pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) (07/14/90)
I recently acquired a set of Telebit 2500 Rack Mount Modems and found what I consider a major irritant. Unlike the stand-alones there is no switch on the control panel of the rackmounts to make a particukar modem go busy or off hook. (You can connect to the modem in AT mode and then make it go offhook but our modems will be all over California and technical help may not be available at all sites ) Ordinarily this would not be a problem , but the application I have is a dial up terminal server with the phone lines on a rotor with hunting. (If the first modem is busy , the call forwards to the next one and so on.) Should the modem or the terminal server port go bad and the modem does not answer and go off-hook , all ports beyond that one will not be utilized. I wonder if there are feautures available in Pac-Bell territory on the ROTORS which in effect will allow forward on busy AND forward if a particular line does not answer in say four rings simultaneously. I tried talking to the rep here without a clear answer Are there other suggestions on add on devices which will have similar effects ? thanks --pushpendra CERFNet
pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) (07/17/90)
In article <70@nic.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes: > >I recently acquired a set of Telebit 2500 Rack Mount Modems >and found what I consider a major irritant. > >Unlike the stand-alones there is no switch on the control >panel of the rackmounts to make a particukar modem go busy or off hook. >(You can connect to the modem in AT mode and then make it go offhook but >our modems will be all over California and technical help may not >be available at all sites ) > It turns out that pulling the modem out of the cage makes the line go busy.This suggestion came from Doug Faunt at cisco I still believe that there should be a toggle switch on the control panel. Also, I wonder if it would be asking too much to build in intelligence into rack mount controller boards which allows them to define "rotary" groups and like functionalities. --pushpendra CERFNet
bourman@hpccc.HP.COM (BobbHewlett-PackardCorpNetEngPaloAltoCa.) (07/18/90)
>> stuff deleted >>It turns out that pulling the modem out of the cage makes the line >>go busy.This suggestion came from Doug Faunt at cisco >> >> >>--pushpendra >>CERFNet >>---------- Is this the SAME Doug Faunt that used to work at HPLABS around 1984 ? BOBB
pete@Octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann) (07/18/90)
>>>It turns out that pulling the modem out of the cage makes the line >>>go busy.This suggestion came from Doug Faunt at cisco >>> >>>--pushpendra > > Is this the SAME Doug Faunt that used to work at HPLABS around 1984 ? >BOBB Is this the *same* Doug Faunt that used to work at ROLM around 1981? :-) Pete -- Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises |(if you're a techie Christian & are 19611 La Mar Ct., Cupertino, CA 95014 |interested in helping w/ the Great UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete |Commission, email dsa-contact@octopus) DSA office ans mach=408/996-7746;Work (SLP) voice=408/985-7400,FAX=408/985-0859