mdr@PacBell.COM (Mike Richmond) (02/27/90)
Greetings, I just tried to dial a rather long number from Procomm Plus. The manual claims a maximum of 60 digits. Works great for me up to 37 digits, then it appears to not even attempt to dial. (Version 1.1b, I believe; fails in both Manual dial and by highlighting an entry in the Directory.) Help! Mike Richmond
roy@comcon.UUCP (Roy M. Silvernail) (02/27/90)
In article <1852@pbhyc.PacBell.COM>, mdr@PacBell.COM (Mike Richmond) writes: > Greetings, > > I just tried to dial a rather long number from > Procomm Plus. The manual claims a maximum of > 60 digits. Works great for me up to 37 digits, > then it appears to not even attempt to dial. (ob disclaimer... I don't use Procomm, but...) Time to RTFM... the modem manual, though. If your modem is similar to mine (and most Hayes-compats I've used), the command string is limited to 40 characters. ATD+37 looks to be 40. There's a workaround, I suppose, that I've used. Ending your command string with a ; will keep the modem in command mode. Thus, you could do ATD[20 or so digits]; ATD[another 20 or so]; ATD[the rest of them] and after the first 2 commands, you will remain in command mode. -- _R_o_y _M_. _S_i_l_v_e_r_n_a_i_l | UUCP: uunet!comcon!roy | "Every race must arrive at this #include <opinions.h>;#define opinions MINE | point in its history" SnailMail: P.O. Box 210856, Anchorage, | ........Mr. Slippery Alaska, 99521-0856, U.S.A., Earth, etc. | <Ono-Sendai: the right choice!>
cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (03/02/90)
In article <1852@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> mdr@PacBell.COM (Mike Richmond) writes:
$I just tried to dial a rather long number from
$Procomm Plus. The manual claims a maximum of
$60 digits. Works great for me up to 37 digits,
$then it appears to not even attempt to dial.
This isn't a Procomm problem ... it's a modem problem. Typical Hayes-
compatible modems have a limit on the size of a command string, which is
about 40 characters. Take off three for ATD and you're left with about
37.
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Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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