
- interaction between :du:pn= and :cm= that is giving me trouble, while your
- (Bob's) method of combining the setup and dial command in one is the key.
-
- Oh well, that's enough about that from me...
- --
- Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE NCSU
- BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Sound Consulting and Signal Processing Software
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