derekp@gvlf9-m.gvl.unisys.com (06/28/91)
Does anyone know if the OBM in the 3b1 can be set up so it will not auto-answer. I'm trying to get uucp, mail, etc working and have only one phone line. It would be a real help if I could block auto-answer until I'm ready for that. (Yeah, I know, disconnect the phone line, right? :) )
rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) (06/28/91)
In article <1991Jun28.104634.26623@news.gvl.unisys.com>, derekp@gvlf9-m.gvl.unisys.com writes: |> |> Does anyone know if the OBM in the 3b1 can be set up so |> it will not auto-answer. I'm trying to get uucp, mail, etc |> working and have only one phone line. It would be a real help |> if I could block auto-answer until I'm ready for that. |> (Yeah, I know, disconnect the phone line, right? :) ) If you have the phone line in VOICE mode, the OBM will not try to answer. Then switch to DATA mode before using the modem and back to VOICE when you are done. I use a utility called phset that was posted some time ago to do this. I manually switch in/out of data mode for using cu or ATE. For regularly scheduled outgoing calls (for uucp), I switch the line with cron invocations of phset. You can find this program at OSU under the name set_phone_line.Z . Robert Haar, Ph.D., InterNet : rhaar@gmr.com Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.