Charlie Mingo <Charlie.Mingo@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org> (06/05/91)
The Moderator Notes: > [H]ow come US Robotics has a condition you can set which > allows for 'quick dialing', or dialing without waiting the obligitory > two seconds before starting? Hayes used to claim (maybe still do) > that telco tariffs require a two second pause before dialing. You > could not set that particular S-register less than 2. Telebit seems > to feel the same way ... but USR lets you go off hook and bang those > digits right out if you set the register for it. According to the manual for my USR HST Dual Standard, using the "Fast Dials" feature is not the same as setting S6 to zero. Fast Dials causes the modem to wait for a dial tone and then dial immediately. Although S6 *can* be set to zero, my local exchange will not accept the whole number unless the modem waits at least one second or uses Fast Dials. Fast Dials is part of the Adaptive Dialing feature, where the modem monitors the response to its dial attempt. In addition to Fast Dials, the HST will first attempt to tone dial, and then revert to pulse if dial tone is not broken. Pretty neat, eh?