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- From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
- Subject: Re: Autodialer
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:04:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bxo4zA.4yp@wang.com>
- References: <1992Nov6.010038.3104@msdrl.com> <1992Nov6.160857.16550@unislc.uucp>
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- mgc@unislc.uucp (Marc Christensen) writes:
-
- >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?
-
- >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.
-
- Many modems support the X1..X4 command set, e.g., ATX0DT1234 will not
- wait for a dialtone, and will not return as much of a result code
- as something like ATX4DT1234. You might want to try that.
-
- Dave
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