mkahl@world.std.com (Michael Kahl) (03/23/91)
When I set up my modem scripts, I thought I would be clever and avoid putting my modem into auto-answer mode. I didn't want the modem to answer any time someone happened to call, but rather only when I said "Wait for Call". So I wrote a script that waited for the "RING" message and issued an "ATA" command. However, this would not work. Oh, the script would notice the ring all right, and the modem would pick up the line in response to the ATA, but inevitably no connection would be made and I'd see "NO CARRIER". A friend had the same experience using my script which I gave her. I have a Hayes Ultra, she has a MultiTech (not sure which, but 9600 V.32). Switching to "ATS0=1" works, both for me and my friend. Hence my question: do modems, in answering the phone, behave differently for manual answer (ATA) vs. auto-answer (ATS0=1)? Clearly there is something I don't understand here. Can anyone enlighten me? -- Michael Kahl, Symantec Corporation mkahl@world.std.com -or- 75236.3146@compuserve.com Disclaimer: Keep this quiet; what my employer doesn't know won't get me fired.