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- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!mgc
- From: mgc@unislc.uucp (Marc Christensen)
- Subject: Re: Autodialer
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
- References: <1992Nov6.010038.3104@msdrl.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.160857.16550@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:08:57 GMT
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- Jim Karkanias (karkan@msdrl.com) wrote:
- : Does anyone know of a public domain or shareware program that would let me
- : assemble an arbitrary string of characters (representing those keys on a
- : telephone) and send them to a modem? I'd like to be able to programatically
- : control a remote process; this process uses the phone as an interface...
- :
- The problemI ran into and you probably will to was ...
- the modems all expect a dial-tone before they will dial. No tone No Dial.
- If the device "Answers" the phone then you will need to find a way around it.
- Do the regular/Leased line switches on a modem disable this feature?
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- Making the modem dial is simple you need to send ATDT1234567890*# out the
- serial port for a standard hayes modem. some brands will also handle A,B,C,D
- codes like in a 12 digit pad.
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- Marc Christensen
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