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#Modem
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To All,
Sure would appreciate a reply if anyone can help with this one. I have an
Anchor Automation Volksmodem 12. I'm using Online! (2.01 i think) . It seems
that the modem does not work properly unless I send commands with
communication parameters set at 7E1. That is, if I dial a remote system with
my system initally set at 8N1 I get nothing but garbled data even though the
remote system is operating at 8N1. I have to set to 7E1, dial , connect, then
go to 8N1. Under some circumstances it gets much more complicated – the modem
connects up but transmission under XModem is bizarre and results in error
messages for the first two or three XModem blocks and then from block 40 on
(resulting in a failed transmission).
Is this modem capable of talking to my terminal only at 7E1? I thought that
the modem itself should not enter into the decision of transmission
parametersonly the communication soft-ware at each end.
Rich, I got into hot water with that one with C'Serve. If you sign on to
C'Serve with the reccommended 8N1, the first few messages will be graphics
charactors until Ohio realizes what you're doing. I'm using IBM (for real)
and Hayes. It happens to me too. C'Serve's own software, Professional
Connection, ALWAYS signs on at 7E1 and switches to 8N1 only during binary
downloads. Automatically. C'Serve said they have to initially operate at
7E1 to allow all the "dum" terminals out there to operate. Of course,
there MIGHT be something wrong with your modem, but you're essentially
correct-the software determines the protocol, not the modem. Captain
Video
Rich, I got into hot water with that one with C'Serve. If you sign on to
C'Serve with the reccommended 8N1, the first few messages will be graphics
charactors until Ohio realizes what you're doing. I'm using IBM (for real)
and Hayes. It happens to me too. C'Serve's own software, Professional
Connection, ALWAYS signs on at 7E1 and switches to 8N1 only during binary
downloads. Automatically. C'Serve said they have to initially operate at
7E1 to allow all the "dum" terminals out there to operate. Of course,
there MIGHT be something wrong with your modem, but you're essentially
correct-the software determines the protocol, not the modem. Captain
Video