Hello John,
Friday, September 17, 1999, 7:24:37 PM, you wrote:
JOW> There is actually a more elegant solution here. All Hayes-compatible
JOW> modems have an "S-register" that controls the amount of time the modem
JOW> waits to get a dial tone. I don't have the time at the moment to look it
JOW> up for you folks, but that should be no great feat.
JOW> Find the correct register (and the units of measurement it uses, whether
JOW> it holds a value in seconds, miliseconds, etc.) go to Control Panel,
JOW> Modems, Properties, and the Advanced button, then enter a command in the
JOW> "Extra Settings" field (I'm looking at dialog boxes for an NT machine at
JOW> the moment, but Win9x is similar) and add the command "AT Sxx=yy" where
JOW> "xx" is the register number and "yy" is the new value for the register.
JOW> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Bob Chapel wrote:
>> At 10:28 PM 9/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I just performed a major amount of repair work on my sister in law's
>> >computer here at home. This included installing Win98 and setting up her
>> >Internet account. Everything worked fine here at my home but when she took
>> >it back she ran into problems logging into her ISP. It seems she has a
>> >series of irregular dial tone fluctuations related to her voice mail
>> >messaging (There may be more than 1 variation for each roommate, I'm not
>> >completely sure). Does anyone know of a work around? Perhaps delaying the
>> >dialing until after the odd dial tone completes its routine?
>> >
S6 - Wait time before blind dialing, in seconds, default 2
"S6 controls how long the modem waits after it goes offhook before it
dials the first digit of the telephone number. The modem always pauses
for at least 2 seconds, even if S6 is set to less than 2 seconds"
- my modem manual
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