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- From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 10 seconds wait to hang up Telebits (was Optimizing Telebits)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.140001.19117@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 14:00:01 GMT
- References: <Bu8M5G.920@world.std.com> <1992Sep08.220323.3573@osh3.OSHA.GOV> <2615@aegis.or.jp>
- Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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- It is not the basic S register that is probably the culprit but
- more likely the delay imposed by the error control protocol
- deciding that the link is down and it's time to bail out.
-
- It looks like the Worldblazer has a multitasking kernel. I base
- that on my observation of the somewhat asynchronous reporting of
- DIALING, RING, RRING messages. It looks like carrier dropping is
- is not embedded in the error control task, so the port handler has
- to wait for a message to come in from the error control task to
- decide it is legal to go ahead to drop the line relay. Note: this
- is speculative based on observing the behavior of the modem, rather
- than familiarity with the code, so believe at your own risk.
-
- It would make sense to have a modular multitasking control kernel
- in the modem becuase that is in keeping with the planned
- extensibility to handle fax and future protocols.
-
- Try picking a different error control protocol. I'm not in a
- convenient palce to experiment right now.... but try changing the
- error control from MNP5 to LAP-M or vice versa. I forget which one
- is the better. I suspect MNP5 is quicker, since it supports
- extensions for passing administrative data (e.g. being able to do
- AT% commands to the other modem). Hopefully, the protocol sends a
- hang-up message across the link when the other end wants to drop
- gracefully -- such as DTR going low, + + + ATH0 or whatever.
-
- --Bill
-
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