[comp.unix.ultrix] Problems with Tip on Ultrix 2.0

mark@siemens.UUCP (Mark L Salandra) (10/23/87)

Since I have installed Ultrix 2.0 my tip lines are not
working.  I have been working with Dec support on this
problem but we haven't been able to figure it out.

Steps that I am doing:
1.  Tip the phone number "tip 806097346500"
2.  The debugger is turned on and shows that
    the system is dialing.
3.  It says "connecting" but nothing happens.
4.  I break out of the tip program and I get the
    message "disconnected" and then my screen gets
    hung.

We are using hayes modems not dec modems.  I've been
changing the /etc/acucap but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone else have this problem with tip?

tim@okra.UUCP (Tim Wood) (10/29/87)

Reply-Path:


One bug I found with SunUNIX 'tip', possibly still existing, was that
it wouldn't communicate with Hayes-compatible 2400-baud (USR Courier).
The Courier had a default status code set that was different from
the Hayes 1200 one, so when it made a 2400-baud connect, it returned
a status code which tip couldn't recognize.  Fix was/is to MANUALLY
enter the following whenever the modem is powered up (what you type
is preceded by a tab or prompt:

blorp% tip cua0
connected
	ATX0	< this is not echoed >
0
	~.
disconnecting...[EOT]
blorp% 

ATX0 selects the ordinary 1200 status codes.  Reason I write is
the symptoms were something like to what you described: even though 
the remote site was picking up fine, I'd always get 'call failed'.
good luck
-TW