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- From: jj@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Jimmy Johnstone)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: HELP! How to switch from data to voice ??
- Message-ID: <BxLorI.23G@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 11:18:53 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.023056.1935@eng.ufl.edu> <a07VTB1w165w@halcyon.com>
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- Reply-To: jj@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Jimmy Johnstone)
- Organization: Univ of Edinburgh Dept of Computer Science
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- In article <a07VTB1w165w@halcyon.com> puma@halcyon.com (puma) writes:
- >zzang@stat.ufl.edu (zzang) writes:
- > ...
- >> the call. I wonder if there is any
- >> Hays modem command which allows me
- >> to switch from data to voice without
- >> DISCONNECT the data line, so I can go
- >> back when I finish the call.
- >> I have call-waiting and 3rd-party call
- >> services on my phone.
- >>
- >Unfortunatelly, you can't usually talk on a line to one party
- >and still expect the modem to maintain a connection to a computer
- >on the 'other half' of a call-waiting call.
- >Certainly, it's possible to do that by adjusting the 'loss-of-
- >carrier-to-hangup-time' parameter on the modems on BOTH ends of
- >the call. But in most cases, if you answer the voice call both
- >modems will disconnect due to loss of carrier. In fact, on many
- >telephone systems the 'call-waiting-beep' is enough of a disruption
- >to cause YOUR modem (and sometimes the one on the other end) to
- >disconnect. Increasing the time mentioned above is used sometimes
- >to prevent a disconnect and ignore the voice call, but you will
- >still get an error burst (unless the modem is an error-correcting
- >one).
- >In any case, you really can't take the voice call and still
- >maintain the data call.
-
- I recently was involved in developing a Modem based on Rockwells RC2324ACE
- chipset. This allows use of a Voice/Data arrangement which maintains the
- connection.
- Historically, I suspect that a connection was established by manually dialling
- the other party and once connected, some discussion took place between the
- individuals involved (speech) which terminated in "switching to data now",
- agreement having been reached on which end was to be in ORIGINATE mode and
- which in ANSWER mode. A switch attached to the Modem marked Voice/Data was
- switched to data and thus a data link was established.
- With the RC2324ACE chipset it is possible to switch between voice and data
- connections using the Hayes commands ATA, ATO and ATD to switch to data and
- the escape sequence and ATH to return to voice. Provision is made for voice/
- data using a Front Panel switch and Indicator.
- The RC2324ACE chipset (I think the suffix "E" stands for European but I'm
- sure versions exist that will cover your particular area : contact your local
- Rockwell Comms support Distributor for details if this is of interest to you)
- is a 2400bps Quad Modem with V42/V42bis facilities for Error Correction and
- Data Compression. For those not so familiar with such facilites this includes
- MN5 data compression and I think it must also include MN4 error correction.
-
- Hope you find the above information useful.
-