Trouble with modem control

[Jonathan Bayer]

In article <15656 at cup.portal.com> Zap at cup.portal.com (Tim Philip Cadell) writes:
}I have a problem with my modem: I have been using it with "enable tty1a"
}which, as I found out recently, doesn't have modem control and the
}system doesn't automatically logout if I get disconnected.  Well, in order
}to use "ungetty" (I'm starting to use usenet now and need to dial out on
}that port) I have to have the enable/disable attached to port tty1A.
}My problem is this: anytime the modem receives a ring, it displays a
}system message like this "garbage or loose connection on serial port 0;
}disabling port" or something like that and then it apparently ungettys

It depends what kind of modem you are using.  Assuming a 2400 Hayes
compatible, the command:

	ATQ1

will tell the modem to not transmit any messages, and will keep the OS
from getting confused.  There are other causes of this problem, but try
this first.  It is the simplest.


JB


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