scotto@pnet01.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) (11/10/87)
Pacific Bell in California uses *70 to cancel call waiting for the duration of
the following call. There is a pulse equivalent but I don't know what it is
and it's not explained in the phone book.
Another way around loosing your connection is to set the LOST CARRIER TO
HANGUP DELAY at 2 sec. This may be changed depending the duration of the BEEP
tone you hear when another call in coming in. Since the long BEEP is only on
your receive line, your modem should be the only one needing this change. The
remote end just hears a CLICK. This click is short enough not to affect the
remote modem.
Obviously all modems can't be programmed for this delay. On Hayes (and most
compatibles) the register S10 is where you want to diddle. Some compatibles
use a default and only have the register there for compatibility. When in
doubt, try a Hayes -- I know it works like I described.
I hope this helps.
Scott O'Connell - Datagram Corp. UUCP: {cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc}...
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800/235-5030 INET: scotto@pnet01.cts.comruiu@tic.UUCP (Dragos Ruiu) (11/12/87)
Talking about callwaiting dumping modems, beacuse they interpret the boop to be a break... In article <1984@crash.CTS.COM>, scotto@pnet01.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) writes: > Another way around loosing your connection is to set the LOST CARRIER TO > HANGUP DELAY at 2 sec. > > Obviously all modems can't be programmed for this delay. On Hayes (and most > compatibles) the register S10 is where you want to diddle. Some compatibles > use a default and only have the register there for compatibility. When in > doubt, try a Hayes -- I know it works like I described. > > Scott O'Connell - Datagram Corp. UUCP: {cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc} > 3297 Sweetwater Springs Blvd #8 ...!crash!pnet01!scotto On my modem (Novation Smartcat+) which I have found to have an excellent hayes compatability, I am informed that the S10 value (Time between loss of carrier and hangup) is only used in the 300bps mode. Is there a way to avoid being dumped at 1200 ? (As far as I am aware, our phone company doesn't offer dis- abling call waiting.) Do *real* hayes use this value at any speed ? Even 2400? -- Dragos Ruiu Disclaimer: My opinons are my employer's, I'm unemployed! UUCP:{ubc-vision,mnetor,vax135,ihnp4}!alberta!edson!tic!dragos!work (403) 432-0090 #1705, 8515 112th Street, Edmonton, Alta. Canada T6G 1K7 Never play leapfrog with Unicorns...
dave@westmark.UUCP (11/12/87)
In article <1984@crash.CTS.COM>, scotto@pnet01.cts.com (Scott O'Connell) writes: > Pacific Bell in California uses *70 to cancel call waiting for the duration of > the following call... > Another way around loosing your connection is to set the LOST CARRIER TO > HANGUP DELAY at 2 sec. This may be changed depending the duration of the BEEP > tone you hear when another call in coming in. Since the long BEEP is only on > your receive line, your modem should be the only one needing this change. The > remote end just hears a CLICK. This click is short enough not to affect the > remote modem. > That depends upon the type of central office equipment you have. While you're hearing the call-waiting beep, the far end hears silence. This looks like no-carrier to the far-end modem. The duration of the silence will be the duration of your beep, plus a little. This means that in some cases, re-programming your modem to ignore a short carrier-outage won't help you unless the far-end modem is similarly re-programmed. The *70 option is probably a better way, if it's available. -- Dave Levenson Westmark, Inc. A node for news. Warren, NJ USA {rutgers | clyde | mtune | ihnp4}!westmark!dave