wagnere@gtephx.UUCP (Eric Wagner) (08/05/89)
Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I have a big
problem using my modem given that my home phone line has the
call waiting service. Yes, I know, when I CALL OUT, I can dial
the *70 code to temporarily disable the call waiting. But, when
I'm using our company's computer system, which has dial-back
modems, the computer system ends up CALLING ME. Yes, I know,
if you have 3-way calling (which I do), you can hookflash during
the call, do the *70, and flash back again, but this would cause
the remote computer system to think that the call was dropped
due to a carrier loss. Does anybody know of any software/hardware
solutions to the problem?
Thank you.
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Eric Wagner (wagnere@gtephx)
AGCS (formerly GTE), Phoenix (602) 582-7150
UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!hrc | att}!gtephx!wagneredavidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) (08/08/89)
I would like a true fix to this problem also. A workaround that I have tried with limited success is to program my Hayes Smartmodem 2400 S10 register (Lost carrier to hang-up delay) to be fairly long. (The time is in 10ths of a second, with 14 being the default.) Now if a call comes in I generally do not lose my connection. However, sometimes my communication gets messed up (as though the parity or data bits settings no longer matched, thus giving me strange characters).
chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal) (08/08/89)
I missed the original. I assume it asks how to disable call waiting while you are on the modem. If anybody posts a message giving you a code to send before dialing (touchtone "*70" and dial "1170" are popular ones), then promptly ignore them. The ability to suppress call waiting is a feature programmed at the central office switch. How to access this feature, and if the feature is even available, will vary. Therefore, the *only* people who can answer this question are your telephone company. Please look in the front section of your "White Pages". The answer might be there. Otherwise, call your telco. Your last recourse would be to try the dozens of various codes people might post to find one which works with your CO switch. -- Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337 "I wish you'd put that starvation box down and go to bed" - Albert Collins' Mom
max@lgc.UUCP (max) (08/09/89)
In article <5190029@hplsla.HP.COM>, davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) writes: > I would like a true fix to this problem also. > My fix works everytime. I dial "*70" before the number which turns off call waiting for the duration of the call. -- Max Heffler uucp: ..!uunet!lgc!max Landmark Graphics Corp. phone: (713) 579-4751 333 Cypress Run, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77094
sue@gtx.com (Sue Miller) (08/10/89)
In article <> max@lgc.UUCP (max) writes: >In article <>, davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) writes: >> I would like a true fix to this problem also. >> >My fix works everytime. I dial "*70" before the number which turns off >call waiting for the duration of the call. This fix isn't universal, unfortunately. Some areas are just set up so that call waiting will work, and have no way of disabling it. Some of the suburbs outside of Phoenix have this problem, and the phoney company says it will be "quite some time" before the necessary hardware is installed so that the disable will work. I like my fix the best - I called up Ma and said "Get rid of it!" I hate call-waiting even with voice calls. -- listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go. __________________________________ ee cummings |Sue Miller ...!sun!sunburn!gtx!sue|
brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) (08/11/89)
In article <1128@gtx.com> sue@gtx.UUCP (Sue Miller) writes:
< This fix isn't universal, unfortunately. Some areas are just
<set up so that call waiting will work, and have no way of disabling
<it. Some of the suburbs outside of Phoenix have this problem, and
<the phoney company says it will be "quite some time" before the
<necessary hardware is installed so that the disable will work.
Hardware my ASS. The phoney company was pulling your leg. It is
strickly software that does this shit.
It may be possible that there isn't enough hardware or processing power
in the current switch to handle the new software. In that case it is
hardware and yes it would then take awhile, since they will want their
money's worth on the current switch before upgrading.
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ARPA/INTERNET: brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edumike@point.UUCP (Mike Andrews) (08/16/89)
Setting the S10 register to a higher value will work, but only if BOTH modems are set to higher value. S10 is the time in tenths of a second that the modem will wait to recognize a loss of carrier. You can set the register as high as 255, i.e. ATS10=255, but both you and the modem calling you must do that. That would mean that the phone line could disappear for 25 1/2 seconds before the modems would give up with a NO CARRIER result. Note that while the modems are connected they normally will not resond to dialing commands, although this may vary by manufacturer, so you may not be able to tell your modem to do the "flash-*70" on the fly while connected.